Banjoman, congrats on the upgrade. With a paint job like that you could easily fly night missions for Keiser's spies.

Mission 2
2 May 1917
Escort

We're escorting DFW's over the line today. This will be my first excursion over enemy territory.

As we take off I notice our anti aircraft fire going off in the distance. No one pays any attention as that isn't our mission today.

I'm flying a DII while the rest of the flight have the newer DIII and so I'm slightly slower. I hope I don't stray too far back and become easy prey.

We cross the lines at 06:29hrs and recross after completing the mission at 06:41hrs.

We see nothing untoward and I land at 07:00hrs.

Mission 3
3 May 1917
Defend Observation Balloon

An early morning start today.

We climb high into the early morning air. I love flying at this time. It's so serene.



Eventually I see a number of dots a long way in the distance but no one else makes a move. Friendly aircraft? I make a mental note to try and keep an eye on them.

After another 15 minutes flying I again see numerous dots heading towards us. Are these the same machines I saw before. Next thing the AA starts exploding and the rest of the flight start to manoeuvre for position. These must be the enemy.



The dots suddenly take shape in the form of Sopwith Pups and in the blink of an eye the formations meet and explode into a maelstrom of planes diving, circling and firing.

Before I know what's happening I'm hit. Not badly but it's time to get out of the fray. I spin down but there's an enemy sitting on my tail.



Is this the end?

Luckily I'm almost above a friendly aerodrome and keep spinning down. The enemy pilot must think I'm done for as he pulls out of his dive and heads for home. I'm having trouble controlling my aircraft and land partly sideways. the plane skids and a wing hits the ground but eventually it steadies itself. I see the fight still going on until everyone calls it a day. Our Jasta claims 4 for 2 pilots wounded (me included).

I am taken to a field hospital where they tell me I'll be their guest for 11 days. I don't mind. I'm alive.

Yikes! Those Pups are dastardly! The good news is that you'll probably have the DIII when you get back.

My Friend (the Whistleblower of the German Geheimdienst) managed to smuggle out another Document...
Looks like a Part of the secret "Willy/Hagen Correspondence"

I knew it!!! The Government is hiding something from us!!!
Take a look:




Here is a Summary of the first 2 Missions:

...will follow in a few Minutes (currently uploading)

Smosh, That was a nasty affair! The DII is pretty much outclassed. Stay high above the action, dive strike and climb out as much as you can and your survival will be much improved. I really like the stenciled black rose!

Nietzsche;

Your reports transport me from WWI to an earlier time when I read them. I feel like I am reading the Viking Sagas.

4 May 1917 @ 10h13 Patrol to La Petrie

Today we had light scattered cumulus from 1200 to 3500 m with wind of 3 km from the NW.

Schock lead the kette with Jorke, Billik and myself accompanying. Kette eins which was to follow was lead by Tutschek and composed of Hochstetter, Sirreberg, Henkershafen and Aldenhoff. Our whole flight was uneventful with no enemy presence. Eins who left us half way through the flight, on the other hand encountered enemy craft and Hochstetter was lightly wounded with his craft destroyed on a forced landing. Sirreberg was killed and crashed.

YouTube Video:

Scary looking DIII

Mission 3 was uneventful with Rudolf flying tail end in a patrol of front lines.

Mission 4 was exciting!



Rudolf lead the flight and ran into Pups near St. Martin. One claim was confirmed!

That looked quite close, Rudolf

Here is the Documentary of Hagen von Tronje's Mission 1 & 2:

Mission five was uneventful. Rudolf flew tail end on an escort of DFWs bombing an enemy airfield just over the front lines.

Mission six involved NUPES!



He followed close on the tail of kette eins which didn't engage a flight of Nupes near the balloon to be defended. Rudolf couldn't let them pass by and dove down to challenge them. Huge flock of NUPES to fight. He thought he knocked four out of the sky while defending the balloon.




A couple of his claims were confirmed!
He was awarded an Iron Cross 2nd class to go with his goblet!
He made 5 victories and advanced time.

Nietzsche;

Nice vid. It's 21 minutes long. How did u achieve that? I thought YouTube only allows 15 minute episodes. Did you join them after uploading somehow?

The second part had a bit of stutter when you were watching the tripe go down. The rest of the vid is perfect. Any idea why that happened?

Thanks for posting.

MudWasp, your pilot is doing quite well. ten claims is impressive.

I'm low on daytime broadband for video watching
I'll watch early tomorrow morning in the off hours

It's been hit or miss for action with enemy plane encounters and having claims confirmed.

MFair, have fun on the Kubota. It's a hot spell here, don't overheat yourself or your machine.

@Robert:
Youtube already complained about the very first Video, I wanted to publish, because it was longer than 5 Minutes or so, and demanded my Email-Address for that... maybe it is because of that? There doesn't seem to be a Time Limit...

The Stutters come from my Video-Recorder "Afterburner". The Game itself runs totally smooth, but as soon as the Framerate drops below 35, these Afterburner-Records stutter.
Maybe, I should by this Fraps. Most of you Guys here seem to be quite satisfied with it. I cannot use this NVidia Gameshadow-Thing, because I've got an Island-System @Home, and these Data-Miners have no Reason to give something for free...

Thanks for the explanation Nietzsche.

Dutch Imil Flyer
Jasta 12
Flanders.


4 May 1917.

Mission 4.


Took a slug so out of it till the 10th. Routine line patrol 2 kettes of 4 a/c each. Fell on 3-4 strutters amid heavy clouds. Fire on the dive and missed. Then picked up 2 on my tail weave and scissored in and out of cloud Took a hit Wnd from a tail gunner as I went Vertical. Spotted a Strutter flashing by overhead and pumped out 100 rds. The enemy machine just flew into them shuttered the fell in a snap spin out of control. ( Pilot Kill ?) I flipped over and dove for home in the other direction. Ammo Rpt: 141 rds fired. I had 6 hits in my kite.

Jasta Rpt. 2 Albatros Lt Damage 1 pilot wnd (me). Enemy 3 1 1/2 ers shot down. The type with rear guns.


free screen capture

Question ? As our pilots get Wnd do we wait till evry one gets caught up to our Go fly date ( out of the hospital ) or just fly on from the new out of hospital date? For example: Smosh and I are down for wnds What do we do ? just wait?