Love reading your reports Raine.!

Bachmeier and company had nice weather for a change down in Alsace. No crazy winds, cloudless skies that held a frozen haze making the bitter cold feeel even colder. His rottenflieger Franz in an DII and HA Willy Ginkermann in a DIII early headed up to Colmar to patrol their airfield along with three HAs in early DIIIs in kette eins.

Bachmeier kept his flight above and behind kette eins and was shocked to see them skate underneath a flight of 5 Single seat Strutters that He ran straight into. All hell broke loose high above Colmar airfield. Bachmeier took one out on the head on and crippled another on the return pass, then had one on his tail he couldn't shake. So he dove down to the air field. That Strutter pilot followed and so did Franz who blew the Strutter from the sky.

They regrouped and spotted Willy and a flaming Strutter plummeting down beneath him. Willy was still very high and appeared to be chasing other Strutters who decided to flee. Franz and Bachmeier tried to follow, but couldn't keep up. They rtb'd to Halbsheim.

Franz filed a claim, had another prior claim confirmed for his 11th victory, and was promoted to Hauptman !