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    RFC

    Lt Jonty Pierce Nieuport

    Lt Patterson Morane

    Guy Bordeaux Be2 the renegade

    Central Powers

    Ltn Friedrich Koch Red E111

    Ltn Karl Shafer E111

    Obltn Seb Priesner Sharp Eye Halbst

    The Be2 had a good head start on the scouts sent out to bring him back. Guy Bordeaux was seriously reconsidering what he had done , and how he would explain it to his CO ,even with his broken English.

    Still that was the least of his problems. Glancing in to his mirror he could see 2 monoplanes closing to within firing range. He was a sitting duck.



    Patterson and Pierce saw the lumbering 2 seater trying to evade the Fokker's on its tail. “ Perhaps its better that the Germans get him “ thought Patterson . The CO had a notorious temper and a very long memory when it came to insubordination



    Koch and Shafer were tantalisingly close to getting Bordeaux in their sights
    Koch peeled right while Shafer dodged left .



    Shafer could see the RFC scouts bearing down on him but concentrated his fire on the Be2 just missing the planes tail (0)



    A second burst failed to strike .
    Shafer saw the muzzle flash from the Nieuport's Lewis and felt a sharp pain in his upper thigh (3+pilot). Looking down he saw blood beginning to stain his trousers.
    He began to feel woozy



    Without warning a 3rd German scout appeared on Pierces port side. Already committed to attacking the red E111 of Koch he tried to avoid the blue Halb of Priesner

    Koch's rounds pounded into the Nieuport's fuel tank at short range



    Pierce caught more lead as he passed Priesner


    Koch turned and caught Patterson with a passing shot , not enough to damage the Morane badly .

    Ironically Bordeaux was making good his escape , leaving the scouts to soak up the damage from the Adlers.



    Shafer turned his plane towards his own lines, dropping the Fokker into a low dive to avoid any RFC planes, Pierce struggled to keep the flames from enveloping the fuselage by zig zagging after Koch.

    A quick burst clipped the red Fokker's rudder



    Koch was hard on Patterson's tail, the rounds striking the Morane's engine block causing it to stutter.



    More rounds hit the oil line, spraying lubricant onto the hot engine and pilots face.



    With his plane in danger of falling from the sky Patterson edged towards the safety of his lines.




    Priesner was sticking doggedly to the Nieuport eager to bring him down .



    Turning onto his prey. A long burst and it was all over for Pierce. The rudder shattered and a bullet struck Jonty in his back. The plane bellied up and flamed towards the trenches







    Koch Immelled expecting to have a RFC plane in his sights ,but all that was there was empty sky and a spiralling fire ball. The enemy were no where to be seen. Priesner signalled to return to base dropping his plane to escort the wounded Shafer home .

    Bordeaux could see the airfield ahead of him, but looking around he saw none of the scouts that had come to rescue him. Things were not going to be good when he landed .


    Result


    RFC

    2Lt Jonty Pierce: (Nieuport 11) SD-FLM-ET / WIA 0 kills
    Rolled 11 -2FLM -1WIA = 8 - Injured - Skip 1D2 Scenario. Rolled 1 = Skip 1


    2Lt Patterson: (Morane) FRTB-E 0 kills


    S/Lt Guy Bordeaux: (BE2) RTB 0 kills

    Central Powers

    Ltn Friedrich Koch: (Red E111) RTB 0 kills


    Ltn Karl Shafer: (E111) FRTB-W / WIA 0 kills
    Rolled 7 -1WIA +1RTB = 7 - Injured - Skip 1D2 Scenario. Rolled 4 = Skip 2


    Obltn Seb Priesner: (Sharp Eye)(Halberstadt D.II) RTB 1 kill


    Bordeaux and his Be2 got through unscathed. A roll please Dave for Jonty Pierce (fingers crossed)

    As for the result I make it
    RFC 2 seater home =1pt; Forced enemy to retire = 1pt. Total 2pts
    Central Powers Scout shot down = 2pts; Scout FRTB = 1pt. Total 3 pts
    a victory to the Germans .

    Nice scenario Mike. The killer for me was the 3rd Hun appearing and mowing down my Nieuport . Nasty
    Last edited by flash; 04-27-2019 at 02:52.


    I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
    Coming down is the hardest thing

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    Exciting fight. Close too, albeit slightly in favour of the other side. It will likely go poorly for Bordeaux back at squadron but at least you didn’t abuse ‘uncle’.

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    Well those new German scouts seem more than a match for the Entente, I expected great things from the Nieuport, but it didn't deliver at all. Nice to see the Morane, it's still one of my favourite paint jobs, very striking in a muted sort of a way.

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    A bit of a bloody nose there Paul. I expect a lot of books to be flying in Uncle's office this evening.
    The Co is incensed! Even the mechanics have come in for a tongue lashing for not being on the ball about all the growing number of unscheduled flights.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Well that looked bloodier than the results showed, although we have yet to see how Jonty Pierce came out of it ....
    i am thinking of converting some of my Nieuports to RFC as you have done.

    Nicely done, Paul.

    Also, after seeing yours, wondering if I should relieve Clipper of Hunter's Wings of War mats ...

    It's for a good cause, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumptonian View Post
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    Nicely done, Paul.

    Also, after seeing yours, wondering if I should relieve Clipper of Hunter's Wings of War mats ...

    It's for a good cause, right?
    A sound idea Pete the Nexus Mats suit the early war scenarios unless the No Mans Land mat is needed.

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    Well that was looking promising Paul until that Halberstadt dropped in front of the Nieuport!
    Bit unlucky mate but that's War. Will be interesting to see what happens to your French BE pilot when he fronts Uncle.
    Really like the repaint of the Morane & the Halberstadt look good as well.

    Rep on its way!

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    Cracking bit of action Paul, though I found it a little disjointed & hard to follow I did enjoy it.
    Uncle will be along soon but he's just been ordered out by the CO

    Uncle says:

    Well, the first thing I have to ask is - where the hell was JP when the balloon went up...?
    "For this campaign you will use only one pilot unless he's killed or otherwise incapacitated"
    Still, you are not the first but RTFI gentlemen...

    Now, what to do with young Bordeaux - the C.O. is livid but the problem is he's a Frenchy and without him we may not get to use or test their Nieuport's again. Something has to be done though.... let me make a call.

    Guy Bordeaux is summoned to the top office where Uncle hands him the 'phone. "It's for you" he smiled, a twinkle in his eye...
    My French is no good but I imagine it translates something like this:


    Allo...Allo...?
    Bordeaux ?
    You imbecile !! You've made us look bad in the eyes of the 'ros beefs', I know they can be stuffed shirts and don't trust us but zut alors don't give them any ammunition... Their C.O. has already spoken with Commandant Dreyfus and the merde is flying... you are hereby grounded for two weeks and to take on any further duties Uncle deems fit.
    And when you see Bedard have him call me
    Last edited by flash; 04-27-2019 at 02:50.

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Nice one Paul Given we are in the middle of a very difficult patch for the RFC, I believe the result is perfectly acceptable More importantly, and "listen very carefully. I will say this only once", all the pilots survived. We can afford to lose machines, but not the pilots Well played

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    Quote Originally Posted by flash View Post

    Allo...Allo...?
    Bordeaux ?
    You imbecile !! You've made us look bad in the eyes of the 'ros beefs', I know they can be stuffed shirts and don't trust us but zut alors don't give them any ammunition... Their C.O. has already spoken with Commandant Dreyfus and the merde is flying... you are hereby grounded for two weeks and to take on any further duties Uncle deems fit.
    And when you see Bedard have him call me
    Mike has really set the cat amongst the pigeons with this scenario and no mistake.
    Black Hawk Out.

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    Well, that was short and bloody. Lucky for Bordeaux he made it back to base, otherwise the British would have even more scorn for their French allies.

    Quote Originally Posted by tikkifriend
    The killer for me was the 3rd Hun appearing and mowing down my Nieuport . Nasty
    Beware the Hun in the sun, indeed.

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    Poor Bordeaux, the Ros Beefs don't recognize French initiative....or is that idiocy? Was worried Jonty would pay dearly for the foolish French boy's enterprise. Good to see no one lost because of Bordeaux.

    Love your Morane and red E.III.



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