Battle of Britain Scenario 1a: Destroy Reinforcement Flight (Afternoon Flight)
Second Combat Mission: The one that know one saw
Oberleutnant Egon Mayer Messerschmitt 109
Ofw Fritz Strizel Messerschmitt 109
Ofw Karl Pfeiffer (Rookie) Messerschmitt 109
Operational Orders:
Engage and destroy enemy aircraft (Hawker Hurricanes), that have been reported by forward observes to be heading to airfields closer to Dunkirk.
Hawker Hurricane pilot unknown
Hawker Hurricane pilot unknown
Hawker Hurricane pilot unknown
Operational Orders:
Proceed to airfields closer to Dunkirk as the enemy have advanced further than AASF HQ anticipated.
Unlike Oberleutnant Helmut Paul Emil Wick flight from the morning, Oberleutnant Egon Mayer flight would not go as well. Their engagement involved not two but three Hurricanes. The Hurricane that got away from this morning, must of reported the encounter and the RAF is now aware of the Messerschmitt 109’s that are in the vicinity.
The engagement between the adversaries was a mix of long contained bursts trained on one another in a head to head confrontation. As each verge upon and fired their last bursts before maneuvering to avoid collisions at close range, the hail of lead between them took their toll.
Oberleutnant Egon Mayer was able to inflict enough punishment on his adversary, then his Messerschmitt 109 took. As he passed the Hurricane, he could see the pilot. The pilot was slumped to one side of his cockpit, which was laced with large holes in his canopy surrounding him in his perforate craft. Mayer then performed an Immelmann and pursued his opponent.
Ofw Fritz Strizel Messerschmitt 109 was taking hits from his targeted Hurricane. Ofw Karl Pfeiffer fired burst after burst into the Hurricane. Inflicting damaged with less precision then Ofw Fritz Strizel. Between the two of them, the Hurricane started to become sluggish. Sizeable cavity in the fuselage surrounding the engine compartment could be seen as they rapidly closed the distance between them, when the Hurriccane literally fell out of the sky. Then from out of know where, pieces are being torn away from Strizel’s 109, it then suddenly burst into flames, then a wing crumpled and the aircraft noses over. Strizel manages to bail out before the death spin begins. Pfeiffer yelled, “ He’s out ! He’s out ! Where did he come from !”. Pfeiffer was not sure if Strizel’s parachute every deployed, but hopefully it did and he will find his way home unnoticed by his adversaries.
Oberleutnant Egon Mayer was gaining ground., enough so to fire a burst at his target. He followed the tracer rounds to no avail. As he closed in, his opponents mass swelled within his target sight and he fired again. This time the 109’s stream of rounds struck home. The Hurricane could not withstand anymore abuse and plunge to its death. Mayer put his Messerschmitt 109 into a hard turn to regroup with Pfeiffer.
From his advantage point, Oberleutnant Egon Mayer, could see that his comrades were surprised by a third Hurricane. It was presently out of position to do any harm to Ofw Karl Pfeiffer after its ferocious assault on Ofw Fritz Strizel.
After regrouping with Ofw Karl Pfeiffer, Oberleutnant Egon Mayer made the decision to head home. The Hurricane that know one saw apparently did not want to tangle with two Messerschmitt 109’s. Mayer was not surprised, but was pleased, since Pfeiffer’s plane was full of holes and with his mentor being behind enemy lines or worst dead was not encouraging.
Combat Report: Jagdgeschwader 2 Staffel 3
Oberleutnant Egon Mayer - Returned To Base - No Injuries - 1 Kill Hurricane
Ofw Fritz Strizel - Shot Down in Enemy Territory - No Injuries - Shared Kill Hurricane
Ofw Karl Pfeiffer - Returned To Base - No Injuries - Shared Kill Hurricane
Combat Report: RAF Replacement Flight
First Hurricane - Shot Down in Allied Territory
Second Hurricane - Shot down in Allied Territory
Third Hurricane (The One No One Saw) Made it to air field undamaged 1 Kill
RAF Perspective:
First Hurricane - Three Messerschmitt 109’s on frontal attack.
Third Hurricane - I am directly behind you Leader.
First Hurricane - Break to my left as soon as they start firing and take out the middle 109, then regroup and head to the airfield. We do not have the petrol for this right now. We need to get to the air field. Boys fly straight on and Good Luck.
Third Hurricane - Affirmative Leader.
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Originally Posted by Steel Legion
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