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    Default ETO 4 - BoB:Kanalkampf. 13th July 1940 (Marechallannes)

    The Wehrmacht reached the Channel coast. It was only a question of time for France to surrender and the Luftwaffe prepares to fight down England for a jump across the Channel.

    I./JG 27 had it's airfield at Guines at Pas de Calais.


    Their orders for this day were to escort bombers from KG 53 to the white cliffs of Dover.




    The RAF sent up a mixture of Hurricanes and new Spitfires to give the attackers a warm welcome.



    Gruppenkommandeur Major Herbert Neumann itself lead the escort for the bomber.



    With full speed Neumann and his Katschmarek Hartl left the close escort to engange the new RAF Spitfires.



    It was the better tactic to intercept the Engländers before they commenced the attack on the bomber.



    Distracted by the fierce German attack the Spitfires missed to concentrate on the He.111 and passed it without a chance to attack. Meanwhile the Messerschmitts had turned around and started the hunt.



    Leutnant Berliner, an expert of I/JG 27 kept the attacking Hurries busy.



    They did a better job then the Spitfires and they damaged the German medium bomber.




    The first RAF Spit was shot down and rushed into the cold Channel waters.




    The Hurries passed the bomber, ...




    ... and Berliner, the German fighter aces finished his half loop with a sharp curve to the left and immediately followed the Hurricanes close.

    The He.111 gunners kept the attackers under constant fire.




    When the Hurricaness passed the bomber from the left to the right, the waist gunner changes position from the left to the right, too.



    Major Neumann went for the last Spitfire and told his comrades via radio to defend the bomber.



    Hartl and Berliner turned in to keep away the Hurries.



    Lt. Berliner crippled one of the Hurricanes, but did not interupt his left curve to finish it of.



    So Hartl get another chance and the Hurricane was shot down.



    Outnumbered and under constant fire of the He.111 gunners, the remaining Hawker Hurricane continued the desperate attack.



    Hunted by Neumann's Messerschmitt, the Spitfire pilot realized, that he had to fight off the Bf.109 first before going for the Heinkel again.




    The Hurricane placed a few good hits on the bomber, but finally it received a fatal hit in the left fuel tank and exoploded in the air.

    "Seems that this one goes to the comrades in the big one", said Berliner to Hartel via radio and continued to escort the bomber to his target.




    Neumann and the remaining Spitfire had lost contact to the other planes and the Spitfire turned around to attack the Messerschmitt.



    It was a wild mixture of turns and curves when both tried to get into a better shooting position.




    In the following curve fight, Major Neumann tried to stay behind the Spitfire.



    He was impressed by the maneuvareability and speed of his opponent.



    A long range shot missed again the agile RAF plane.



    The Spitfire turned around again and both planes were damaged due to the bullet exchange.



    Finally a half loop brought Neumann in a perfect position and a combination of cannon and machine gun shells brougth down the Spitfire.



    The first aerial victory over the Channel for Gruppenkommandeur Neumann.

    Last edited by Marechallannes; 10-28-2014 at 11:12.
    Voilà le soleil d'Austerlitz!

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    Mission accomplished!

    Bad day for the RAF. My boys were able to keep the push of the German advance again.

    If the results will continue in this matter, the Engländers will have problems to keep the island "German-free"

    Of course I sent in my best men and I like the firepower of a close range Bf. 109 salvo.

    It's nice to deal out those punches after receving it all the times from the Zeros in the Pacific.


    Result Spitfires:



    Result Hurricanes:



    Neumann & Hartl:



    Gniffke & Berliner

    Last edited by Marechallannes; 10-19-2014 at 01:17.
    Voilà le soleil d'Austerlitz!

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    An excellent, very detailed AAR, Sven.

    Indeed it turned into slaughter for British planes, but not without small assistance of british pilots. After the initial exchange of fire with Me109 Spitfire Mk II could have used its "special" right slide putting himself ahead of He-111 (the least defended area of that bomber) with possibility for short range burst against main target and avoiding heavy fire after much anticipated immelman by Me-109. Secondly - two Hurricanes were overlaping when approaching the bomber for the first time, thus only one could fire. The rightmost one (with belgian markings) could have gone for immelman to keep Me-109 busy.

    Anyway, I like your report very much. It was really interesting battle, i have to re-create it some day. Thanks for posting it!

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    It was interesting to see that the Hurricanes were more use against the bombers than the Spitfires.
    The standard practice of the RAF to use Spits against the Fighters and Hurries against the bombers seems to be borne out, although not with as good consequences as I would have wished for.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Great AAR Sven!!! Incredible to see RAF boys didn't shot down planes this time, but your guys did a good job!
    Thanks


    Nick

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    All planes (bar one ME with 3) had lots of damage. A few more lucky shots and it could have swung the other way.

    Another great AAR Sven. Payback for all the Luftwaffe that have been blasted from the skies up to now.
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Sven, Major Will Scnieder flies a JU87 not a ME109. Has he moved squadrons or should this have been Major Neuman? Tilo Plath has been awarded the kill for the Heinkel crew. (he seemed to be the only one in arc when the Hurri blew up).
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Damn!

    Of course it was Major Herbert Neumann, Neil.

    I have to change this.
    Voilà le soleil d'Austerlitz!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skafloc View Post
    ... Tilo Plath has been awarded the kill for the Heinkel crew. (he seemed to be the only one in arc when the Hurri blew up).
    The Hurricane was in the firing arc of the upper gunner Flieger Sven Wasserberg and the waist gunner Gefreiter Thilo Späth (the one that changed sides). Two A-damage tokens - an explosion and one Zero.

    I count this as a crew victory for Fritz Gniffke, the bomber commander.

    But if you want to credit a crew member for the kill, I think this one belongs to Wasserberg.

    Thank you, Neil.

    I'll upgrade my personal roster, soon.
    Voilà le soleil d'Austerlitz!

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    Neuman credited 1 kill, changed Spath to Wasserburg for Heinkel kill. Spreadsheet amended.
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Excellent AAR, Sven.
    I loved the photos and the accounts for it. The BoB is coming and the Eagles are showing their talons.
    You've just made me gain new breath to play this mission.
    REP!

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    Bravo Sven, your boys did well !

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Well flown Sven!

    Poor RAF boys.

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    Great AAR Sven , even if the RAF took a hammering.
    Like rob said the Hurricanes were the bomber killers while the spits took on the Fighters. hope to play the mission Saturday with a flight of Spits so should be an intersting contrast


    I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
    Coming down is the hardest thing



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