To Catch a Caproni -

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A solo game based on Carl's WGF IF03 - To Catch a Caproni -

The A-H aircraft controlled by AI:
Offizierstellvertreter Reinhold Jörke in the Brumowski D.III,


Leutnant Friedrich Sternberg in the other D.III


A Caproni Ca3 of 95 Sqn, controlled by me, making a run for home having joined an Italian raid that dropped bombs on Austro-Hungarian artillery and infantry positions near Vojscica.


The Albatrii spot their prey - easy meat..?


Unexpectedly the Caproni turns into them and the gunners open up, though little damage is done initially..Sternberg's machine spews smoke


Straightening out the Caproni gunners both go to work at close range.. Now Sternberg's engine is damaged and it's Jörke's machine that spews smoke - he scores a solid hit on the giant but his guns then jam...


The Caproni gunners fail to capitalise, the front gun jams up and the rear gunner does no damage... thrown off by the turn perhaps ?


The rear gunner cannot miss the Albatros looming large on their tail and his rounds find their mark again clipping Jörke even as the gun stammers to silence with a jam


Sterberg heads for the barn trailing smoke and vapour


Jörke, his guns finally cleared has kept on the tail of the beast and unleashes a telling blow on the now defenceless bomber...

(Played the 'no explosion' rule so 50% damage)

His next burst rips through the machine and downs the front gunner....


It is already too much for the Caproni and it rolls gently to port and spirals toward the earth..



The Butchers Tally:

Sternberg RTB / 0 Kills

Bottom row are all +1

Jörke RTB / WIA / 1 Kill

Bottom row are all +1

Ca3 SD-ET / 0 kills

Bottom row are all +1


This was a surprisingly quick game to play, I utilised the OTT rules, my solo charts and Alt rules as that's what I'm used to and it turned out pretty good I thought. I hope you think I did it justice and I hope you all have a go at it yourselves.
Thanks Carl

[Carl_Brisgamer]

Nice work Dave, good to see it played out well.

I'll be running a couple of these Italian Front scenarios this weekend, this one included.

[gully_raker]

That was rather quick Dave!
Hope Rob has better luck in his Italian front games!

[Stumptonian]

Thanks for posting, Dave.
Going to try some of Carl's missions in the hopefully-not-too-distant future.

I am going to go for ones that use aircraft we haven't already used in OTT.

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That was rather quick Dave!
Hope Rob has better luck in his Italian front games!

It all played out very quickly Baz, I didn't track the time but it was done in an afternoon, no more than a couple of hours, if that, from set up to finish I should think & I was posting pics. OTT could do with some fast play games like this !

[LOOP]

Great game Dave
That Sternberg DIII. Is it a compilation of Hautzmayer and Voss? Looks like Voss wings on Hautzmayer fuselage.
It looks good anyhow

[mikeemagnus]

Nice one Dave. Thanks. Mike

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Great game Dave
That Sternberg DIII. Is it a compilation of Hautzmayer and Voss? Looks like Voss wings on Hautzmayer fuselage.
It looks good anyhow

Yeah, needed a third so I pimped the Hautzmeyer to match, or nearly match my others but kept some of its original features.

[Herkybird]

Nice looking planes there! I think the AI worked fine judging from the pics!