An even small number of chaps got together at TWWS this past Sunday to try out the British Giants with a HP O/400 reprisal raid on the fictional German town of Aschefurt... a small town famous for production of Bratwurst before the war and a fitting target to strike a blow at the heart of the enemy's morale...opposing them is a mixture of DR1's that did surprisingly well ! Here are some of the edited highlights for your viewing pleasure:
The combatants gather - The banter begins...
To the left Elijah (7 yrs), Dad Ian (Ian), Brian (Archidamus), to the right Mark (Chequers) and Andy (Ajay) is just out of shot.
The enemy approach over the coast... this is my HP O/400.
Mark and I go after one, I'm the Mohnicke's blue tailed Dr1, Mark the black. In shooting at Mark the HP's guns jam - good oh !!
Ian & Brian launch into the other, Ian has Kempf, Brian has Rahn's
Soon it's business as usual... Brian is "Flame On!"
Elijah gets stuck in with his Dad & Brian - good opener !
Ajay joins me and Mark in his MvR tripe in working over our HP, I score well this turn... 20 points of damage !
Tucked into the blind spot (no alt this time) this next load is at +1
and the subsequent rounds drop the beast but it was whipped away to be recycled onto the table before I could picture it !
Brian, Ian and Elijah dropped their target about the same time, Brians kite burnt out and then we were off after the next wave.
Andy smacks our one right in the kisser !
He even gets a decent dig in on the other one too as the lads pile in
We chewed them up pretty good
But it certainly wasn't all one way...Brian feels the love - Pilot Wound magnet on !
Andy goes Boom
I have a smoke
Brian engages the Boom magnet...
Andy gets back into the fight - I help a little
Brian re-engages the Boom magnet.... and has a little moment... actually he was laughing in disbelief as he seemed to have the canny knack of getting either flame, pilot wound or Boom - Think this was Boom 3 plane 4 ?!
The third wave make it through and the bombs go into centre of the towns Brattie producing area - and yes that blue tail tucked under the HP is mine !
Elijah puts in another determined attack on the next wave - Fire & (2) engine damage
Then his Dad steps in and gets the glory shot but we know who'd done the hard work !
We then have the "Fools rush in ..." moment...
Mark !
Ajay !
Me and Brian !
The last bomber gets through us all & drops his eggs before we can reform and drop him...
All in all a great day of action !
These figures aren't necessarily accurate but I think it went along these lines:
We dropped 6 of the 8 bombers, 3 dropped bombs on target, only 2 got away.
Me, Mark and Elijah lost a plane each, Andy & Ian lost a couple and Brian, well, he lost a few !
Thanks to all who played and made it possible and a special well done to Elijah
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