The Wright Flight Dayton Ohio September 10, 2022

[camelbeagle]

We went to the Italian front for this game session.


To start, we had some Hanriot HD.I vs an Albatros Oeffag 253 and a couple Aviatik D.I








The combatants fly like champs today!








Four way pile up! Thank goodness for different altitudes!


First down was a Hanriot!


Second was an Aviatik that fled the skies because of damage!


Third was the Albatros Oeffag!


Can the remaining Aviatik make it out alive!


HEY! Give me some space up here!


The remaining Aviatik eventually fled the board.


Italian points: 1 shot down, two fled the board
Austria-Hungary points: 1 shot down

Victory to the Italians!

Second game we continued with the Italians and Austria-Hungary Empire.

Again, we had an Aviatik and an Albatros Oeffag 253 versus a couple of Hanriot HD.1s.




The dogfight commences!








The Aviatik fled the board with damage!


Can the Albatros Oeffag take out the two Hanriot?


Not when you get a BOOM! Card!!!!


Italian points: 1 shot down and 1 forced off the board.

Austria-Hungary points: nothing

Another Italian Victory!

Those Hanriot HD.I are pretty good flyers!

[CrashCraig]

Nice pair of games. It's interesting to compare results using your point system

[Spoonfrog]

Nice AAR. I always enjoy something away from the Western Front, these fights looked good fun. Why did you use an Albatros D.Va in the second one? Did they fly on the Italian Front?

[Jager]

Nice games. I was hoping to join you all for the October game, but house stuff will not allow
Karl

[Windy Jack]

That second game was pretty rough. One of the photographs shows all three planes there have crew damage!

[camelbeagle]

That second game was pretty rough. One of the photographs shows all three planes there have crew damage!

Yes, Lots of pilot wounds! Brutal!

[Baxter]

Good battles using great planes.

[camelbeagle]

Good battles using great planes.

Thanks!

[flash]

...Why did you use an Albatros D.Va in the second one? Did they fly on the Italian Front?

It's an Oeffag 253 built variant of the Albatros D.III, Dom, stronger & faster than the original with a more powerful lump and no spinner on the front.
Probably much better than a D.Va too.

Great report Dan, thanks for that.

[camelbeagle]

It's an Oeffag 253 built variant of the Albatros D.III, Dom, stronger & faster than the original with a more powerful lump and no spinner on the front.
Probably much better than a D.Va too.

Great report Dan, thanks for that.

Thanks Flash! It was a fun day!

The Albatros/Oeffag is one of Reduced Aircraft Factory's Color Oeffag 253 colored prints. I used and Alabtros DVa base because that is what I had laying around to use with it. They use an A deck and have a climb of 2 according to the unofficial stats.

[flash]

They're fast beasts for sure.

[Spoonfrog]

Wow, it's like a SPAD, I looked on Wings of Linen. I should be using these in Albania as well I think. I assumed the German and Austro-Hungarian Albatros D.IIIs would be the same...

[Dwarflord22]

Nice to see action on the Italian Front and a different mix planes!