Cancon 2015 - Day 1
The first two games were shaped by the fact that one of the players had just acquired a Roland C.II and a Spad XIII. So of course they had to be given a test drive....
The first game involved at various times the aforementioned Roland, a Fokker E.III, a Halberstadt D.III, 2 Nieuport 17s and a DH2 in the summer of 1916.
Here a DH2 emerges from the clouds to give a Halberstadt a nasty surprise....
The second game was a balloon-busting mission in mid 1918. 2 Spad XIIIs escorting a rocket-equipped Spad VII vs a heavily defended sausage (any aircraft coming within a ruler length of its base takes an A class damage). Despite instructions to the Fokker D.VII and Albatros D.Va pilots that defending the observation balloon was the primary objective, they were decoyed away by the Spad XIIIs that just outran them, leaving the Spad VII a clear run. Well, clear apart from "Flak so thick you could walk on it", greatly increasing the chances that rockets would go awry (due to special damage happening during the attack run).
Apparently the Force was used - or a balloon is bigger than a Womp Rat - as the first salvo scored a BOOM.
To add insult to injury, the D.Va, intent on pursuing the Spad VII through the flames of the falling balloon, was shot down by the over-enthusiastic German Flak.
Here the Spad VII starts its attack run.
The final game on day 1 was the debut of a German Secret Weapon - a giant Kampffleugzeug "Battleplane" in late 1915. Against it were a Voisin III and an FB5 "Gunbus".
Here the FB5 misjudges the attack and ends up being peppered by both Gotha G.I gunners, the damage eventually proving fatal. The G.I proceeded to bomb its target, but on the way back the badly damaged Voisin managed to force it down.
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Originally Posted by matt56
Well done Zoe!
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