The Other Partizan.

[Mrs Biggles]

Had a great time today
Flying a Gunbus in the morning , trying to catch Trev's EIII whilst being chased by Tim's EIV. Unfortunately I couldn't get the Fokker off my tail !! Went down in a blaze of glory.
Hurricane Bomber in the afternoon got on target but forgot to drop the bombs ! ended up being shot down by Amy ( my own daughter !!! )
So fun day all round .

[johnbiggles]

The afternoon battle, loosely based around the time of Operation Crusader, late 1941.
Elements from StG3 enter the field of play

The British, meanwhile, have their own operation underway

Hurribomber IIb and one of the escorts flying just south of Tobruk bay

As the Stukas and their escorts pass over the German troop build up west of the Tobruk defenses

the two sides eye each other up

the fighters leap to the attack

The young lad flying the Hurricane with the yellow dot on the base has done considerable damage (16/18) to the Stuka with the blue dot in two bursts

when some unspeakable swine chucks away a deflection shot on the off chance

yes, I stole his kill

I marked it on the Kill Sheet as a shared victory though.
Oh, and it was being flown by my youngest daughter Hannah.

Bad daddy
Anyway, back to the report.
Three of us then ganged up on Trev (Brambo) who seemed to be having trouble flying in a straight line (to much Schnapps?!!)

The Chap flying the Hurribomber with the green dot bombed one of the German encampments causing 50% damage, unfortunately the Hurricanes only have gun cameras so no image is available.
Immediately thereafter my eldest daughter Amy avenged her fallen sister and blew me out of the sky

Another young chap who was being coached by Amy shot down the green Hurribomber which crashed into the same target he had earlier bombed, finishing off the job.

the following picture shows the overall state of play at this point, with Trev, having finally lined his Stuka up perfectly on the British supply convoy, having a senior moment and veering off to the left (Schnapps)

shotly thereafter, daughter number one murdered yet another parent.... her own mother, who was circling back for another attempt to bomb her target

Trev is now eyeing up the convoy, but being an unspeakable swine as afore mentioned, I refused to allow him to divebomb on a turn

the sole remaining Hurricane escort, got up close and very personal, causing much damage from the rear, forceing Trev to attempt an illegal card resulting in a BOOM chit
.
At this point, given the distances between the 109s and the remaining Hurricane, with real time taken into account I called an end to the game.
The British had successfully destroyed one of the two ground targets, while the Germans failed to damage either of theirs, but the Germans had shot down 3/4 of the British force so overall a draw (just). there were complaints and calls for a stewards enquiry, but its that unspeakable swine thing.

finally, Amy's score card

Three kills for no damage, Iron Cross First Class for that methinks.
And an Aerodrome polo shirt next time Rob orders a batch.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Here are a few more random shots i managed to get of John's games today.













Rob.

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

I am crying in me cups....another glorious day missed. Fantastic pics of the action Rob.

[Brambo]

At the start of the day I was forced onto the wrong side and found myself flying a British Gunbus. It wasn't long until I sweet talked a willing volunteer to take over (Ruth). I then managed to creep over to the dark side and took off in an Eindekker and had loads of fun. I even managed to steal one of Tim's kills! In the afternoon John let me fly a Stuka, I'm sure it was rigged, it took me about an hour to get it flying straight at the target. At last I thought, this is it, just get over the target and point down, but memory is a tricky thing, especially when you turn over your next card to find you have picked a turn card!!!!!!!! Great day, Great company and loads of fun. Thanks

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

You know you should stick to what your good at Trev, my torpedo squadron commander for the Imperial Japanese.

Neil

At the start of the day I was forced onto the wrong side and found myself flying a British Gunbus. It wasn't long until I sweet talked a willing volunteer to take over (Ruth). I then managed to creep over to the dark side and took off in an Eindekker and had loads of fun. I even managed to steal one of Tim's kills! In the afternoon John let me fly a Stuka, I'm sure it was rigged, it took me about an hour to get it flying straight at the target. At last I thought, this is it, just get over the target and point down, but memory is a tricky thing, especially when you turn over your next card to find you have picked a turn card!!!!!!!! Great day, Great company and loads of fun. Thanks

[Brambo]

Yes I do Neil, I think I missed with all my topedoes as well but it was great fun.