An early morning patrol of two P-40 Warhawks notice two incoming enemy Ki-61 Hien "Tonys" and decide to engage. Here are the combatants:
The two "Tonys":
The two Warhawks:
Other than this photo of their initial approaches, I constrained the photos in this AAR to the 7 combat passes that determined the outcome of the dogfight. Here are the combatant's initial approaches:
This photo is just after the first combat pass, the green Ki-61 taking 5 damage points at short range in the pass:
On the second pass both P-40's fire at the silver Ki-61 from long range totaling 7 damage points, P-40 number 54 receives 6 damage points and a wounded pilot
On the third combat pass the green Ki-61 manages to "cross the T" of P-40 number 54 (wounded pilot restricted maneuvers didn't help situation) inflicting enormous damage and recording a kill.
The fourth combat pass sees the Flying Tiger inflicting 7 damage points
The Flying Tiger finishes off the green Hien on the fifth combat pass, but takes its first damage of 5 points in the process
On the 6th combat pass the Flying Tiger puts 6 points on the Hien at long range
The 7th and decisive pass results in both pilots exchanging fire at long range and in a bit of bad luck for the P-40 "BOOM" -- the silver Ki-61 limps home with 14 damage points total out of 16 allowable.
I thought the P-40 had the game in the bag with relatively little damage and the Hien clearly on the ropes -- ah well -- the Fates intervened!
The game was played 8/14/2017 at my place.
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