Fullofit - Klaus must have been ecstatic when the enemy aircraft turned up, right upto the point where he realised it was SPADs AND Breguets. His wingman was so grateful he wanted to shake the Frenchman's hand.....personally....in midair. He dealt with that SPAD comfortably enough but the Breguet..... always the Breguets....was a different tale. Klaus won the contest but at the cost of his fuel line. Thankfully he got down ok and could celebrate with a confirmed claim. As for Andy, as long as the person greasing his nuts does it well he'll be happy.
Lou - Half of Freddy's claims confirmed, that's not half bad, hold on, yes it is. What's not half bad is Freddy's total reaching the magic three figures.....congratulations!! That's got to be worth a party. What is definitely bad is Freddy's crate conking out and there not being enough spares. Get that Colonel back on the blower sharpish. Then the quintessentially British response from the depot....."it's a dodgy batch....supply problems....blah blah blah". Four idle birds at this stage of the war is simply not on. As for Andy, it was a good day certainly, claim wise anyway and nice to bump into the 49th, not literally obvs. As for Conway, you're probably right, he wasn't very sharp anyway.
Carrick - Congratulations on the confirmed kill and the flight leader tag too! I agree with Lou, maybe a switch to another crew will do.
"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."
