"Before there were Fighters" December 1915 --- An Early Doors WW1 Prequel Scenario #1
Leutnant Karl Toffeleiter and Leutnant Johanne Zweibelsuppe were busy directing artillery fire. Johanne, in the rear was following the fall of shot and doing his best to hold up a coloured flag which hopefully the artillery officer on the ground was observing and telephoning the battery to correct the fall of shot. Their brand new Roland CII was excellent for this type of mission.
Karl tapped Johanne on the shoulder, turning round Johanne could see a British two seater approaching them, it looked like a BE2. Now he was glad they weren't in their old crate an out of date Taube.
2Lt John Smith was surprised to see a German 2 Seater, a type he couldn't recognise. He leaned back and indicated to his pilot, sitting behind him that an enemy plane was right in front of them. 2Lt Harry Worth gave John a hearty thumbs up and indicated they would take the Hun on. John stopped his current task of artillery spotting and loaded his lewis gun and moved it from the rear mount to the left/side mount ready for Harry's turn.
Both aircraft closed at a combined speed of nearly 220 mph. John got the drop on the Hun and squeezed off a burst careful not to expend too much ammo from his small drum.
John was rewarded with watching a line of bullet holed appear in the Hun's tail and rudder as they hurtled past each other. To his horror he saw the Hun observer turn his own machine gun to face the British aircraft. Johanne held his fire until the wingtips of both aircraft nearly touched then he pressed the trigger and watched as bullet after bullet thudded into the British plane.
John switched the Lewis to the rear mount and squeezed off a few rounds as the German observer did too. John was happy to see the German striking his machine gun as it suddenly stopped firing. Just as soon as they were in range they were out of range and started to circle round.
It seemed like ages before both aircraft had circled round again and were charging head to head again. John knew he had an advantage, the Hun couldn't fire forward, so deftly he changed his Lewis back to left/side and fired a quick burst. He missed.
Both aircraft closed at 220 mph again. John waited and waited, Johanne held his nerve. Both fired together. The result was a disaster...for the British duo. Smoke and flames were pouring out of the BE2 as Harry tried to guide it towards the ground he struggled all the way down but the inevitable was only seconds away. BOOM. The BE2 hit the ground and John was catapulted out of his seat. How he missed the propeller and lewis mount he couldn't remember. But poor Harry was trapped and there was nothing he could do for his friend.
Karl and Johanne shook hands. There first kill. Now to nurse their battered aircraft back home and a well earned lunch.
The Butchers Bill:
2Lt John Smith/FLM
rolled 2d6=8-2(Flamer)=6 In hiding miss 1d3 scenarios.
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4461047/
2Lt Harry Worth (Obs)/FLM
rolled 2d6=4-2(Flamer)=2 KIA
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4461048/
Leutnant Karl Toffeleiter: RTB
Leutnant Johanne Zweibelsuppe: RTB/1 kill.
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- shame about poor Harry Worth, but lets hope 2Lt Smith get back safely (sorry, but I have to support the Entente crew). However, congrats to Toffeleiter and Zweibelsuppe on their victory 
Originally Posted by flash
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