On August 22nd once again the air above Den Haag / The Hague was full of roaring plane engines and the rattling sound of Spandau and Vickers MGs.
This time my (Guus aka Aardvark1430) opponent was none other then Alfonso "Poncho" Latour from Spain.
We met for the first time so we started getting to know each other a bit, then we were off to play WOGF.
the opponents at work ...
We played two games, one a straight dogfight between Alsonso's 2 Spad XIIIs and my 2 Fokker D.VIIs.
Pretty quick one of my planes exploded ...
We battled on for a while with some close encounters ... the outcome was: I lost ...
Next we played a reconnaissance mission, me flying two Bristol Fighters (the recce team) and Alfonso flying two Albatros D.Vs. Victory condition was for at least the photographing plane to reach the safe end of the table. I managed to shoot down one of the Albatrosses, took the pictures and headed back to safety.
Alas, Alfonso managed to shoot at me and the plane carrying the precious photographs exploded. Another game lost ...
With an eye on the clock we decided that time was running out so we called it a day.
I look back on a very pleasant day of fighting which, I'm certain, will be repeated in the not so far future.
Plans are to also invite Blackronin for the next session as well as a nearby living Dutch rookie.
We'll see, but for now THANKS Alfonso for the enjoyable afternoon.
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