Windy Jack and I were flying a couple of Hannovers defending a bridge in our fair German city when 3 DH4's came in to attack. As they flew over the lines our machine gunners scored a few hits and we decided to try to stick together to use our comgined firepower to thwart the impudent allies. Needless to say, my plane was downed first. The DH4's were faster than us so we kept close to the target and because and we were getting in each others way I ended up attacking two bombers on one side myself. I did shoot down the one that I thought posed the biggest threat but was being hammered by both rear gunners to the point where we both went down in the same firing sequence.
Left alone, my wing mate manged to damage the others so that they could not get an easy bombing run organised and they only partially destroyed the bridge before he too joined me at the mess table in the sky.
The bombers stuck together giving them maximum defensive firepower and bomb coverage. They ignored the AA guns and did not get distracted thus forcing us to play on their terms. Well done to Biggles Downunder
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