Kaunas Airfield Raid - November1920
Post-WW1, Lithuania fought various nations to establish itself as a sovereign nation. One of these wars was with neighboring Poland who itself had recently reappeared as a sovereign nation. On 6 November 1920, the Kaunas airfield was attacked by two Polish bombers. A Lt. Dobkevicius took flight in his Fokker D.VII to confront them but the bombers completed their attack and left before he could engage them.
This scenario had Baltic Bob defending the airport while I flew a single LVG C.VI in Lithuanian markings, The goal was for the LVG to fly over the airfield and return to base off the board edge he started on, while the Fokker tried to down the bomber.
No altitude rules and the boom card was worth half the original damage points of the receiving plane; in this case 8 points for either aircraft.
The Fokker D.VII in the lower left is defending the Kaunas airfield in the lower center straddling the main road. The LVG C.VI raider is at the top.
The LVG gets by the Fokker and fires its rear gun receiving a gun jam and no damage to the Lithuanian.
This is followed by equally ineffectual shooting by the Fokker and a gun jam.
As the LVG clears the airfield and turns for home, it receives some meaningful damage including engine trouble.
Gun jams cleared results in more exchanges but little damage.
Finally the LVG finds the Fokker vitals and sets it a blaze.
The Fokker sustains more serious damage which obviously impairs it ability to return the favor as the LVG nears the edge of the battle map and home.
Then the Fokker draws it fire damage card at the top of the next turn and receives the Boom card, with 8 damage points. This ends the pursuit of the Fokker. The LVG limps home with minor damage.
A fairly short game which started slow for both sides but heated up in the last few turns!
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