Well, that was quick. Here's my aviator.



Took off with a flight of three Fokkers at 0820. Mission: patrol behind our lines between the coast and Ypres. Climbed to 1400 meters and took the boys west as far as Ostend and then headed southwest behind our lines. About 0840 we spotted a pair of French Nieuport 11s, co-alt. Since we had an advantage, we engaged.

I went after the first Bebe; my two comrades went after the other. Bebe #2 shot down one of my men and damaged the other. That left me with a 1V2--Eindekker versus a pair of Bebes.

I got hit and the plane was only lightly damaged, but I had a fuel leak and I was wounded. I disengaged and actually managed to land the Eindekker in a field behind our own lines. Unfortunately, my wound proved to be "mortal." I guess I bled out before help arrived.

There were no highlights to post. Here is the take-off shot.

Hey hey, no fair having a puppy in your picture! You get no sympathy votes!

Sorry to hear about that Nowi, feel free to try again with a non-official second entry if you would like!

RR

Also, as many of us will follow Nowi probably sooner rather than later, make sure to save a final screenshot of your pilot so we can tally up scores at the end!

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Hard luck there Nowi. I thought I was facing a similar fate myself but I live to die another day.


Lou

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Lou

I really like your original report!

Very fine work indeed Sir!!

I cant wait to get ho.e and continue with u folks.

I have survived my first mission ... my puppy dog is bringing me luck!

I am navigating with a printout from Nibbio's paper map files (thanks Nibbio!) and it seems it will be relatively easy to find my way home given our location close to the ocean (that's a BIG landmark).

All six of our pilots made a patrol down south to Heule airfield. Two of the flight peeled off as we neared the destination and I caught a glimpse of them engaging a silver Nieuport below us. The flight leader and the two other Eindeckers flew on, so I stayed with them like a good rookie pilot would do. Made it back home OK. We lost one of the pilots that peeled off, the other came back with a victory under his belt.

I found it interesting how the AI behaved. It confirms in my mind that the AI each think for themselves, and do scan the sky as advertised. Very realistic!!

sign me up sir <salute> Pepper von Jalapeno <salute>

Flugmaat Georg Gotze
b.21 February 1892, Munich.
Assigned from Flieger Schule to Marine KEK at Nieuwmunster, Flanders 1 June 1916




First Flight 30 minutes total. I survived only because of an inadvertent spin. Crazy.

Ok, I'm detecting a definite trend here... Here's Flugmaat Fahnn on his first big-boy Eindecker sortie...




A little ways into the flight, we get attacked by an equal number of N11's. Amazingly, my wingmen manage to shoot down two, and I got a few licks in before one came around behind me and tried to stick there. I dove and twisted with him firing all the while. He hit me and my fuel lines but because we were attacked right over a friendly aerodrome as soon as I made it to the deck, our ground fire scared him off. Lucky to be alive, I packed it in for day one!

I had a series of FaceTrack issues for some reason, so not much video... I did manage to scrounge some up of my evading and landing...


Well, it was something like that...

Here's me on the ground afterwards...



Here's the bugger that got me:


And the result:


15 days in the hospital later, I am ready to try again.

So, there are Brits across the lines with Neiuports! Be careful!!!

RR

New to WOFF and thought I would give it a try.


May 31st:
Dick Dastardly reporting for duty at MFJ 1.

June 1st
First flight I didn't get any screen shots. Mission was to patrol behind our lines. Flight consisted of 3 pilots in both flight A & B. Lost contact with A flight on the second way point route. Encountered 1 N11 over the town of Roulers. He had about a 1000ft height advantage over us and made a diving attack on my plane. I avoided the attack but lost some altitude in the process. The N11 then attacked the lead plane and they entered a spiraling turn fight in which the N11 got the best of over our fellow pilot. The N11 then made a be line to the deck heading back to his lines. I gave chase and at about 700 yards away I gave a short burst from my guns to make sure it was in proper working order. He made a fast uncoordinated turn to his right making a 180 degrees turn to come straight at me. His plane then made a sharp turn to the left and dove towards the ground hitting a row of trees in the outskirts of town. I belive he or his plane had sustained damage in his turn battle with our fearless leader. I then return to base. After landing I found that out of the 6 pilots in our squad at the start of the day only two remained. We lost A flight in its entirety and 1 from our flight. It was a dark day for sure.

June 2nd:
No flight scheduled due to lack of pilots and planes.

June 3rd:
No flight scheduled due to lack of pilots and planes.

June 4th:
No flight scheduled due to lack of pilots and planes. New pilot arrived.

June 5th:
All flights grounded due to weather. New pilot arrived.

June 6th:
All flights grounded due to weather. Two new pilots arrived.

June 7th:
Finally a chance to resume combat patrols and get revenge for the losses of June 1st. I was task with flying B flight solo as A flight consisted of the rest of the squad. I think they may think I am bad luck! No mater as my main concern is finding that confounded bird Yankee Doodle Pigeon! Unfortunately this mission saw no results as I did not see any enemy planes.

Nice reports guys.

killed on first mission by a neuiport 11



Started out with wingman, then 2 others e3's joined up


close up of my stupid ass





2 joiners leave, and we run into an n11


I get the first opening rounds


but he's soon on my tail, and kiss my ass goodbye..........



THE END

So they were Esc 26 N11's...I only caught a glimpse lol in my panic. It would be interesting to see the historical unit reports for this period. The decimation must have been very disheartening. I honestly can't see my pilot surviving out a second mission. I feel like fodder. Great reports folks.

Kind regards,
Dave/Baldric

Georg "der" Toten's first day with the squadron. Excitement in the air!





"B" flight, consisting of three pilots, took off and headed for the front on a patrol mission. "A" flight, providing top cover, stayed with us until my flight leader departed from the assigned flight plan.

Spotting something in the distance, my flight leader led us in a gentle glide towards something unseen by me in the distance. "A" flight, meanwhile, continued on the assigned flight plan and did not follow us.

Five dots appeared below and in front of us, eventually becoming a flight of unescorted F.E.2b's. Ignoring a perfect opportunity to attack this formation, my flight leader continued on his laser focus on something to the west. As we followed him, finally we spot another single dot. This eventually became a solitary F.E.2b.

We chased this F.E.2b all the way to his aerodrome near Nieuport before we caught up to him. At last, my flight commander went into attack position, with me following close behind. The flight leader and myself attacked this F.E.2.b in unison, and filled it full of lead.

Alas, as we're trying to finish this craft off, we were attacked by a flight of Nieuport 11's, probably from the nearby aerodrome. My flight leader was quickly shot down, and I began evasive maneuvers to avoid the hot stream of lead wizzing by my cockpit.

I could not shake one of the N.11's, so I tried an old trick of chopping the throttle, blipping, and hoped that he would overshoot and end up in front of me.

He certainly ended up in front of me, but not before crashing into my crate and setting himself on fire. Fatally crippled, my machine nosed down and buried itself into the French soil near the aerodrome.

Here are the results of the mission:




Is was fun while it lasted, but it was a quick and sad career. Adieu, Georg "der" Toten. You lived up to your name!

Well...Karl Mann on his first flight into fine weather, encountered a single N.11 who attacked his flight mate A.Schrimer.




When Mann circled to help he was shot and woubded, as his Elll was no match for the British flyer.
Trying to land his craft, the Brit in his excitement, lost control of his plane and rammed Mann's Elll



causing the death of them both

Flugmaat Schlick took part in his first combat patrol on the morning of June 1 flying as number five in a six plane formation patrolling friendly aerodromes. Our flight leader spotted a pair of enemy kites and we gave chase as they fled for British lines. We slowly overtook them and I identified them as FE2s. Our leader opened fire on the lead FE and sent him down in flames with a long steady burst. Meanwhile I had managed to slightly outpace the rest of my flight and began firing at the second FE from slightly below and hit him a few times, but like the rookie I, am I pulled up too steeply, stalled and lost control of the aircraft. I recovered in time to see the FE was now under fire from other members of my flight and smoking. The gunner was still fighting though and put a short burst into Flugmaat Ellmer's engine, which burst into flames. The fire soon spread and Ellmer plummeted to earth. The FE however was mortally wounded and spiraled down and crashed. Upon landing we learned that another of our comrades had crashed and was severely wounded. Mine was the only machine to return undamaged. Our flight leader was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class for his victory.

My second flight was a solo patrol over enemy front lines the next day (they make you grow up fast out here). Over the lines I saw friendly flak was engaging aircraft over our trenches. I turned to investigate and spotted two enemy aircraft now running for home. I followed and very slowly managed to get within firing distance, though now far behind enemy lines. They were Moraine Parasols with very alert and accurate gunners. The gunner on the rear machine and I traded fire; I got a few hits on him but he shredded my right wing before I could get out of the way. My right wing dropped and I entered a steep and uncontrollable slip to the right, crashing hard in the middle of a British aerodrome. I survived the initial crash but my injuries proved fatal. I was buried with full military honors in the nearby airman's cemetery.

I think it safe to add the Parasol alongside the N.11 on the list of aircraft to be left alone if you fly a Fokker.

What is also not safe is to run after two planes deep into enemy territory when you are on a solo mission !

You wouldn't see many casualties at all. Air combat is way more deadly in flight sims than it was in real life. Everybody knows Jasta 11, so let me use them as an example here. During the whole war, they lost 19 pilots killed in action and in flight accidents. Only 19, even though they were constantly stationed in areas of heavy air activity. But in sims, you can see such casualties in a matter of days or weeks.

Keep the reports coming everybody! As I predicted, you won't live long.

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Wonderful reports and stories everyone and it appears our experiences are indeed quite similar in terms of survival odds. Not a fair deal at all for our little KEK at the moment.

Here is Flugmaat Kurt Heusinger's next two journal entries for 2 June and 6 June.








All the sim-generated AAR stated was that Kurt had been captured but escaped a short time later. I felt the need to fill in the particulars.


Lou

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