Dave brought out the big boys, a pair of B-17s! We gave them an escort of 1 Thunderbolt with intercepting force of one each of BF110, ME109K and FW190D. As usual we rolled for sides, Dave got to fly the B-17s, so he got a chance to get in a bit more bombing practice. There was one target card placed just on the far side of the city.
First pass of the escort going after the 110 while the 109 and 190 make a bee line for the bombers.
Both 110 and T-Bolt survived the pass but each felt the heavy hits they both can give out.
Big targets are easy to hit but they do shoot back. The 109 and 190 dive straight in. The 110 tries to come in after passing the Thunderbolt.
The 190 hits Memphis Belle hard while the 109 takes on Bit-O-Lace.
As the nimble fighters pass behind the slow, cumbersome bombers, they take a lot of lead from the tail, waist and turret gunners. Only the 110 can fire back.
Two of the three interceptors are smoking when they reverse. The Thunderbolt gets back to harass the 110 again.
The Thunderbolt closes too fast to take on the 110 but happily gets in a kill shot on the 190.
The Memphis Belle bombardier gets a bit nervous and drops the load early. Just as well as a blink later the Belle falls from the sky. (it takes a second boom!)
The 110 goes down as it takes it's dying shot at Bit-O-Lace. Bit-O-Lace's waist gunner Yells out, "Die you Nazi scum"!
No blind spot for the 109 to hide in behind a B-17. The pilot is wounded while he closes in.
The Thunderbolt, lagging far behind the struggle, puts the pedal to the metal to get back in.
Bit-O-Lace is sandwiched between the chasing 109 and a new 190. 50 cal slugs stream out of every available gun that has a target.
Bit-O-Lace stays on target despite the incoming attacks and drops it’s load smack dab in the barrel.
The B-17s tail gunner downs the 109 but not before it inflicts a killing shot of it’s own. (it can take a lot to take down a B-17 without any Booms!)
The 190, having planned on keeping on it’s prime target of the B-17, is taken from the rear by the Thunderbolt. The 190 cannot lose the P-47 and pays a dear price for committing to it’s mission of attacking the bombers.
This was another interesting fight and good bombing training for Dave. He missed the first drop but quickly adjusted and hit the bull’s eye with his second drop.
One more mission to report on before I moved out of Maine. Next up….Dauntless on target.
We will be starting a campaign remotely by hook or by crook in the future. We’ll figure out some way, either facetime or skype or whatever. I’m starting to put together a campaign structure linking missions together. I’ll most likely borrow from the solo campaign pilot survival procedures to see if downed pilots return to the squadron.
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