Two-seater Skirmish

[Windy Jack]

There were five of us available on Tuesday. We decided on flying two-seaters to give some experience to our newer flyers. We also decided that if shot down we could re-enter in another two-seater. Due to the time it took to fly from the edge to the centre where the action was happening, a pilot who was shot down did not immediately re-enter the fray.
The Central Powers started with a Hannover CL.III, a Halberstadt CL.II, and a Ufag C.I. The Entente had a Bristol F.2B, a DeHavilland DH4, and a Breguet BR.14. This was a little unbalanced in terms of fire power because the Central Powers planes had B guns front and rear. For the Entente the F.2B had a A front gun, and the DH4 a A rear gun.

Here is sample of photographs taken through the game.
1) the opening planes in action
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2) a close encounter, with less damage than might have been because of the jammed guns. (We had a lot of jammed guns in this game. We'll have to vet the ground crew better!!)
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3) The Hannover has already gone down. Now it is the Breguet.
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4) The Hannover pilot returns flying a camouflaged Roland C.II. The DH4 gets up close and personal with the Ufag!
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5) The Halbestadt has gone down, while the DH4 continues close contact. This time with the Roland. In the background is the RAF RE.8 flown by the former Breguet pilot.
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6) A nice day for flying!
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7) The DH4 goes down after taking a hit from the Albatros C.III flown by the Halbestadt pilot.
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At the end of the game only the Ufag and the Bristol F.2B remained of the original planes!

[flash]

Nice one Doug - Bristol's rule !

[Setarius]

Nicely done and a great idea for a scenario.

[Mike George]

Love the pictures and stories.

[gully_raker]

That was an interesting scenario Doug.
Great to see a set too between a mob of 2 seaters!.

[Flying Helmut]

Yes, good to see two-seaters in a brawl!
Nice pictures
Very well done, chap!

[Windy Jack]

Nice one Doug - Bristol's rule !

I have edited the original post because others have assured me that the original Ufag was also still flying when we ended the game. (And none of them were the Ufag pilot!)

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Just caught up with this post Doug.
A very nice little action and AAR.
Rob.

[Hedeby]

You made one fatal mistake - Bristols always work better in pairs !

[Teaticket]

Nice to see 2 seaters going at it.

Chris, are you talking Wings or what?

[Naharaht]

Thank you for the good A.A.R., Doug.

Most gun jams were caused by defective ammunition, which is why so many pilots became 'bullet checkers'. The ground crew would probably not have enough time available to check every pilot's ammunition.