Winter over Verdun Trenches
Prague, 12th August 2014
4 players, 4 planes
Date of mission: 28th February 1916
Location: frontline, Verdun, France
Story: A week after start of German offensive it is necessary to recon whether there are any French observation balloons near frontline. There are not any balloons, but a fighting cover of trenches. Two German Fokkers are attacked by two French Moranes.
Central Powers Forces: 2x Fokker E.III
Entente Forces: 2x Morane-Soulnier Type N
Axis victory conditions: destroy both enemy aircraft
Allied victory conditions: destroy both enemy aircraft
Special rules: -
Result: Entante won - they destroys both enemy Fokkers and get only few hits.
Balance: 100 %. An easy mission for start of playing session.
Setup of the game
First contact of enemies. Both Fokkers are firing on both Moranes and conversely: a B for everyone.
Green Fokker got a fire, the canvas one is turning after the Immelman maneuvre.
Germans are attacking in the line formation to alone Morane, but one of them has jammed gun and the other one is not in the right possition.
During escape from the attack the green Fokker is attacked from both Moranes - three B cards and...
...and falls to the ground in flames.
Fighters are approaching the the last Fokker, but it will escape for the last time.
And attack an enemy Morane again from close to the tail!
But for the lone plane there are too many enemies. The result is "Close Encounters of the enemy species."
The last moments of the German Fokker are here.
Mission succesfull - French trench lines are protected from enemy scouts. Course: Home airfield.
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