Dear friends,

Today we would like to show you new screenshots of the new module in development. It is planned to include two maps instead of one, Odessa and Karelia, and a number of aircraft suitable for various operations.

On the Karelia map screenshots you can see the port of Kotka and the islands where the two main airfields of the Soviet Baltic Fleet Air Force (VVS KBF) were located: Lavansaari (asphalt airfield) and Seiskari (grass airfield).

Kotka was one of the most bombed places in Finland because it was an important military port for the German Kriegsmarine and the main base for guarding, defending and repairing the sea minefields that trapped the Soviet Baltic Fleet in Leningrad. As the pressure from the Soviet Navy and Air Force increased in 1943, Kotka was protected by about 30 Bf 109 G-2 Messerschmitt fighters bought from Germany and later by the infamous German cruiser Niobe, which was sunk by the Soviet Air Force in July 1944.

Here's a short video made by the Finnish team KarttaKomppania that is developing the map - it shows an air raid over Kotka Harbor.

Among the new aircraft is the Yak-3 series 9 fighter. The artists are currently working on its textures and cockpit.

The Odessa map covers almost all of modern Moldova and small parts of Ukraine and Romania. Since our May Dev Blog about this map, more than 200 medium and small settlements have been added, the transportation network including all roads, railways and their corresponding bridges is finished. We're currently working on the terrain textures and rebuilding the airfields on the map as historically accurate as possible. More than 100 small settlements in Moldova will be added as well.

In other news: we have updated our user agreement on the website - the Schedule No. 3 has been clarified.