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#4577602 - 08/18/21 01:50 PM Jasta 11, 2nd mission (WoFF BH&H II)  
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It's the late afternoon of 1 April 1917 and I'm about to start the second mission of my new Jasta 11 campaign in the aptly-named Wings over Flanders Fields - Between Heaven and Hell II, which is a significant all-round improvement on previous versions and runs just as well on my very ordinary PC. I'm leading a patrol of six Albatros D.III V-strutters. Our task is to patrol the front lines opposite Cambrai, south of our airfield at Douai.

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This time I decided to apply one of the available Jasta 11 skins, rather than use the default - I can't recall the pilot's name but it's an attractive and distinctive candy-striped, red-tailed job.

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We take off into a cloudless blue sky...

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...but I'm rudely interrupted by the rattle of enemy machine-guns and the smoke trails of tracers zip past my machine. We've been jumped! I break hard right and manage to catch only a few hits.

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I give the order to counterattack, evade my attacker with a few careful turns at low level, then curve back towards the air fight which is already in full swing.

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The next few minutes are a bit of a blur. I manage to get off some rounds at fleeting targets, which I've realised are Englishmen in Nieuport single-seaters - N.17s, probably.

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The boys seem to have their measure and I regain a little height then look for an opening.

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It comes when one of the Nieuports gets away from a pursuing Albatros at tree-top level.

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The Nieuport pulls up and his speed falls away, causing my diving attack to overshoot after I've only got off a few rounds.

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A glance above and behind shows things still seem to be going our way.

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My second attack on my own target sends him crashing into the ground, although I'm conscious somebody else was shooting at him too. Never mind, one less enemy to threaten us, that's what matters!

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The Nieuport's wreck burns, so it won't have ended well for the pilot. The cows in the next field seem entirely unconcerned, though.

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Right, time to get back into the fight!

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...to be continued!

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Last edited by 33lima; 08/18/21 02:13 PM.

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#4577613 - 08/18/21 03:45 PM Re: Jasta 11, 2nd mission (WoFF BH&H II) [Re: 33lima]  
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Looking around again, the battle still seems to be going our way: the smoking Nieuport seen earlier is now plunging earthwards.

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There she goes!

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I latch onto another Nieuport which has escaped a pursuing Albatros and is running for home at low level.

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He gets as far as the start of the shelled area near our reserve trenches before my rounds start crashing into him.

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The Tommy tries to make a forced landing amongst the craters...

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...and makes a reasonably good job of it, coming to a halt in a cloud of dust and flying earth but apparently in one piece.

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What now? I was expecting to run out of rounds at any moment and I'm sure the others are in much the same situation. No point continuing the patrol - we can have another go, after landing to refuel and re-arm.

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The boys are already starting to form up; no more Tommies left.

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I bank around in a gentle circle to give them all a chance to close up, and am relieved to find we have had no losses.

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There's an airfield nearby and I decide to land there. Everything seems to be working normally but my machine has taken hits and I'm not taking any chances, even though our own base can't be too far off.

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I can't recall if there's a 'return to base' command so in the end, just give the order to split formation...

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...then get into a tight left-hand circuit for my landing, onto final approach....

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...then safely down. From the black fuselage spirals on the parked Albatrosses, this looks like the home of Jasta 4.

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I put in a claim for two Nieuport 17s.The others have done plenty of shooting but only one, ace Karl Wolf, has claimed a victory.

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Only my second claim is confirmed, but I'm awarded a commemorative cup in recognition.

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All things being considered, I'm glad we did as well as we have and that I didn't lose any pilots in a battle that started at a disadvantage for us!


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Last edited by 33lima; 08/18/21 04:04 PM.

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#4577642 - 08/18/21 10:41 PM Re: Jasta 11, 2nd mission (WoFF BH&H II) [Re: 33lima]  
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Do love some Albatros in a custom paint scheme! Lovely report as always! salute


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