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    campaign: Briefing. Gentlemen, as you know with the year 1916 drawing a close, HQ has called for one last sortie to clear the remaining enemy observation balloons from in front of our lines in this sector so that we can launch a ground offensive in the spring. Unfortunately the convoy carrying our reserve of Le Prieur rockets was caught in an enemy barrage last night and destroyed. HQ has managed to obtain a small supply of incendiary bullets from our British allies, but as you know, it is forbidden to use these against anything other than balloons and Zeppelins. Pilots thus armed are reminded of the need to carry written orders on their person in case of capture to avoid summary execution. In short, mes Amis, we are going to have to do this the hard way!

    Mission report: A black day for the Entente: the loss of the convoy carrying our Le Prieur rockets made a difficult task even harder and the Germans had thickened their ground defenses with additional machine gun positions. As usual their best fliers were already up their waiting for us and pounced on our brave aviators downing two Nieuports in quick succession. Our remaining pilots pressed home their attack with customary elan and managed to set fire to one of the Hun balloons but it was to little to late: the German ground crews managed to reel in their charges before too much damage had been done, and our surviving airmen made a hasty retreat to safety although not before damaging a Hun two-seater and forcing it down somewhere behind French lines. Our cavalry patrols are out searching for any wreckage or survivors.

    Mission 3 Result: Overall Allied victory (2/1). Points awarded after third sortie: Germans 8 points, Allies 1 point.

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    Our next mission was to attack a troublesome heavy gun battery that had been shelling traffic along the approach roads to our lines. This was to be a joint operation with the British Royal Flying Corps sending an RE 8 and a Sopwith Camel to assist our strike force; the British planes went in first, dodging a hail of ground fire and dropped several bombs on the target area before falling victim to a yellow painted Fokker triplane. Shortly after the Camel suffered a similar fate, leaving the French group to continue alone. Although our BR14 attacked the target with great courage, the intense ground fire couple with the attentions of two Fokkers caused it to overshoot the target and the bombs missed their mark. Intelligence reports the enemy battery was damaged, but not put out of action so further sorties will be necessary.
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    Mission 4a Allied loss, Germans 9 points

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    Just love those EIIIs
    Great pics Stuart

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    Headquarters, Verdun Sector, July 1917.


    Gentlemen, after initial success, the Hun seems to be gaining ground in this campaign having swept our aviators from the skies in the last two sorties. Our offensive is grinding to a halt and it is absolutely vital that we take out the remaining supply dumps in the next sortie or lose the initiative. In short gentlemen, we are in trouble. But all is not lost as America will soon be in the war and accordingly I have sent for help from one of their best pilots.............

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    With the enemy balloonists chased from the skies, the Big Push continued with an all out effort to destroy the German supply and ammunition dumps behind the front line prior to our ground offensive. The denial of their airborne observation posts obviously alerted them that something major was about to happen, and the objectives were heavily defended both on the ground by machine guns and anti-aircraft artillery and standing patrols of their latest and best Albatross and Fokker triplane aircraft. These were flown not by the inexperienced rookies that we had encountered before, but hardened veterans from other sectors of the front - including (if rumors are correct), members of the infamous "She Devil" squadron.
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    Disaster struck almost immediately when technical problems forced the new British DH9 bombers to remain on the ground and limited availability of pilots meant only two escort fighters could be launched, but nonetheless our valiant bomber crews took to the air determined to drive the hun from French soil. The first to fall was a British Sopwith Camel, escorting an RE-8 over no man's land which fell victim to concentrated machine gun fire from the ground. On the opposite flank, a formation of Caudron G4 bombers closed in on the first target, Attacked by enemy triplanes, they gave a good account of themselves sending one away belching smoke and flames. Alone, they closed on their objective, but their payloads released from high altitude fell short, causing minimal damage to the Supply dump. Turning towards their secondary target, they found themselves vulnerable to attacks from the rear by the German scouts: one bomber was immediately sent spiraling to earth under the guns of the German aviators.

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    By this time the German anti aircraft batteries were in action and beginning to fine the range: shrugging off near misses, a Breguet Br.14 successfully dropped half its payload on the first target and secondary explosions were observed - a direct hit! However the attackers felt another stinging blow with the loss of the second Caudron to another triplane, which was quickly avenged by accurate defensive fire from the BR 14's gunners.

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    In the British sector, the crew of an RE-8 pressed on against the odds, despite the loss of their single escort fighter, and even managed to shoot down a red painted Albatros! The brave pilot managed to evade two more enemy scouts to close in on it's objective, but at the very moment he released his bomb, was bracketed but two flak shells and blown from the sky!

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    Mission 4b Allied loss: Mission points awarded - Germans 19 points Allies 14 points

    Campaign total so far: Germans 60 points, Allies 50 points

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    The Germans are just edging it - come on chaps best foot forward !

    "He is wise who watches"

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    So is that where all the Immelmann Eindekkers went!

    Nice AAR



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