Making its combat debut in July 1942 the Lavochkin La-5 is here for Blood Red Skies! Lavochkin La-5 View in Store Able to fight German fighters on an equal footing the LA5 was developed and refined from the LaGG-3, it became one of the Soviet Air Force’s most capable types of Fighter aircraft of WWII….
The Lavochkin La-5 squadron + Ace: Ivan Kozhedub of the 240 IAP (Fighter Aviation Regiment) are about to arrive on the Eastern front for Blood Red Skies! Pre-order in Store 240 IAP (Fighter Aviation Regiment) The 240 IAP (Fighter Aviation Regiment) was one of the foremost Soviet fighter units. Initially equipped with obsolete I-16 fighters,…
The Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik “The Flying tank”, one of the heaviest fighters of WWII, begins its attack run on the Eastern front for Blood Red Skies! Pre-order in Store The Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik Initially a single seater, the Il-2 proved to be a deadly air-to-ground weapon. This variant was to see heavy losses due…
Falcon Squadron: Scourge of the Luftwaffe – with Johnny Red Featuring the rogue British pilot and ACE Johnny Red in his stolen Hurricane alongside the rough and ready Soviet 5th air brigade squadron known as the ‘the Falcons’ View in Store Discharged from the RAF for striking a fellow officer Johnny Redburn joins the Merchant…
To go with today’s special, we’re taking a look at the war in the air in the wintry Skies over Stalingrad! Operation Uranus As winter closed in around the besieged city of Stalingrad, the desperate struggle for control of the city had entered its final stages. The German army had been completely encircled following the…
In this pilot profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the aces released for Blood Red Skies, their exploits and their abilities in your games. Continuing with Russian ace Lydia ‘Lilya’ Litvyak. Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (Лидия Владимировна Литвяк, (August 18, 1921 in Moscow – August 1, 1943 in Krasnyi Luch), also known as Lilya,…
The Soviet wooden wonder soars through skies, the new Soviet Yak1 6 Plane Squadron flies high with their Ace Lydia Litvyak. Yak1 6 Plane Squadron View in Store The Yakovlev Yak-1 entered service in 1940, a fast and well-armed fighter. With wooden wings and a composite structure, it was a very reliable and easy to…
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