24 March 2009

Mission Debrief

German Aircraft Night

We formed up on the runway in a mix of German aircraft: JU88’s to haul the payload of eggs, and BF109’s and FW190’s to protect the Junkers.

We rolled out to the Northeast and climbed up to 15,000 feet. Skunk (SK) and Luft were delivering the message the 8X 500 pounders in their JU88’s. Half of them were on the wings and the other half were carried internally. For the first run Ditto flew a 190, RTS a BF109, Swoose a 190, Milt a 109er, Joker a 109, and Engr an Fw190.

Milt airborne. Gear up, nose level, and falling into formation.
 

The flight was a short one sector flight across water. Clouds obscured the view of the enemy airfield until we were very close. This layer of cover was helpful as we were able to fly all the way in without running into any bad guys. As soon as we arrived that changed.

The attack was fierce from the start. All fighters dove in on the swarm of  enemy aircraft forming below. Skunk (SK) and Luft got their eggs off just in time. SK dropped first and scored a direct hit on fighter hangar #1.  Luft opted for a vertical dive bomb position and dropped a barrage of twenty 50 pound eggs with a salvo of 20 and a delay of 0. He was just slightly off target and the hangar didn’t drop.

 
SK right on target, takes out the fighter hangar.
 

Field Ack took out Luft as he was climbing out for a second drop attempt with the 500lb bombs that were still loaded. After going down Luft jumped into SK’s gun positions. The aerial fighting over the field with the fighters continued as SK returned to base.

The mission was successful in stirring up the hive, taking out several buildings and the fighter hangars in both the first run and following runs. The German aircraft stood up very well to a full mix of aircraft the enemy brought up against them. Kills were numerous and the SK’s buffs safely RTB’d.

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