Exmouth Imperial Wargames Club
Exmouth Imperial Wargames Club – Meeting 17th Jan 2018
This is the club that organizes and runs Exeter Legionary show each year and has done so for some time now.
Meeting every Wednesday evening, they put on a variety of games, ranging from WW2, through Napoleonic and Ancients to non historical games like X Wing. Most members are familiar with WGF from past experience and one of our forum members, Brett1815, is about to continue running a WW1 campaign, starting next month, which involves most of the club.
This particular AAR involves two of the younger members, Alfie and Jack, who have only played on a couple of occassions recently, but who already know how to run rings around more experienced players! They took on two Halberstadt DIIIs. William is an experienced player. He and I were flying SPAD VIIs. I think you can already gues the result
Whilst on an offensive patrol above their own lines, two Halberstadt pilots encounter a couple of SPAD VIIs returning from a patrol over enemy lines.
The two Germans are quick to damage both of the entente aircraft and before too long one was limping about with a damaged engine and jammed guns (which plagued him for the rest of the encounter), the other was dispatched rather unceremoniously to the fields below. (One kill to Alfie)
Fortunately, another SPAD VII made an appearance to give support and a fierce dogfight followed.
However, there was never any doubt about the outcome of this one. Despite hitting his opponent and seeing smoke come from the Halberstadt ahead, it was, in fact, the last thing the second original pilot ever saw, as he too crashed to the earth below. (One kill to Jack).
The folowing two photos show the damage results for all but the first casualty, that drew a boom card (photo not taken)
A decisive win for the central powers – congrats to Alfie and Jack
A second game followed a brief club admin meeting and suitable refreshments – an encounter between two Albatros DVas and two Sopwith Camels from 209 Squadron RAF in mid 1918. Few pics were taken – my apologies. Suffice to say the outcome was a draw, as no aircraft were shot down. But one of the Germans retired with just one point of damage left to its credit! And one of the Camels took a bit of a beating too, starting with the very first shots of the encounter (See below)
Guess who was flying that CamelThanks guys – a fun evening!
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Well done Mike & the other Exmouth Pilots.
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