Just found this out - 
- http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/5594-will-there-be-other-maps/page-16
[QUOTE}The announcement in Russian forum. And yes - this is the team, which was directly involved in the development of the Velikie Luki map :)[/QUOTE]
Just goes to show they are really developing BoS, with third parties allowed to build maps etc. With a decent online campaign being developed and talk of other planes and theatres the future is looking bright.
Looks nice!
Looks brilliant!
Except the Finnish roundel. It is not the Nazi Swastika! It is a complete myth it has anything to do with the Nazi symbol. In fact, it was a Swedish volunteer pilotâs personal symbol in the first winter war. Sweden did not have a specific air force symbol at the time, so when the volunteer pilots joined on Finlandâs side, the pilots had to be creative.
One decided to use the distinguishable Celtic/Norse symbol different from the Soviet star, that also meant luck from ancient times. This common swastika became the symbol of all the aircraft in the Swedish volunteer force. A symbol which the Nazis obviously misused and manipulated into their own variant.
The Finnish supreme commander liked this personal symbol so much, it became the standard emblem of all Finnish aircraft too.
So why do they censor it!? :rolleyes:
Sorry Stuntman, youâre a bit off on the history of the Finnish national markings (that have been censored).
The second (first according to some sources) plane in the Finnish Air Force was a gift from the Swedish count Erik von Rosen, flown from UmeÄ, Sweden, to Vasa, Finland in March 1918. His personal badge (or whatever we should call it) was a blue swastika, and that was adopted as the national marking for the Finnish Air Force a couple of weeks after receiving the plane. It remained so until 1944 or -45.
The Swedish volunteer force of course used the same marking when they fought for Finland during the winter war, but they didnât introduce it.
The censoring bit is probably because Germany (and perhaps other countries as well?) bans all use of swastikas in games.
Thanks for the correction. Then that article I read must be corrected.
Well a Swedish count is still a Swede, albeit some would disagree. 
I think you are right, that any Swastika symbol regardless of origin is banned in Germany and a few other European countries, thus not allowed to be âcomerically widespreadâ.
