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    OTT-CYM Mission 12: And the Beat Goes On – 27th September 1916 by ShadowDragon
    Original scenario by Mikeemagnus

    https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...r-1916-by-Mike


    It was evening on the Dundee-Wilde Wine Estate or was it the Wilde-Dundee Estate? There were road signs for both – so no one was sure or cared, other than a couple of old WWI pilots who resided on the estate. One, Jacques Wilde was on the veranda with his wife, Angelique. Normally there’d be a crowd on the veranda to hear stories – including old war stories, but not on this particular evening. Bruce Dundee and his wife, Carolyn, were in Sydney for a few days and Jacques’ daughter and her family, with whom Jacques and Angelique shared the large, sprawling house, had retired for the evening. Jacques was glad of the quiet evening – there seemed to be far too few of them. His mind drifted off to memories of the war. This time it was to one day in late September, 1916. Jacques thought of this day often but never spoke of it to anyone – including Bruce who was a fellow pilot in the same RNAS squadron – the X Squadron.

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    It was the morning of the 27th of September. A couple of Hun batteries were causing trouble for the boys in the trenches, so HQ had asked the squadron to send up a tandem to help observe some counter-battery fire. The tandem flight commander, Robert Samson, with his observer, Reggie Simpson, were ‘volunteered’ for the task, but HQ had emphasised the importance of the mission, so the Squadron Commander, Sir Henry Rumsbottle, decided to send another tandem as backup. The ‘volunteers’ for this tandem were FSL Stephen Fiennes and AM1 Joe Darwin. These were all seasoned aircrew but they’d need scout protection – otherwise they’d be sitting ducks in a shooting arcade. Unfortunately, two of the squadron’s best scout pilots, including the scout flight commander, were laid up in hospital. The acting flight commander, Jock MacDonald, and one of the Canadians, Al Smith, were on another ‘very important’ mission – weren’t they all? The left the other Canadian, Jack Wilde, and the Irishman, Fergis O’Neil. Jack was a good pilot – but a bit erratic and, in Sir Henry’s view, lacking discipline. The Irishman was another matter. HQ had instructed Sir Henry to keep a close eye on him; so the standing order was that Fergis O’Neil was not to fly a mission without being accompanied by another scout. The pair were not his first choice, but they were the only choice – so they’d have to do.

    Shortly, Jack was in his favourite plane – a teal blue Nieport 11; although it was getting on in age and Jack worried what would happen if he ran across one of those new Hun planes with two machineguns.

    “Try again”, he called out to the mechanic, but it was no use. The Nieuport’s Le Rhône 9C engine would not fire. At the moment the only other serviceable scout plane was the Fergis’. Jack would have to take Fergis’ place. He scrambled out of the Teal Blue and ran towards the camouflaged Nieuport Fergis favoured, waving his arms and shouting, but the aloof Irishman looked at Jack, shrugged and signalled his ground crew to remove the wheel blocks. With that the Irishman’s Nieuport was roaring down the airfield and soon enough in the air.

    Jack threw his flight cap on the ground. Sir Henry would have his hide for letting Fergis go alone.

    “Are you sure the other Nieuports aren’t serviceable?”

    “Quite sure, sir,” replied the mechanic looking to two partially dissembled airplanes to which Jack was referring.

    Jack gazed futilely at the disappearing speck that was Fergis and his Nieuport. Jack did not have a good feeling about this – not a good feeling at all.

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    The 28th of September, a Hun staffel.

    Leutnant Reinhold Piechulek stood before a major who had arrived from HQ to interview Reinhold on the previous day’s mission. The major had not provided his name but he wore the insignia of the Prussian Garde du Corps – an elite cavalry regiment. Reinhold himself was a cavalryman – the 1st Silesian Hussars with a fine tradition going back to the Napoleonic wars.

    “Sit down, Leutnant,” gestured the major. “You are the acting squadron commander, yes?”

    “Yes, Herr Major, the oberleutnant is recovering from injuries.”

    “So, you will have been aware of your orders, yes?”

    “Yes, Herr Major,” replied Reinhold who had not sat down and stood to even straighter attention then he thought possible. By the major’s tone, Reinhold thought that he was not pleased.

    “I’ve seen your report but, Leutant, I want you to tell me now the story of your mission.”

    “There were two of us in the new Albatros scouts – myself and a new pilot, Leutnant Siegried Christiansen, a Frieslander. It was Siegried’s first mission.”

    “I see”, muttered the major as he lit up his pipe. “Do you mind?” he asked the Leutnant while proceeding without waiting for a reply.

    “It was as we were briefed. A single British tandem with a single scout as escort. It was a Nieuport 11 – no match for the Albatros. They had the markings of the ‘X Squadron’. I signalled Siegried to attack.”

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    “The Nieuport had the markings of an Irishman. You were briefed on those markings, yes?”

    “Yes, Herr Major.”

    “Did you recognise the Nieuport as belonging to the Irishman?”

    “Yes, Herr Major.”

    “Well, go on.”

    “The Nieuport suddenly did a strange thing. If flew in front of the enemy tandem – almost as if it intended to ram the tandem, but it did not.”

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    “The Nieuport closed with us and fired on Siegried. I could see some damage but nothing serious.”

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    “I fired back – wide.”

    “Ah! Wide, hmmm? That is good.”

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    “We knew the tandem was the important target. I signalled Siegried to ignore the Nieuport and attack the tandem.”

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    “Siegried amazed me. He seems to be a natural scout pilot. His first combat mission, his first target – and with his first shot I could see that he hit both the pilot and observer.”

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    “The pilot of the enemy tandem was struggling to control his machine, but he would not last long, I joined Siegried in the attack.”

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    “Siegried’s machineguns were jammed, but mine were not. The British tandem was finished.”

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    “And where was the Irishman during this attack on the tandem?”

    “Circling around, but after the tandem was spiralling down, he attacked Siegried – but still nothing serious.”

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    “At this time, a second British tandem appeared. We had not been warned about a second tandem, but we were in good shape with very little damage. I signalled to Siegried that we should attack.”

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    “Again, the Irishman flew at the tandem – as if to ram it, but at the last instant he averted a collision.

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    “My approach on the tandem was perfectly timed. The enemy plane was soon smoking, but Siegried was being chased by the Irishman – but I do not think his bullets hit Siegried’s Albatros.”

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    “Siegried performed a very nice manoeuvre – the one that Max Immelmann taught us – and fired a ‘symbolic’ burst at the Irishman.”

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    “At this point, I assessed the situation – all was going well. I signalled to Siegried to continue the attack as my attack had not severely damaged the enemy tandem.

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    “Siegried’s flying was beautiful – a perfect attack on the tandem.”

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    “Although, Siegried might need some practice with deflection shooting.”

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    “The observer of the British tandem seemed to be no longer preoccupied with spotting for their artillery and was firing back at Siegried to good effect. The Irishman attack my airplane – damaging the controls but again – nothing serious.”

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    “The fighting continued with the tandem observer continuing to damage Siegried’s Albatros. Now things became more serious with the Irishman. He hit a fuel line and set my Albatros on fire.”

    “Well, if you will do something unnatural like flying in a contraption of wood and cloth.”

    “Sir?” replied Reinhold looking at the major quizzically.

    “Do you not consider it an honour to die for the Fatherland, Leutnant?”

    “Yes, Herr Major!”

    “Continue.”

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    “I can tell you that the Irishman came at me with a fury. That was not expected.”

    “Was it not,” mused the major.

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    “Siegried saw the attack of the Irishman and felt he must defend his comrade.”

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    “My Albatros was barely holding together from the damage done by the Irishman. I knew I had to break off the attack. I signalled that to Siegried, but he meted out vengeance on the Irishman.”

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    “My Albatros was in trouble but the Irishman stopped his attack. Just then, as I was turning to fly back to the aerodrome, the enemy tandem was in my sights. I could see I managed to do a good deal of damage – enough for the tandem to abort its mission.”

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    “But Siegried continued to ignore my signal to break off the attack. It was his first mission – I’m sue the adrenaline affected his judgement.”

    “And?”

    “And he shot the Irishman down.”

    “Were your orders not sufficiently clear on this point?”

    “No sir, they were clear.”

    “But still, your comrade shot the Irishman down, hmm.”

    “Yes, Herr Major.”

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    “That’s not all, is it, Leutnant? Go on.”

    “I was flying away but Siegried continued on to attack the tandem, but the observer hit something vital on Siegried’s Albatros and it exploded.”

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    “Yes, well - we are looking for the young Leutnant. He has some explaining to do. But still,” the major smiled, “two enemy airplanes shot down on his first mission. Impressive.”

    “Yes, Herr Major.”

    “We’ve heard nothing about the Irishman. When our infantry reached his wreckage he was not to be found. So much remains ‘in the air’, but perhaps this may turn out to our advantage. However, Leutnant, orders are orders and they are to be obeyed – even by a new pilot. Is that very clear?”

    “Yes, Herr Major.”

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    Jack waited and squirmed and waited and squirmed while Sir Henry paced back and forth – stopping every once and awhile to scowl at Jack. Hours passed and – no planes. The phone rang. The officer on duty called to Sir Henry.

    “I see….hmmm…..I see. I see. Yes, I see. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.”

    All eyes were on Sir Henry as he turned to the crowd that had been waiting for some sign that their comrades would return safely.

    “We have reports from the front lines. Three of our planes were shot down. Just one of the Huns. The news is very bad. Stephen and Reggie did not make it. Robert and Joseph are in hospital. They are in a bad way but should recover. And….”, he paused, “Fergis O’Neil was not to be found. Just as well. HQ has intelligence that he passed on information to the Hun. It was trap for our tandems. If Fergis is to be seen he is to be arrested and if that’s not possible – shot dead.”

    On hearing that Jack returned to his quarters, grabbed his service revolver and drove off to…well, find Fergis. Damn arresting Fergis, Jack had every intention of shooting the man on sight. After driving around aimlessly for a few hours he returned to the station. Sir Henry was not pleased and had Jack thrown in the brig – to cool off. A couple of days later Jack was released – that the bad weather had cleared up and that the squadron was now desperately short of aircrew may have had a little to do with that.

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    A few days British medics brought an injured pilot to a field hospital.

    “Found this ‘ere chap wandering around. No identification and he seems to have lost ‘is memory.”

    “Well, he’s one of ours so set him over there. He doesn’t look to badly injured otherwise. Likely a knock on the head.”

    A little while later no one noticed the pilot pass a piece of paper to one of the nurses – an certain Eva Schultz.

    [/B]Victory Points[/B]

    Seadogs:
    1 scout shot down X 5 = 5
    1 scout FRTB X 5 = 5
    Total = 10 points

    Adlers:
    2 Two-seaters shot down X 15 = 30
    1 scout shot down X 5 = 5 points
    Total = 35 points

    A resounding Adler victory. Boo-hiss! Albeit one in which very nearly everyone was shot down.
    Last edited by flash; 04-14-2021 at 02:31.

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    Butcher’s Bill

    The Seadogs
    Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter
    Pilot: FCdr Robert Samson
    C&W = 10 -1 SD - 2 WIA - 1 NML = 6; Injured - roll = 5; skip 3
    E&E = 8 - 3 WIA/WIC + 1 NML = 6; In hiding! - roll = 4; skip 2
    Result = skip 3

    Observer: LM Reggie Simpson
    C&W = 5 -1 SD - 2 WIA -1 NML = 1; KIA

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    Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter
    Pilot: FSL Stephen Fiennes SD NML 0 kills
    C&W = 2 -1 SD - 1 NML = 0; KIA

    Observer: AM1 Joseph Darwin SD NML 1 kill
    C&W = 5 - 1 SD -1 NML = 3; Injured - roll = 4; skip 4
    E&E = 7 - 1 WIC +1 NML = 7; Almost home, skip 1
    Result = skip 4

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    Nieuport 11
    FSL Fergis O’Neil / SD-NML / - / 0 kills
    C&W = 8 - 1 SD -1 NML = 6; Injured roll = 6; skip 2
    E&E = 9 - 1 WIC + 1 NML = 9; They didn't even see me
    Result = skip 2

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    The Adlers
    Albatros D.II
    Ltn Reinhold Piechulek/ FRTB-F / - / 1 kill
    Landing roll 4, 6 = safe landing

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    Albatros D.II
    Ltn Siegried Christiansen SD-EXP-NML 2 kills
    C&W = 9 -3 EXP -1 NML = 5; injured - roll = 4; skip 2
    E&E = 6 -1 WIC +1 NML = 6; In hiding - roll = 1, skip 1
    Result = skip 2

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    Well that sorted out the Fergis conundrum for you, more by luck than judgement it sounds. A well played game with a familiar out come to me.

    Uncle says:


    That was a rum do, it would appear that the Hun were ready for us and that the intelligence we have was correct.
    No damage caused to the batteries, and two crews lost in the effort. A black day for the squadron.
    Last edited by flash; 04-14-2021 at 02:38.

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Wonderful Narrative! I thought the Butler always did the crime, not the Nurse!!! Great job!

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    Great story line Paul. Seems Fergis has shown his true colours yet he still managed to damage the German planes. Bit of a mystery man there!
    Very good action all the way but not a good outcome for your X Flight loosing two valued members. R.I.P.

    Have some Rep to ease the pain!

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    Quote Originally Posted by camelbeagle View Post
    Wonderful Narrative! I thought the Butler always did the crime, not the Nurse!!! Great job!
    So it would appear, Dan.

    Quote Originally Posted by gully_raker View Post
    Great story line Paul. Seems Fergis has shown his true colours yet he still managed to damage the German planes. Bit of a mystery man there!
    Very good action all the way but not a good outcome for your X Flight loosing two valued members. R.I.P.

    Have some Rep to ease the pain!
    Yes, Fergis is a mystery man, hmmm. Now, at least for me, the mystery is how or if he will appear in a next campaign, if there is such a thing.

    No pain at all - the mission, the luck of the cards and the C&W/E&E dice rolls all contributed to a storyline that I hadn't really planned. I'm very happy about that.

    Thanks for the rep, chaps.

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    Well played, Paul, thought things really went south for your seadogs.
    O'Neill finally showed his 'True Colour' was not orange and will be persona non grata if he ever shows up again, I am sure.
    I would not be surprised to see him in Kissenberth's Camel in a future campaign.
    His 'turning' reminds me of a couple of my Adler in the final of the Bitter End campaign.
    I was not totally surprised due to your previous hints and the fact we are only a few months after the Easter Rising.

    Really interesting take with your tale - I think you have taken over from Carl Brisgamer in that area.
    Have some well-deserved rep.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumptonian View Post
    Well played, Paul, thought things really went south for your seadogs.
    O'Neill finally showed his 'True Colour' was not orange and will be persona non grata if he ever shows up again, I am sure.
    I would not be surprised to see him in Kissenberth's Camel in a future campaign.
    His 'turning' reminds me of a couple of my Adler in the final of the Bitter End campaign.
    I was not totally surprised due to your previous hints and the fact we are only a few months after the Easter Rising.

    Really interesting take with your tale - I think you have taken over from Carl Brisgamer in that area.
    Have some well-deserved rep.
    It was my intention to fly Jack's plane in the last scenario but I also needed some way to move the Fergis storyline along, so when Mike's scenario had just one scout it had to be Fergis. I was worried about those Albatros DII and was holding off using them but had decided a few missions ago to bring them in for the last scenario - sort of a last scene in the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid movie thing. So with those parameters in place I had to fly Fergis.

    I did my darnedest to bring down one of those Albatros and with a bit better luck (i.e., fewer jams for Fergis and more for the Adlers) I just might have. Typically I would use the Nieuport's climbing ability to move up to one level higher than the opposition as that means fewer lucky opportunities for the Adler scouts. If I had done that Siegreid wouldn't have shot down Fergis so soon, but I needed to fly the Nieuport at the same altitude to defend the tandems - i.e., Fergis would have more opportunities to shoot. Strangely enough Siegried's cards were chosen with the tandem as the target and not the Nieuport. It was just (bad) luck that he got a couple of close range shots at Fergis.

    Fergis will likely show up again. Up until now, even as the story writer, I've not known which way it was going to turn out. I left that to the cards and dice. I won't say more but I haven't quite figured out when and how. I will have to wait for how the next campaign works out....and for that the focus is finishing up a couple of Valom Sopwith Pups.

    Final point - maybe some day I will take the time to proof read my story before posting. It would help. I missed a part at the end when Jack's waiting where his mechanic comes up and says the fuel line on his Nieuport was cut - but maybe that's okay as I think most will have sorted out that sabotage was at play.

    Thanks for reading the story.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumptonian View Post
    I think you have taken over from Carl Brisgamer in that area.
    In fact it was some of Carl's scenarios that got me thinking...

    I did some online research on how Irish in service were treated by British authorities after the Easter Week rebellion, whether there were more desertions or even some that switched sides but I couldn't find anything which doesn't mean none of that didn't happen - the absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. However, I did find some stuff about how Irish soldiers were treated with suspicion back in the Irish Republic after the war - no heroes welcome for them, which likely did nothing for post traumatic stress.

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    Love the story line Paul. Nurse Schultz back huh The place is crawling with spies. Are the Germans certain that Ltn Siegried Christiansen isn't also a spy, but working for the RFC? After all, unless I am very much mistaken, Friesland is in Holland, which makes him a Nederlander. Assuming his sympathies lay with the Allies, that would explain why he disobeyed orders and shot down Fergis O'Neil, after a tip off from the newly formed Intelligence Corps! Just a sneaky suspicion you know

    Anyway, that was an excellent AAR - the number of RFC casualties is enough to make yours truly almost feel guilty for not providing the possibility of more cover. But then, what the hell. In reality I'm not sure they got any at that time.
    Rep inbound

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeemagnus View Post
    Love the story line Paul. Nurse Schultz back huh The place is crawling with spies. Are the Germans certain that Ltn Siegried Christiansen isn't also a spy, but working for the RFC? After all, unless I am very much mistaken, Friesland is in Holland, which makes him a Nederlander. Assuming his sympathies lay with the Allies, that would explain why he disobeyed orders and shot down Fergis O'Neil, after a tip off from the newly formed Intelligence Corps! Just a sneaky suspicion you know

    Anyway, that was an excellent AAR - the number of RFC casualties is enough to make yours truly almost feel guilty for not providing the possibility of more cover. But then, what the hell. In reality I'm not sure they got any at that time.
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    Thanks, Mike, for you comments and rep. No reason to feel guilty - I'm over the moon with how it turned out.

    Yes, Friesland is a province of the Netherlands. I lived there for nine years so it would be unforgivable if I didn't know that. What didn't know is that Nordfriesland is a district in Germany. I checked the name 'Chrisitansen' on The Aerodrome website and found a Friedrich Christiansen who was born in Wyk auf Föhr, which is on the second largest of the North Frisian islands and part of the GERMAN district of Nordfiesland.....hence, a Frieslander.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyk_auf_F%C3%B6hr

    So...glad you pointed that out so I could point out that bit of backstory research.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flash View Post
    Well that sorted out the Fergis conundrum for you, more by luck than judgement it sounds. A well played game with a familiar out come to me.

    Uncle says:

    That was a rum do, it would appear that the Hun were ready for us and that the intelligence we have was correct.
    No damage caused to the batteries, and two crews lost in the effort. A black day for the squadron.
    Thanks, Dave. A single Nieuport 11 vs two Albatri was always going to be a tough hill to climb.

    A very black day for the squadron; and they will need wait for another campaign to salvage their reputation. Although they will need to watch that Siegried chap on the other side. Something smells ‘ace’ about him. Probably shouldn’t have used the MvR model.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ShadowDragon View Post
    ... Probably shouldn’t have used the MvR model.
    Maybe not !

    "He is wise who watches"

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    That was an excellent story, thoroughly enjoyed it, very nice build up and we knew it was going to to be dramatic, just not sure where it was going until a long way into the story and by then the hook was set.

    A good solution to the Fergis enigma, if indeed it is a solution, this still means plenty of opportunities to embroider it more.

    I knew Nurse Schultz was a wrong un from the start, but don't worry, 2lt John Vagabond is in that same hospital, and I'm sure, if he can take his eyes off Nurse Bunty's shapely figure he will get to the bottom of it. The Fergis/Schultz conundrum not Bunty's.
    However that might be for the future because I'm afraid mission 12 is in the can, written, photographed and awaiting final publication. I'm in a boatyard at the moment and internet capacity is very limited and I might have to wait until I get home to upload it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Vagabond View Post
    That was an excellent story, thoroughly enjoyed it, very nice build up and we knew it was going to to be dramatic, just not sure where it was going until a long way into the story and by then the hook was set.

    A good solution to the Fergis enigma, if indeed it is a solution, this still means plenty of opportunities to embroider it more.

    I knew Nurse Schultz was a wrong un from the start, but don't worry, 2lt John Vagabond is in that same hospital, and I'm sure, if he can take his eyes off Nurse Bunty's shapely figure he will get to the bottom of it. The Fergis/Schultz conundrum not Bunty's.
    However that might be for the future because I'm afraid mission 12 is in the can, written, photographed and awaiting final publication. I'm in a boatyard at the moment and internet capacity is very limited and I might have to wait until I get home to upload it.

    Thanks, John. I'm pleased with the solution to the Fergis enigma. It was not what I planned at the start of the mission but it became what it was due to the mission results, which ended up more interesting that my initial ideas. As you - and Barry both - hinted, there's still plenty of enigma embroidering - can one embroider and enigma?? Maybe - maybe not, but there will be embroidering. For how long was Fergis spying for the Germans? Why did he choose now to set a trap for his squadron mates? Why did he nearly shoot down Reinhold? Why was Herr Major okay with that? Who is this Major, and what's he got against flying? Is that unidentified pilot really Fergis - or is that a red herring? If it's not Fergis than where has Fergis gone? If it is Fergis what's in the note he passed to Nurse Schultz and why is he so trusting of Nurse Schultz? And, finally, there's this ringer - Siegried, will he become a thorn in the side of X-Squadron - exacting vengeance for all of his comrades sent to early graves by X-Squadron? Questions, questions, questions - each 'solution' seems to create more questions. I don't know, but it seems awfully strange that British HQ was so quick to expose Fergis AFTER the mission - really bad timing if you ask me, not that anyone's asked me, but I'll put it out there.

    We will leave Nurse Schultz in the capable hands of 2Lt John Vagabond...that doesn't quite sound right but hopefully Vagabond will have sound judgement.

    Looking forward to your mission 12 AAR.


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    So...glad you pointed that out so I could point out that bit of backstory research.
    So he's potentially a double spy - the very worst kind

    As for nurse Schulz and young Vagabond, that positively reeks of an attempt at turning him. Or will he turn her and if so, in which direction?

    Boatyard did you say John. Don't tell Tim
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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeemagnus View Post
    So he's potentially a double spy - the very worst kind
    Maybe...maybe not....maybe a double-double-spy, which is worse than the worst kind.

    Wiki articles on British intelligence - now, just don't go there!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret...igence_Service

    The first director...and the first 'C' (inspiration for 'M' in the spy novels), Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Smith-Cumming

    ...and his co-director, Sir Vernon George Waldegrave Kell ('K'):

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Kell

    ...the head of CID, with authority to arrest spies on UK territory, Sr Basil Home Thomson:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Thomson

    ...and on some of the spy stuff involving Irish revolutionaries - one spy in particular, (ex-Sir) Roger David Casement:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Thomson

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    All too hush hush for my liking - And are you certain that nurse Schulz is who she says she is and not Miss de Lava? I think she might be known to Basil Thomson after all. Or is it perchance Basil Fawlty you refer to?
    Anyway, Auf wiedersehen - agus slan
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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeemagnus View Post
    All too hush hush for my liking - And are you certain that nurse Schulz is who she says she is and not Miss de Lava? I think she might be known to Basil Thomson after all. Or is it perchance Basil Fawlty you refer to?
    Anyway, Auf wiedersehen - agus slan
    I had to look up Miss de Lava and they are a Portuguese rock band!!!

    You can leave Nurse Schultz in my incapable hands. Probably.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeemagnus View Post
    And are you certain that nurse Schulz is who she says she is and not Miss de Lava? I think she might be known to Basil Thomson after all.
    I’m certain of nothing until I need to be certain, Mike.

    Sir Basil might know the nurse but Vagabond would know better. Best not to read too much into passed notes. It might have simply said, “Could I have ice cream for dessert?” And a wounded airman with amnesia is just that or as Freud put it, “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”.

    Quote Originally Posted by Vagabond View Post
    You can leave Nurse Schultz in my incapable hands. Probably.
    Having seen the photo....indeed I shall.

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    Oh I can't wait for the next campaign to start - sooo looking forward to the continuing sagas from you guys



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