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    Default OTT BE Mission 14, 26 May 1918, Hard Day's Night (Carl Brisgamer)

    PROLOGUE

    Jabbeke Airfield, West Flandern
    6 Mai 1918
    1200hrs

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    “I hope you two enjoyed yourselves last night!” asked the Staffelführer in a stern voice as he regarded the two NCOs standing at attention on the other side of his desk.

    “My orders were for the Staffel to parade at 0800hrs this morning," Oberleutnant Werner Bastian continued, his voice rising, "by which of course I meant ALL officers and men!"

    "Herr Oberleutnant - " began Vizeflugmeister Hans Goerth before the officer cut him off.

    "Bleib ruhig!" commanded Bastian, "I have not given you permission to speak."

    The officer stood up and stalked the room, his hands clasped behind his back.

    "I expected more from you Goerth, you are one of our best Jagdflieger," said Bastian, gesturing to the scoreboard hanging on the wall of his office. "Five victories and only yesterday awarded the Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse! And you Oberflugmeister Bühl," Bastian continued, "you are the most senior NCO pilot in the Staffel, I expect a man of your experience to set a better example."

    The two NCO pilots shifted uncomfortably but almost imperceptibly in place, their eyes fixed to the front. Each man was aware their uniform was far from regulation, creased and crumpled, and their stubble betrayed the fact that neither had shaved since the previous morning.

    "Jawohl Herr Oberleutant!" replied Oberflugmeister Albin Bühl, his voice hoarse from the previous evening's revelry.

    "Yes what?" demanded Bastian.

    "Yes Herr Oberleutnant, I should have set a better example," replied Bühl, "and yes Sir," he continued after a short pause "we did enjoy ourselves."

    Whilst the Oberflugmeister kept a straight face, it was all Vizeflugmeister Hans Goerth could do not to laugh out loud, and he had no chance of stopping the smirk that flashed momentarily across his face.

    Oberleutnant Werner Bastian was stony faced as he returned to his desk. "Well I hope so, because it will be the last 'good time' either of you will have for the foreseeable future."

    Looking up at the two unshaven men, Bastian continued. "You have left me no choice, I have to set an example. You are both confined to barracks for one month. You will continue operational flying duties during the DAY," he said, accenting the last word, "and each EVENING at 2000hrs you will report to Leutnant Nagel for night flying training. If indeed you both have inexhaustible reserves of energy perhaps we will test the limits?"

    "Jawohl Herr Oberleutnant," Bühl and Goerth answered together, with no sign of the previous good humour left on their faces.

    "Now get out of my sight," Bastian ordered, "and for God's sakes shave and change your uniforms - you smell like a cross between a Belgian brewery and a French bordello!"

    The two men came to attention, Bühl saluted and they both marched out of the duty hut.

    As they crossed the field Hans Goerth asked the older man "Who would have guessed he knew what a French bordello smells like?", a grin returning to his face.

    The Oberflugmeister continued marching. "A month of no leave, no drinking and extra flying duties," he commented, before looking across at Goerth returning his smile - "and worth every minute."
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    Default AAR - OTT BE Mission 14, 26 May 1918, Hard Day's Night (Carl Brisgamer)

    Jabbeke Airfield, West Flandern
    25 Mai 1918
    2330hrs

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    "Wach auf!" demanded Oberflugmeister Albin Bühl as he shook his younger comrade. Vizeflugmeister Hans Goerth had only just turned in less than half an hour before, and was just starting to dream of wine, women and song.....

    "Get up Hans," Bühl repeated, "the Tommies are up and we must be on the flight line in five minutes!"

    Bühl's words pierced the fog clouding Goerth's consciousness and he sat bolt upright, "Tommies?! Where?!"

    Albin Bühl was already pulling on his flying gear as he explained, "A flight of their bombers just raided Zeebrugge, Leutnant Nagel has ordered we will go up with the Sonderstaffel to try and find them."

    Goerth leapt out of his bunk and reached for his fur lined trousers and coat. "Well I had better not keep Herr Leutnant waiting, that would not do at all," the young NCO said, "at least we will get the chance to put some of this blasted night flying training to operational use!"

    "You can take the front seat Hans, your eyes are better than mine," suggested Albin Bühl, who had not enjoyed the extra training assigned by the Staffelführer Oberleutnant Bastian.

    "Natürlich," replied Goerth, always ready to fly at every opportunity. "Who knows, I might even bag one of those English Riesenflugzeuge tonight," he said, with an ambitious gleam in his eye.

    "I'll settle for going up and getting back in one piece Hans," offered the Oberflugmeister as both men dashed from the barracks out into the night. By the time they reached the flight line the schwarze Männer of the See Adler Gruppe had already run out three of the Halberstadt two seaters assigned to Leutnant Lothar Nagel's Marine Sonderstaffel. The unit had been specifically created to conduct night operations, both bombing enemy positions and interception of enemy bombers.

    "Glad you two could make it," Leutnant Nagel said to the two NCO pilots as they joined the small group standing near the Halberstadts. With Nagel was his observer Flugmeister Kurt Krüger and the third crew for the evening, Leutnant Kurt von Collani and his observer Flugmaat Franz Hensel.

    "The enemy will likely be heading west just inland from the coast which will help them navigate their way home," said Leutnant Nagel beginning his briefing. "As you know we will have a full moon tonight but the cloud cover will limit that benefit. Once we are up to 1500 metres spread out and keep your eyes peeled - not just for the enemy but for other as well. We patrol for one hour to the coast and back. If you see the enemy fire a red flare. If we find nothing head for home on a green flare. Any questions?"

    Nagel's men shook their heads. His Sonderstaffel has been practising night flying for many weeks, and even the Strafabteilung of Bühl and Goerth had quickly gained some skills in night operations over the past three weeks.

    "To your aircraft then," ordered Nagel, "Hals und Beinbruch!"

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    The Sonderstaffel had been up for almost forty minutes, had already reached the coast and were on their way back with no sign of the enemy bombers. As Ltn. Nagel had advised despite the full moon the high cloud was limiting visibility, 'Just the thing the English Lords in their Handley Pages will be hoping covers their escape,' thought Hans Goerth as he looked out in the blackness.

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    Little did the Sonderstaffel realise but they were in fact sharing the sky with two Handley Page O/400 twin engine bombers of 214 Squadron RAF. Having dropped their bombloads on the German occupied port of Zeebrugge they were heading back towards their base on the French coast.

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    Not one of the crew on either side was aware of the other formation .....

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    ..... until Goerth and von Collani came under sustained machine gun fire! Peering out into the night free of the direct glare of their engine exhausts the O/400 gunners Airman First Class James May and Airman Second Class Albert Winrow had spotted the approaching Huns opened fire at close range.

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    Nagel was the first to see the giant English machine and belatedly fired off a red flare. He quickly manoeuvred in behind the enemy aircraft, narrowly avoiding Hans Goerth's Halberstadt as it slipped beneath him. Nagel opened fire with his front gun lacing the fuselage with lead. On his port wing Ltn. Kurt von Collani also turned in behind the bomber and fired, his burst damaging the control wires to the port elevator and holing a fuel tank which sent a flammable stream of vapour off into the darkness.

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    Lieutenant Frederick Bravery was shocked when then the first burst of fire hit his Handley Page. His co-pilot Lt. Robert Macbeth had been struck in the shoulder by a German bullet and slumped forward, and his forward gunner AM1 James May had been hit in the leg. Bravery pulled the stick hard over to the right, sending the big plane into a steep right hand bank. The rear gunner caught a glimpse of one of the Hun machines and fired off a burst with his .303 Lewis gun with no noticeable effect.

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    Vzfm. Hans Goerth had not seen a thing before a stream of bullets and tracer struck the wing of his Halberstadt, and he still had not managed to get off even one burst. Away to his right he caught a glimpse of tracer streaming off into the night, and then suddenly there was fire in the sky! He could see Leutnant Nagel's Halberstadt had closed on the tail of the British bomber and his last burst had set the enemy machine aflame!

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    Lothar Nagel face was a grim mask as he saw the flames wreathe the bomber. 'She is done for now,' he thought as he continued to fire short bursts and moved in for the kill. Suddenly however a shower of bullets from the bomber struck his Halberstadt CL.II, causing critical damage to the Mercedes D.III engine.

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    "Gott im Himmel!" cursed Nagel as he was forced to turn away from his burning enemy.

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    Nagel fired one more burst but only succeeded in jamming his synchronised Maxim and offer himself as a target for the rear gunner of the British bomber.

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    As Ltn. Nagel turned for home his gunner Fm. Kurt Krüger exchanged fire with the bomber to no good effect.

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    The other two Halberstadts flown by Kurt von Collani and Hans Goerth are drawn to the burning bomber like moths to a flame, completely unaware of the presence of a second Handley Page O/400 off to port.

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    In the cockpit of his O/400 Lt. Bravery could only watch as the fire spread, hoping against hope the fuel in the tank would be consumed before his aircraft.....

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    ..... as Leutnant Lothar Nagel leaves the battle area nursing his damaged machine back to Jabekke.

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    With their Kettenführer forced to break off von Collani and Goerth open fire on the O/400, with the former shooting up the bomber's reserve fuel tank.

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    With bullets flying left and right the O/400's rear gunner Albert Winrow took aim at the muzzle flash of one of the Huns and returned fire ......

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    ..... before shifting his aim to the second Hun machine. Suddenly Winrow could only watch in horror as another burst hit the bomber and a flash of fire engulfed the damaged reserve tank.

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    Hans Goerth smiled as he saw the results of his last burst. 'Ich habe dich jetzt!' he thought as more flames sprouted from the enemy machine.

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    Albert Winrow was angry now, screaming a string of profanities at the Huns dogging his stricken machine. "Leave us alone you &%$# Hun bastards!" he yelled as he fired another burst at the German on his port quarter.

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    With his Halberstadt hit by burst after accurate burst and trying to clear a jammed Maxim Hans Goerth was no longer celebrating. 'If this keeps up,' he thought, 'I'll be going down before the Tommy!' Off to starboard Kurt von Collani hit the bomber again, damaging the rudder.

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    Airman Second Class Winrow kept up his assault, again firing at the German biplane that had set fire to the Handley Page. The Hun had stopped shooting and Winrow dared to hope maybe he would be forced to break off just like the first one.

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    The Handley Page O/400 was a tough bird, but even the sturdiest machine can only take so much. The flames had just burned through too much fabric, melted too much metal. The bomber began to descend, slowly at first then faster and faster until it became a bright comet crashing down to the Belgian countryside. "Please God...." was all Albert Winrow could say as he gripped his Lewis gun, feeling the searing heat of the flames through his heavy flying coat.....

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    Goerth watched for a few moments as his sixth victory crashed in flames before returning his attention to the night sky......

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    ..... as Leutnant Kurt von Collani also scanned the dark for another of the English bombers.

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    The two Halberstadts continued on a westerly course hoping to catch up with whatever else may have been out there in the cloudy sky.

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    After a time when nothing more was sighted however Leutnant von Collani called off the hunt by firing a green flare and the Sonderstaffel set a course for Jabbeke.


    VICTORY CONDITIONS

    CENTRAL POWERS - One bomber destroyed.

    ENTENTE - One bomber returned to base, no damage.

    RESULT - DRAW
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    Default CASREP - OTT BE Mission 14, 26 May 1918, Hard Day's Night (Carl Brisgamer)

    CASUALTY REPORT (AKA THE BUTCHER'S BILL)

    SEE ADLER SONDERSTAFFEL


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    Leutnant der Reserve Lothar Nagel, See Adler Sonderstaffel (Kettenführer - Halberstadt CL.II with white wing bands)
    RTB (4 damage - engine hit) / 0 kills
    Flugmeister Kurt Krüger, See Adler Sonderstaffel (Beobachter - Halberstadt CL.II with white wing bands)
    RTB (4 damage - engine hit) / 0 kills

    Leutnant zur See Kurt von Collani, See Adler Sonderstaffel (Flugzeugführer - red nosed Halberstadt CL.II)
    RTB (4 damage) / 0 kills
    Flugmaat Franz Hensel, See Adler Sonderstaffel (Beobachter - red nosed Halberstadt CL.II)
    RTB (4 damage) / 0 kills

    Vizeflugmeister Hans Goerth, See Adler Sonderstaffel (Flugzeugführer - Halberstadt CL.II with black fuselage band)
    RTB (10 damage) / 1 kill (shot down RAF Handley Page O/400 in flames, 6th confirmed victory)
    Oberflugmeister Albin Bühl, See Adler Sonderstaffel (Beobachter - Halberstadt CL.II with black fuselage band)
    RTB (10 damage) / 0 kills

    BOMBER BULLDOGS

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    Captain Valentine Sieveking, 214 Sqn RAF (pilot, RNAS Handley Page O/400)
    RTB (0 damage) / 0 kills

    Lieutenant Henry Roe, 214 Sqn RAF (co-pilot, RNAS Handley Page O/400)
    RTB (0 damage) / 0 kills

    Airman Second Class George Greenland, 214 Sqn RAF (front gunner, RNAS Handley Page O/400)
    RTB (0 damage) / 0 kills

    Airman Third Class Charles Offord, 214 Sqn RAF (rear gunner, RNAS Handley Page O/400)
    RTB (0 damage) / 0 kills

    Capt. Sieveking brought his aircraft and crew back to base undamaged. They were all haunted for some time however by the sight of Lt. Bravery's Handley Page O/400 crashing in flames.

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    Lieutenant Frederick Bravery, 214 Sqn RAF (pilot, RAF Handley Page HP O/400)
    FLM ET / 0 kills (shot down by Vzfm. Hans Goerth in flames over occupied territory)
    C&W 5 -2 FLM -1 CID = 2 - Dead!

    With two wounded men aboard Lieutenant Frederick Bravery stayed at the controls of his burning aircraft to do what he could to bring her in for a crash landing. His efforts were not in vain, for both Lt. Macbeth and AM1 May did in fact survive. In a tragic turn of fate however Lt. Bravery was killed in the crash. His remains were buried with military honours by the See Adler Gruppe later that day.

    Lieutenant Robert Macbeth, 214 Sqn RAF (co-pilot, RAF Handley Page O/400)
    FLM ET WIA / 0 kills (shot down by Vzfm. Hans Goerth in flames over occupied territory)
    C&W 7 -2 FLM -1 WIA -1 CID = 3 Injured - Skip 1D6 (6) Scenarios
    E&E 5 -1 FLM -1 WIA -1 WIC -1 BEL = 1 Captured! The war ended for this pilot...

    Lieutenant Robert Macbeth suffered terrible injuries in the battle, being shot, burned and sustaining further wounds in the crash. He was captured by German troops and given immediate medical treatment. Lt. Macbeth was hospitalised until the end of August 1918. He was then transferred to a German prisoner of war camp for wounded officers where he received ongoing treatment for his disfiguring injuries until his release in December 1918.

    Airman First Class James May, 214 Sqn RAF (front gunner, RAF Handley Page O/400)
    FLM ET WIA / 0 kills (shot down by Vzfm. Hans Goerth in flames over occupied territory)
    C&W 9 -2 FLM -1 WIA -1 CID = 6 Injured - Skip 1D3 (2) Scenarios
    E&E 3 -1 FLM -1 WIA -1 WIC -1 BEL = -1 Captured! The war ended for this pilot...

    Airman First Class James May was shot and knocked about in the crash but was spared the flames due to his position in the nose of the aircraft. AM1 May dragged Lt. Macbeth from the crashed machine before collapsing. He was captured and transferred to hospital for treatment. James May had recovered from his wounds by the start of July 1918 and was sent to a prisoner of war camp in Germany for the duration of the war.

    Airman Second Class Albert Winrow, 214 Sqn RAF (rear gunner, RAF Handley Page O/400)
    FLM ET / 0 kills (shot down by Vzfm. Hans Goerth in flames over occupied territory)
    C&W 4 -2 FLM -1 CID = 1 - Dead!

    Airman Second Class Albert Winrow had ably defended his aircraft, forcing one of the attacking Halberstadts to break off with a damaged engine and badly damaging another. As his aircraft was being consumed by fire Albert Winrow made the choice to jump rather than burn. His body was never found.
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    AAR and Butcher's bill completed, epilogue to come along in a few days.

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    Good effort there Carl!
    Great B & W pics. (I must see if one of my Apps will let me do the same.)

    It seems so far that it is difficult to get into range with both bombers.
    A good try by your pilots & at least you got one H-P & all your pilots survived unlike Lt Braverley & his crew.

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    Thanks Barry. The Halberstadts started off at position 6 which put them well behind the first HP and they weren't fast enough to catch up. If I had employed Fokker D.VII or Albatros scouts it would have been different. But I wanted to use the two seaters as they were the aircraft flown historically by the Marine Sonderstaffel.

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    Well done, Carl.

    I hope I can do as well against the HP. It's a tough beast to take down.
    I am only going to use one and a two-seater, but will be flying D.VIIs again for this one, so, fingers crossed ...
    Peter's rules for night flying seem to be "spot on" (pun intended).




    P.S.
    I tried to give you some rep but I think your Polish exploits have used yours up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumptonian View Post
    Peter's rules for night flying seem to be "spot on" (pun intended).
    Thanks Pete, and I agree Peter's night rules work well.

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    Well played Carl, great visuals, knocking down just one bomber is a victory even if not a win in campaign terms.
    Onkel will be along in a week or so to sort out the paperwork.

    Onkel says:


    Alles in ordnung !
    Goerth is proving to be quite an asset to the Jasta, for his efforts in destroying a Giant raider HQ has been notified he is to be awarded Military Merit Cross (Bavaria) (Militär-Verdienstkreuz), with swords.
    Last edited by flash; 08-22-2017 at 03:15.

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Good job taking down one of the big HPs there Carl. Starting position put you in tough a place to catch the lead bomber. Getting one and losing none of your own is a great result for the Eagles.

    Sadly my REP gun is also jammed at the moment. I'll start working on this jam.....I wonder if it will take 3 AARs instead of cards?

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    Quote Originally Posted by flash View Post
    Well played Carl, great visuals, knocking down just one bomber is a victory even if not a win in campaign terms.
    Onkel will be along in a week or so to sort out the paperwork.
    Danke Onkel, keine Sorge

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teaticket View Post
    Good job taking down one of the big HPs there Carl. Starting position put you in tough a place to catch the lead bomber. Getting one and losing none of your own is a great result for the Eagles.

    Sadly my REP gun is also jammed at the moment. I'll start working on this jam.....I wonder if it will take 3 AARs instead of cards?
    The night rules worked a treat. I am considering using them for some early WW2 night interception missions as well. Maybe you might consider how to work radar into the mix as well?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carl_Brisgamer View Post
    The night rules worked a treat. I am considering using them for some early WW2 night interception missions as well. Maybe you might consider how to work radar into the mix as well?
    Glad the night rules are working out.

    I'm working on a WW2 version with radar assist. I hope to do some testing this week and next weekend.

    Also thinking of a tweak on the WWI because of what I am doing for WW2. We'll see.

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    I look forward to seeing the fruits of your labours!

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    Carl, Onkel has reviewed the paperwork and has some news added above....

    "He is wise who watches"

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    A very atmospheric (great pictures) AAR, thoroughly enjoyable read, I was fingers crossed for young Winrow. I was hoping he was one of the lucky suvivors. Pity.
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Well played Carl. One hell of a fight and plenty of flames everywhere. Love the prologue and the AAR as always. Both very nicely told tales. Congrats to you guys on bringing down a bomber. Not easy that! Rep on the way.

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    Default EPILOGUE - OTT BE Mission 14, 26 May 1918, Hard Day's Night (Carl Brisgamer)

    EPILOGUE

    Dixmude, West Flandern
    26 Mai 1918
    0900hrs

    Despite their hectic evening soon after sun rise Leutnant Lothar Nagel, Leutnant Kurt von Collani and Vizeflugmeister Hans Goerth piled into the See Adler Staffel's 1913 Minerva Knight touring car. Word had reached Jabbeke that the Tommy Riesenflugzeug had come down just outside Dixmude and the Sonderstaffel pilots wanted to get a good look at the enemy machine. The trip was slow as the roads were crowded with troops and vehicles. To make matters worse the Minerva was prone to breakdown these days - it had never been the same after that damned English officer ran it into a canal during his escape!

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    The sun was high in the sky by the time the Marineflieger came upon the wreck of the Handley Page. It had crashed in a small field, the brush and grass burned black by the flames that had started to consume the machine in the sky and finished the job on the ground. Three medical orderlies were already at crash site, and the Obergrefreiter saluted Leutnant Nagel as the pilots moved in for a closer inspection.

    As he approached Nagel saw the first body, burned and twisted and just barely covered by a thin blanket. The bile rose in his throat as the stench of charred meat reached his nostrils.

    "Two of the crew got out Herr Leutnant," reported the Army NCO, "they were captured immediately and taken off to hospital."

    "The other fellow was not quite so lucky," he continued. "I think he was the pilot, and .... well, we have not got him out yet."

    "Why not?" snapped Nagel, his aviator's sensibilities affronted by the callousness of these medics. Such a fate could befall any airman at any time, himself included.

    "It is the body you see, Herr Leutnant," said the Obergefreiter, leaning over and pointing through the twisted wreckage. "The fire burned hot, very hot. Hot enough to melt, well, everything."

    "It should be cool enough by now," declared Nagel, "get him out immediately!" he ordered.

    "We tried Herr Leutnant," replied the medic, "but you see when I said the fire melted everything .... we are waiting for some tools to do the job."

    Turning back to the bomber Nagel, von Collani and Goerth looked closer and soon realised what they were seeing. The pilot's body, what shrivelled remains there were, had fused with the melted steel struts that had held an engine in place before the wings had folded back in the crash. Man and machine merged together in death.

    Kurt von Collani turned away and just made it back to the car before he deposited his breakfast on the side of the road.

    Hans Goerth continued to look at the dead man, trying to work out were he finished and the melted and blackened remains of the aircraft began. 'That could be you one day Hans,' he thought, 'if you don't stay on your toes.'

    Looking around he noticed one the big rudders had been torn off in the crash and survived the flames. Picking it up he gave the burned bomber one last glance before joining Leutnant von Collani in the car, sitting his trophy carefully in the back seat. "What do you think Herr Leutnant?" asked Goerth, "This will look great on the wall of the mess."

    The officer looked back briefly and managed a nod. 'How is it that he can be so casual about it all?' wondered von Collani. 'The limited intellect of the working class,' he supposed, 'so lacking in sensibilities he is unable to process the horror of what he has just seen.'

    The return of Leutnant Nagel to the vehicle interrupted von Collani's internal philosophising.

    "He will be buried this afternoon," said Nagel, "The See Adler Staffel will provide the funeral party."


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    Dixmude, West Flandern
    26 Mai 1918
    1500hrs

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    The funeral had just been completed and the remains of the unfortunate British airman interred in the sandy Flemish soil when a large staff car stopped at the cemetery. Escorted by his aide de camp, a tall thin man with grey hair and moustache dressed in an immaculate uniform stepped down from the vehicle, the Pour le Merite with oak leaves dangling at his neck. As the officer approached the See Adler Staffel Oberleutnant Werner Bastian called his men to attention and saluted "Herr Generalfeldmarschall!"

    Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, field marshal and commander of the four armies that comprised Armee Gruppe A returned Bastian's salute.

    "At ease gentlemen," began the Crown Prince, "I want to express my thanks for your efforts in bringing down the Englishmen last night, very good work."

    "Oberleutnant," Rupprecht continued, "which of your officers was responsible for this feat of arms?"

    Clearing his throat, Bastian replied "Not one of my officers Herr Generalfeldmarschall, but an NCO pilot Vizeflugmeister Hans Goerth." Bastian waved Goerth forward, adding "It was his sixth victory."

    Hans Goerth halted in front of the Army Group Commander and put up his best salute.

    "Well done Vizeflugmeister," commended the Crown Prince, "on behalf of myself and the King of Bavaria I award you the Bayerische Militär-Verdienstkreuz mit Schwerten, Dritte Klasse" said Rupprecht, pinning the small gold cross with blue and which ribbon to Goerth's tunic. "I expect we shall hear more of your exploits before this war is done."

    "Danke Herr Generalfeldmarschall!", replied Goerth.

    "Now tell me Vizeflugmeister," began Rupprecht, beckoning him to follow as he walked slowly back to his vehicle, "just how does one go about shooting down these Riesenflugzeuge?"
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    Nice finish to the story Carl! (If you are a Hun that is!)



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