RFC
2Lt Sumpter Spad E
2Lt Keeble Spad G
Lt Jackson Camel A
Eagles
Ltn J Just . Aviatic
Ltn M Kahle. Pfalz
Fwbl Borm P
Ltn Jacob O Halb CII
The air was crisp.and clear as the Adler planes skipped over the hedges that marked the outer limit of their airstrip. As they climbed and took station around the Halberstadt the pilots felt the cold bite into their exposed flesh. Still it was only a short trip across the lines to the RFC airdrome to deliver the packages and then a dsh home to the warmth of the mess.
Kahle could see the 2 RFC scouts, the Camel to his left and the Spad far to his right. The Camel sped past his port wing as he turned to pursue it .
Just watched as the small parachutes opened and drifted slowly to the field below.
He could see the Spad streaking towards him but judged correctly that it was out of range.
A twitch of the joystick and the Aviatik slipped passed the RFC tail.
The Halb, free of its load tured from bomber to fighter, Borm singling out Keebles Spad for special attention. Keeble countered with an Immell
Twisting the Pfalz Kahle turns into the Camel , catching the briefest of glimpses of another Spad behind him.
Sumpter closes and fires, his shots going wild Jacobs in the Halb feels his gun jam after a short burst (1+GJ)
Keeble followed up on the gun jammed Halb, only to have his guns jam.
Jackson s rounds strike Justs plane doing minimal damage.
a deft maneuver by Sumpter brings him onto the 2 seaters tail, just as Jacobs cleared his guns. The exchange saw fabric and spars damaged on both planes.
Keeble cursed his Lewis guns..
Just lined up on the 2 RFC planes ahead of him but a short burst from Jacksons Camel shredded his rudder
Borm and Jacobs were being mobbed by the eager Spads. Weaving his machine Borm tries to free himself from the scouts while giving his observer the chance of a good shot.
Jacobs waits till the Spad fills his sights. Flames erupt from the stricken plane as Sumpter slumps over his controls
Kahle and Jackson turn into each other. gunxs blazing. The German feels the Pfalz shudder as the rounds hit the fuselage , as Jackson pulls right he sees the RFC pilot clutching his upper chest.
The flames from Sumpter's Spad catch Kahles attention and a long burst sends pilot and plane earthbound .Kill Kahle
Borm fires at Keeble but the cold freezes his gun completely after only a few rounds .
Keeble is more fortunate but runs into the guns of Just. Bullets fly between the 2 scouts and the Spad began to feel the weight of damage the Germans had inflicted.
Despite the throbbing pain in his chest Jackson hauls on the joystick, cranking the Camel into its now famous tight right turn cutting in behind Kahle turn, firing as the Pfalz came into range .
Kahle caught unawares found Keeble bearing down on him. Firing he saw the rounds strike home.
Keeble taps his ammo drum which sounded distinctly empty. Too close to the Germans to mess about changing for another he decided to empty it into the nearest German plane unfortunately to no effect. Brom could not reply
Jackson empties the last few round into Kahles Pfalz shredding more wires and canvas
Borm, his forward guns still frozen misses the chance for a clean shot at Keeble
but not so for the rear gunner who rakes the Spad as it passes, hitting Keeble , causing enough damage to send the Spad into a spiral
Kill Jacob
A final shot at Jackson sees Jacobs gun jam beyond immediate repair.
Jackson quickly scanned the sky for friendly aircraft. None were visable. It was clear to him that the fight was over and opening up the throttle he dived for the safety of his lines, knowing the Eagles slower scouts could never catch him.
Butchers Tally:
RFC
2Lt Sumpter: Spad E - SD-FLM-FT / WIA / 0 kills
Rolled 7 -2FLM -1WIA = 4 - Injured - Skip 1D6 Scenarios. Rolled 5 = Skip 5
2Lt Keeble: Spad G - SD-FT / WIA / 0 kills
Rolled 7 -1SD -1WIA = 5 - Injured - Skip 1D3 Scenarios. Rolled 6 = Skip 3
Lt Jackson: Camel A - RTB / WIA / 0 kills
Rolled 8 +3RTB -1WIA = 10 All well when you land well.
Eagles
Ltn Johannes Just: Aviatic: RTB / 0 kills
7pts damage
Ltn Max Kahle: Pfalz RTB / 1 kill
11pts damage
Fwbl Hans Borm: Halb CII: RTB / 0 kills
&
Ltn Josef Jacob: RTB / 1 Kill
8Pts damage
Well the Halb certainly did its job there with dead eye Jacob scoring a kill.
Used ammo rules which quickly saw the RFC run low on ammo. Kahle Pfalz got chewed up 11pts but no nasty cards for the Eagles.where as all the RFC got wounded.
The cold effects on the guns made for a very interesting twist on the mission as the Halb at the end had no guns at all
Thanks for that Peter another nice mission to fly and not such a long one this time.
If Onkel could do the rolls please it would be most appreciated. Done
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