Just flew a mission in PWCG Bodenplatte campaign.... before my flight of four Spit IX's had even reached enemy airspace we intercepted a flight of 109's.
The fight was taking us below then above the cloud base and back again... before we knew it, some Fw 190's joined the fray, it was a desperate battle, seat of the pants stuff!
I scored hits on a 109, then was bounced by a Fw... my Spit was like a colander but still flying.
I legged it for my home base, flat out and on the deck... the Fw pilot following. In the end I lured him into a turn fight and managed to shoot him down.
With my engine damaged now, I coaxed the old girl down to my airfield... gripping stuff, I'm lucky to be alive