Mission 17. The Final Cut.

[Nightbomber]

- Here we go to dance with the French in a full force, Meine Herren! shouted Kommandeur Garsztka.
- if you call the last remaining five crates the full force, Sylvester, you are absolutely right... - replied Tannenberg.
- you'd better keep your mouth shut, Hans. The spirit is what really counts. And we have the spirit, my dearest friend.
- oh yes Sir...thanks to our quartermaster recently we have been fully supplied! My head is still aching after yesterdays celebration...

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Bolko von Oppeln's diary:

We took to the air in our Jasta's last Dreideckers this time, for the D.V were being repaired.
The French scouts we saw were flying in abreast formation.

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Against our astern.

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We turned left like on parade to face the danger!

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But to our surprise two French pilots probably didn't notice us and rapidly turned right. A mess in enemy formation is always very welcome!

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First bullets exchange. Garsztka and me focused on the same French Nieuport Ace, but although I managed to place my bullets nicely, Sylvester missed and his guns jammed. The French pilot was a real marksman. My rudder was perforated.
Unfortunately Weissberg's plane was hit right in the engine. Will he manage to control the kite?

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Weissberg lost control of his damaged crate and collided with enemy Nieuport under fire from Tannenberg's spandaus. Wissberg was lucky enough to fly away unscathed, but the poor French plane was almost torn to pieces and lurked to the ground!

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We turned to the left pursuing the enemies, while two remaining French fighters appeared out of the blue to help their comrades. Schlange was in very good position to give us cover. He did it, showing his teeth...

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...and collided with one of the incoming Nieuports. His crate got severely damage!
In the meantime I tailed the French Ace and scored a very good hit in the center of the fuselage...
Tannenberg and Weissberg immelmanned to chase the enemies.

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Anton is tough guy. He turned right searching for a possible kill. The French Ace slipped ti the left and I lost him from my gunsight.

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Tannenberg exchanged fire with one of the Nieuports and got wounded...

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Weissberg saw the action, turned tightly right and shoot from a close distance...
Schlange hit the enemy as well and saw a thick black smoke coming out of the Nieuport fuselage. Well done Anton!

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Another collision! Weissberg's plane folds like a toy and goes down to the ground. A fatal loss!
Fortunately Garsztka finishes off one of the enemies.

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Now two of the French and one Fokker are destroyed. 2:1 for the Eagles so far.

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Anton Schlange got his kill and now we seem to hold the field!

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And now the mayhem begins! Tannenberg's fire is causing enemy's explosion. Garsztka, the lucky git, is evading fire, while we both perforate the Nieuport nicely.

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The last standing enemy comes under Tanneberg's guns...

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Anton is heading for the base, while we cruise to catch the French bird.

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He can not not escape the fray.

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I made the first attack, but with no visible effect. Shame, he could be my victim!

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The iron Sylvester Garsztka can not miss. The enemy is down.

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Leaving the remnants of the planes on the ground we finally headed for home.

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The bills:

Victors of the fight are marked with crosses representing kills.

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The ones who were stricken down. No one returned to base.

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A bloody victory for the Eagles.
What happened to Weissberg? We need a miracle...

[fast.git]

What a furball! :clap: What a bloodbath! :eek: Brilliant shooting, and fantastic photos. :thumbsup:

Well played, sir, well played. Pints all around. :pint: :pint: :pint: :medal:

[flash]

Another classic AAR Andrzej, Eagles took the prize there ! :thumbsup:

Weissberg survives ! Rolled a 9 - 3 xp = 6 - Skip 1D3 Scenarios - rolled 1 Bruised miss 1 scenario !

French Bulldogs:
Lieutenant Louis Uteau - KIA
Sous-Lieutenant Gilbert Jean Saune - KIA
Sous-Lieutenant Basile Felicien Rousselle - All well when you land well!
Sous-Lieutenant Emile Robert - All well when you land well!
Sergent Maurice Risacher - Bruised misses 1 scenario

The survivors will be back for vengeance ! ;)

[fast.git]

Weissberg survives ! Rolled a 9 - 3 xp = 6 - Skip 1D3 Scenarios - rolled 1 Bruised miss 1 scenario !

Fantastic! The mess will be open late this evening... :drinks: :pint: :singin: :FOK: :drinks: :singin: :drunk: :sleep:

[Marechallannes]

Not bad, Andrzej. :eek:

Seems you left behind your unlucky streak. :clap:

The Eagles kicked the French out of the skies. A remarkable victory!

Great AAR, wingman. :salute:

[Archidamus]

That was a really brutal encounter Andrzej - for the Bulldogs, that is! Great AAR :salute:

[MoonSylver]

Great AAR. Nice pics & planes. Well done Eagles. Nice shooting. :salute:

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Our French Allies seem to have lost some of their Élan just of late.
We will have to see what happens when their more modern machines start to roll off the production lines.
Well done the Eagles Andrzej. You have some excellent pilots there.
Kyte.

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

Excellent result mon amis,:thumbsup: sorry Mien Freund (spelling atrocious I know). Loved eery minute of this epic encounter.:thumbsup:

See you in the mess for lots of :pint::pint::pint::pint::pint:

[gully_raker]

:eek: You certainly made short work of those poor French Nieuport pilots Andrezj but just wait until you meet up with some real tough Aircraft like Camels & SE 5a's.
The Jackboot might be on the other foot then my friend.:cheezy: :guns::fokker:

[Baron Rolf]

What absolute carnage Andrzej, I liked your AAR mate fantastic and some nice photos to accompany the drama happening above the skies above " No Man's Land ".

[tikkifriend]

Superb AAR . My guess is that the Cheese eating Surrender Monkeys will be out for revenge, :surrender: if they have any planes left.:erk: Great home made mats too.:hatsoff: