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Wings of War and Glory - Chapter 9: Nieuport 11

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[B][I]January 17, 1916[/I][/B]

[I]Finally the weather opened enough for us to fly. Having lost my plane I had to take another one. The weather was so cold that only my plane´s engine started. I went alone to make a sweep over the front. When I first saw them I thought that a scout was escorting a photo recon biplane. I was wrong. At the time I wasn't aware but this was the newest French scout. Le Nieuport Bebe." [/I]

They weren't immediately aware of me.

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The French were sightseeing and for once I was happy with that.

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I cut hard right. Head on passages were unavoidable but I've always feared the outcome. It was always a very chancy business.

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So I moved right trying to position myself behind them.

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Only then they saw me. The Morane Saulnier N was already well known to me, but the other one was a new design, and small it seemed.

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They turned to face me and I was now in a better position. The new design was a single seat, therefore a scout. It had a machine gun over the upper wing.

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The Morane fired at me but failed by a yard.

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I fired back with precision, damaging him.

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Then the new scout turned hard left in a very closed turn that I couldn't possibly follow. But it over shoot and put himself right in front of my cross-hairs.

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I fired a long stream of bullets and my machine gun jammed. But the sudden spasm in the French pilot gave me the impression that I wounded him.

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Then I cut hard left, trying to clear my jammed machine gun.

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I was now in a inferior position. Right in the middle of both French pilots.

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I made an immelman and put my eyes in the new model. I knew what the Morane could do so I was more worried with the biplane.

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And I put myself under his cross-hairs, in a reverse of fate.

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He fired a point blank shaking my plane. I must have been lucky because the damage seemed less than it should have been. But now the cables were stiffer and my right turns seemed less swift.

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He turned right and I when for another reverse.

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And I got behind him. I fired carefully.

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And I got him in his tail, doing quite a damage.

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But just then he surprised me with quite a perfect immelman.

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He hit me again in my wires and the cables went loose. My stick lost almost all the right turns control.

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I fired back and my bullets raked the pilots compartment and I saw him lose conscience or even...

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Well... His biplane spiraled down until it hit the ground.

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I decided that I had enough so I moved away into our lines...

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The Morane's pilot didn't seemed very eager to chase me...

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I had been lucky. That plane was better than my Eindecker.. I wanted one of those...

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Comments

  1. Barkmann's Avatar
    Great Joaquim! Its amazing how you develop you AARs!
    Thanks


    Nick
  2. Blackronin's Avatar
    Thanks, Nick. You're most kind.