OTT-BYM Mission One -"Deny the Enemy" - 5th October 1916 (camelbeagle)
German Aerodrome
Attention! The British observation balloons are really causing us some grief. They have a good eye on our movements and have been using them to home in their artillery strikes. We need to take away this asset from their front. Ltn Lukas Myers, welcome back. Hope you have healed well. ObLtn Knacke, Ltn Hasselhoff, and Ltn Myers. Your assignment today is to attack one of these balloons and destroy it before it gets to the ground. Be cautious of the ground fire when it gets low. Watch for any British scouts in the area. Take those wonderful Albatros D.II up and make the Kaiser proud! Dismissed!
British Aerodrome
Good Morning Chaps! Our observation balloons have been giving us some good intelligence on the German Movements. The ones in our sector have been crucial to the accuracy of are artillery. We need to defend these from any German attacks. They are certain to happen, it is just a matter of time. 2Lt Ian Aldridge and 2 Lt Arthur Burger, you are assigned to defend the one east of here. Please review the map that we have supplied. Some of those new SPAD VII arrived. Take those up and good hunting!
Few things to note:
Somehow, one of the props broke off of my Szepessy-Sokoll Albatros D.II. I found it after I did the mission. So, forgive the plane with a broken prop.
Plane assignments:
Klause Knacke – Boelcke Albatros D.II
Isaac Hasselhoff – Richtofen Albatros D.II
Lukas Myers – Szepessy-Sokoll Abatros D.II
Ian Aldridge – Star Token Spad VII
Arthur Burger – Cross Token Spad VII
AIM Drachen Balloon – British Balloon
Thanks to Malachi for the AIM Drachen Balloon. He did a nice job on it.
Mission Begins
The morning has started very quiet on the front. The British have been observing the German movements through the morning from their Observation Balloon.
2Lt Arthur Burger is on patrol around the balloon to protect it from German attacks.
2Lt Ian Aldridge is his wing man. He has also been assigned patrol duty around the balloon.
German ObLt Klaus Knacke and his fellow pilots Isaac Hasselhoff and Lukas Myers. They are on the hunt to destroy the Observation Balloon.
The Germans close in and attack. Knacke and Myers attack the balloon making the first noises of the morning. Hasselhoff and Aldridge trade gunfire. Burger must close in a bit more.
Myers keeps on firing at the Observation Balloon. Knacke and Burger trade fire. Burger jams his guns. He is most unhappy about this. Hasselhoff and Aldridge fly right by each other giving their best obscene gesture.
Burger and Aldridge zoom around the other side of the Observation Balloon hoping to cut the Germans off on their second approach. Burger has his mallet out pounding on his gun. Knacke is able to get the Balloon in his firing arc. His gunfire causes a fire to break out! Hasselhoff hits the Balloon with a nasty attack of gunfire as well. Note: Ignore the 1 Rudder Damage in the background. Mistake that I corrected but forget to take another picture. Burger’s guns are jammed so he couldn’t fire.
Knacke keeps the Balloon in his sights and shoots at it some more. The British are finishing their turn around.
Everyone is trying to evaluate the situation.
Knacke and Burger trade some vicious gunfire. Burger starts to bellow black smoke. Myers does a Split-S to get turned around quickly. Hasselhoff and Aldridge trade gunfire.
Hasselhoff dives down to match the Balloon’s Altitude. Aldridge flies over him. Myers closes and gives the Observation Balloon a lethal attack of gunfire which causes the Balloon to EXPLODE! Too bad for Hasselhoff and Myers. Too close and at the same altitude so they took damage from the Explosion. Hasselhoff catches fire! NOT Good!!!!! Burger flies over Myers.
Knacke does a Split-S then uses his Acrobatic Pilot Skill to turn afterwards and gets Aldrige in his sights. Aldridge dives down and comes face to face with the German Ace. Both send bullets of love. Knacke’s Albatros D.II starts to cough black smoke. Aldridge’s SPAD VII starts to sputter and spit in a violent manner. Aldridge’s gun jams and he is not very happy. Burger who has dived down to Hasselhoff’s altitude sends a long-range shot which causes the Albatros D.II to sputter and stall.
Hasselhoff’s Albatros D.II starts to burn and get hot. He has decided to turn home. Myers does a Split-S so he can face the British planes. Knacke shoot his guns at Burger. The Brave Burger thinks he can take an advantage of this situation and pursues. His shots do more damage to the German Plane. Aldridge has decided to flee. He knows he cannot take on these German scouts with engine damage.
Cheers and Groans from the British Infantry. Burger gives Hasselhoff another burst of gunfire. He shoots the German Pilot down, but his machine gun jams in a most horrible way. Burger is unaware that the German Ace Knacke has him in his sights. Knacke lines up and gives the British Pilot a burst of damaging gun fire that sends the British Plane down! Knacke jams his guns as well. He is most unhappy about this.
Myers is giving Aldridge chase. Can he catch the fast SPAD VII???
No, he cannot. The British Pilot manages to get away!
Final Points Total
Germans
Balloon Destroyed 20
Plane Shot Down 10
Plane Forced off of board 5
Total: 35 Points
British
Plane Shot Down 10
Total: 10 Points
German Victory!
Butcher’s Tally
British Balloon
Destroyed!!!!
2Lt Ian Aldridge: SPAD VII/FRTB -E/0 Kills
Rolled 1 and 5. Lands Safely.
2Lt Arthur Burger: SPAD VII - SD FT/1 Kill (Lt Hasselhoff)
C&W: 7 -1 SD = 6 -> Injured - Skip 1D3 Scenarios. Roll of 5 on d6. Miss 3.
Final Result: Miss 3 missions.
Ltn Lukas Myers: Albatros D.II/RTB/1 Kill (Balloon)
Ltn Isaac Hasselhoff: Albatros D.II/SD-FLM NML/0 Kills
C&W: 8 -2FLM -1NML = 5 -> Injured - Skip 1D3 Scenarios. Roll of 4 on d6. Miss 2.
E&E: 10 -1FLM +1NML -1WIC = 8 Landed almost home! Skip 1
Final result: Miss 2 missions.
ObLtn Klaus Knacke: Albatros D.II/RTB/1 Kill (2Lt Burger)
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That's a very nice Draaken balloon you have there. Please treat it with more respect next time 
Originally Posted by mikeemagnus
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