German Bombers over the English Countryside
A pair of Friedrichshafen’s was escorted by a lone Fokker DR1. Three Sopwith Triplanes and three Nieuports intercepted short of the town. The Plucky lone DR 1 turned into the three Triplanes, and mowed right through the formation. Trading shots with the end plane; both planes flying on no worse for the shots. The Dr 1 winged over and was on the tail of the Triplanes. The three closed in on the Friedrichshafen’s and with a golden bb, blew the plane out of the sky, to the surprise of the German crews.
The lone Friedrichshafen turned into the direction of the town, three Nieuports in front, three triplanes on it’s tail, with the plucky little DR 1 chasing the triplanes. The DR 1 concentrated on the yellow tailed triplane and kept hammering away, as the allies concentrated pounding the bomber. The Nieuports closed from the front, firing. One of the pilots mishandled his plane and it spun out of control like a leaf on wind, but he was able to recover well short of the ground, however, he was out of the fight for awhile.
Dave got on the tail of the plucky DR1, and started shooting at it (but missing) trying to get it to break off of the triplanes. It ignored dave, and the Yellowtail triplane disintergrated and fell out of the sky. Dave started scoing hits on the DR1, and the plane snapped around, trying to flee the fight. Dave misjudged the maneuver, and the DR 1 shot clear. For the moment.
The Friedrichshafen dropped it’s bombs, sending them falling earthward, and the big bomber banked away. It was read in the paper the next day that Miss Mary’s House of Ill Repute was destroyed as the bombs leveled her building. As it being a daylight raid, none of the girls were in the building and all are ok. After the bombs exploded, chaos ran amuck, some calling for the head of the prime minister, for those dirty huns should not be allowed to bomb England’s fair cities.
Four planes closed to chew on the Friedrichshafen, one of the Nieuports staying too long in the rear gunners arc, and his engine started to sputter, so he turned away and limped his aircraft home. And then there were three.
Doc shot after the fleeing DR1, and got close, putting a few rounds into the tail. The DR1 snapped around and the two traded shots, causing Doc to second think his attack. The damaged DR1 had gotten lucky and evened the odds. Doc withdrew to the airfield. At this time, the Friedrichshafen had succumbed to the hail of bullets, and the plane went down. Two pilots splitting the kill. The Plucky DR 1 flew away, telling of how the English were in terror of the bombs hitting the ground.
End result was the loss of two German bombers, and a DR1 needing shop time.
The three surviving Neiuports will require plenty of shop time as well as the two surviving triplanes, with one of the triplanes destroyed in Farmer Jenkins cow pasture. The loss of Miss Mary’s is going to cripple moral in town for a while, until it is rebuilt, however local church opposition is making rebuilding difficult.
As a tactical victory, it would have to go to the Allies.
As for a moral victory, it has to go to the Germans.
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Originally Posted by Raffvantye
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