I just couldn't wait to gather my flight group for a next session and decided to test one of my newly purchased Heinkels on a solo mission using automated flight rules from Rules & Accessories WGF Pack, tuning them slightly for a WGS bomber.
Here you have a brief AAR.
My goal was to recreate one of typical BoB hunt for a returning bomber performed by one of the 303rd Polish Squadron pilots, Josef Frantisek, who used to bounce on lonely German bombers on their way back to France. I was flying as Frantisek, trying to shoot down the Heinkel in a 1:1 encounter.
I placed the Hurry at the He six and manage to keep flying right behind the bomber which has to cross 150 cm of my gaming table to "get to France".
Although it seemed to be a perfect shooting position, I found the bomber out of my gun sight and arc of fire several times. Unfortunately the bomber's gunners did their job well - you will see the butcher's list down below.
Frantisek could not damage neither engines nor eliminate any crewmen and barely made home with a coughing plane's engine. His crate had to be scratched out. Heinkel got a 50% damage to the fuselage and probably did not return to operational status as well.
Well, you can say it's a historically accurate and probable result! If you are not a lucky git, attacking a bomber without a wingman support may be a risky business
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