OTTDYM Mission 5 - Flashes Adler Tag Team - 5th February 1916 by flash

[flash]

"Well sir, there we were behind the lines when we spotted a pair of Fokker's trailing their coat tails along the front just behind their lines so we thought we'd drop in on them and have a look." Said Flight Sergeant Robert Pynne - Bobby to his friends - an American volunteer fighting for the old country.
"Too late we realised there was another pair heading towards us but then the Lieutenant & mister Jarris came up on our right so we carried on."
"I see." said Uncle.

[Top to bottom F/Sgt Bobby Pynne (cdl), 2Lt Alistair (Ali) Gaither (cdl tail); 2Lt Hugh Jarris (flash in Bristol scout) & Lt William (Bill) Foldes (all PC10).
Ltns, Otto Hengl in plain & Willi Kieckhäfer in Green) Hans-Eberhardt Gossner (in Red), Maximillian Häbler (in striped)]

"The lieutenant got the first shots in sir but I think his gun must've jammed and mister Jarris took some hits it looked like."


"That's lef- tenant, sergeant.." reminded Uncle

"Yessir - then we opened up - I managed to score some hits on a plain Fokker in front of us and mister Gaither had a go at him too."


"Then we were all in sir - lead was flying everywhere, I think that's when the loo- I mean the lieutenant was hit - he got pretty shot up but I shot at the bas', I mean the Fokker that did it - it was green one.


"Mister Gaither had shot up the plain Fokker leaving him trailing smoke but as he cleared him he collided with another Fokker with a stripe coming through from the back, they both took quite a knock."


"I emptied my pan into a dirty red Fokker as he ran through the scrap."


"I ended up behind the plain Fokker but I had to reload - he was chewing up mister Jarris' scout pretty bad when mister Gaither rolled round and set him on fire"


"I could only watch as the Fokker finished off the scout... There was nothing I could do."

"My poor scout" sighed Uncle "Don't blame yourself Pynne.. Hopefully it got Jarris down in one piece. "

"I didn't see what happened but I believe Lieutenant Foldes got caught as he tried to get away - he was pretty badly shot up and I'm sure he was wounded, I saw some wreckage just in front of our lines"


"Once my gun was loaded I got in a good close range burst on the plain Fokker again and he began to slow but his chum in the red one came along to spoil the party, then something hit me pretty hard ..."


"Mister Gaither caught the plain Fokker as he was trying to dodge me and took him outta the game"


positional shot


"That red Fokker gave me a hard time of it as I pulled a reverse - I felt a bit light headed and couldn't fire back "


"Mister Gaither chased him off though just as the other doped Fokker with the stripe came for me"


"I'm not sure what happened next, I don't know if mister Gaither had run out of ammo, or, if it was deliberate but he turned straight into that Fokker and they both went down."


"By then the red Fokker had reversed and was after me again but I managed to haul .... myself back over our lines without him catching up."


"That's enough now sir" said the M.O. "He need to rest, the ambulance will be here in a moment"
"Quite so, doctor, quite so." said Uncle "Rest now Pynne, get fit and get back to us when you can"
Bobby relaxed back into the pillow and closed his eyes.

Butcher's Tally

Eagles
Ltn Otto Hengl: (plain) SD-FT 1 kill
Rolled 10 -1SD = 9 All well when you land well !

Ltn Willi Kieckhäfer: (Green): RTB 1 kill

Ltn Hans-Eberhardt Gossner: (Red): RTB 0 kills

Maximillian Häbler: (striped): EXP(col) - FT 0 kills
Rolled 4 -3EXP = 1 KIA



Bulldogs
2Lt Alistair (Ali) Gaither: (cdl tail): COL-ET 2 kills
Rolled 6 -2COL = 4 - Injured - Skip 1D6 Scenarios. Rolled 1 = Skip 1
E&E: Rolled 9 -1COL -1WIC -1BEL = 6 6 - In hiding! - Skip 1D2 Scenarios. Rolled 3 = Skip 1. Totals Skip 1 !

2Lt Hugh Jarris: (flash in Bristol scout): SD-ET 0 kills
Rolled 3 -1SD =2 KIA

Lt William (Bill) Foldes: (all PC10): SD-NML / WIA / 0 kills
Rolled 8 -1SD -1NML -1WIA = 5 - Injured - Skip 1D3 Scenarios. Rolled 3 = Skip 2
E&E: Rolled 7 -1WIA -1WIC +1NML = 6 In hiding! - Skip 1D2 Scenarios. Rolled 1 = Skip 1. Total Skips 2

F/Sgt Bobby Pynne: (cdl): RTB / WIA 0 kills
Rolled 4 +1RTB -1WIA = 4 Injured - Skip 1D6 Scenarios. Rolled 3 = Skip 3


(somehow I moved a kill token from Gaither to Pynne, both belong to the former)

Victory Points

3 points for each enemy aircraft shot down.
1 point for each enemy aircraft forced to retire

10pts to the Eagles
6pts to the Bulldogs

Eagle Victory


Well that could've gone better ! Who wrote those D8 charts..?!
Great dust up even if it didn't go my way - Guess I need to find a new pilot now.

[ShadowDragon]

Oy! That could have gone better indeed. A fast, furious and deadly scenario.

[Future Pilot]

^^^ What he said.

[FlyBoy Nate]

That was a very exciting combat! Great After Action Report.

[tikkifriend]

Oops that was nasty and painful Dave.

[Stumptonian]

Well that went pretty much how I envisioned it from your hint last week
Sorry to see Leftenant Jarris take his final tumble - at least my rookie has only been sidelined.

The Adler lost one as well, so this was definitely a bloodbath.
I enjoyed your telling of the takedown, especially the ‘Murricanism slips.
REP inbound to soothe your sorrows.


Mine was played Friday/Saturday. Pictures downloaded.
Hope to find time to write up and post over the next few days if I can distract SWMBO

... and apparently I have not spread enough rep around lately to give you some.

[zenlizard]

Oooorf. Quick and deadly.
"A toast to the dead already,
and hurrah for the next man to die!"

[gully_raker]

Ye Gods Dave! That one went to hell in a basket. Talk about a bloodbath.
Rotten Luck for your pilot Mr Jarris. R.I.P.

I will have to be real careful in my game which probably wont be until the weekend after this.

Rep inbound to sooth the loss.

[flash]

Thanks chaps it was a cracking game, quick too, it was all over by the time the first Fokker's had to bug out !

[mikeemagnus]

Oh dear - two down on either side and one pilot a piece killed - that's a heavy toll Mister Dave. Nasty collisions too! Well, it was one hell of a scrap and hard fought into the bargain. Pity the result didn't go our way but what the hell huh!

Nice AAR Dave. Thanks for sharing. I broke my usual rule of not reading other AARs before posting my own, but I have played the mission to a conclusion - just need to write it up after the weekend. I'll maybe tell you all about it on Saturday. For a change, things did go our way, big time All over in four turns!!!

CU

Oops, three down for the Entente not two

[Vagabond]

Excellent story Dave, had to read it in a bit of a rush I'm afraid. I don't think I've seen as many machines firing at each other as in the 4th photo.
Sorry to see Jarris bought a ticket, it looks like Daves D8 beats Dave, that's got to hurt.

Sorry Rep gun jammed.

[flash]

.... it looks like Dave's D8 beats Dave, that's got to hurt....

Yeah, it's not the first time either but ...it happens...

[Flying Officer Kyte]

What an exciting time you chaps are having in my absence.
My new games room should be up and running by the end of June so will try and make up for lost time then. I still have April to write up in the meantime.
Great little skirmish Dave!
Rob.

[mikeemagnus]

Good to hear WinCo - I've been wondering about the progress made on your HQ - should be ready just about the time your T&T pack arrives

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Hopefully.
Not seen any smoke on the surface of Mars yet though.
Rob.

[Teaticket]

An excellent effort put up by the Bulldogs but somehow those damned Eagles held the cards. Unfortunately those great furballs can go any which way. Two more young pilots will fly no more.