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Hard Sarge -> RE: TLS won't "Generate" (7/16/2006 7:26:17 PM)
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ohhhh, this is enjoyable
had a nice mission, when I was attacking bombers, they were around 14000, so I was able to get above them, make a diving pass and then zoom climb back up and reset, and then pick my target
knocked down 4 B-17s, had another one crippled and I had left it alone, as it was headed towards the deck, that thing flew all the way home, 10 feet off the deck, flying into trees and all, ahhhh
next mission was a nasty surprise
get a scramble mission, bombers are attacking !
(I normally play with mid air starts, so I can fly more combat, then waiting around to take off)
the mission starts and as I am getting my plane set, my bearings and all, I see tracers, quick look over my shoulder and I got 2 Mustangs on my tail and close
do a quick Spit S, look behind me and am shocked to see not only did the 2 Stangs follow me, they are still right on my tail, doing another Spit S, and watch as I come out and see they are still with me and closeing, bank HARD to the right, then reverse to the left and pull as tight as I can
the lead Stang can't follow that move and over shoots, his wingman, breaks and heads up, I am able to get around and start to chase, as the two Stangs close up they start to climb, I fire a long range MG shot, trying to get them to dance, but am rewarded with strikes !, nothing major, but it perks one up to know they have damaged the enemy, in return for the damage I have taken
the leader rolls on his back and dives away, while his wing man keeps grabbing for the sky, the leader will be out of the fight for a few, so I stay with the wingman, if I follow the leader, his wingy will be right on my tail
soon, I am close enough to get a shot in, but have bled off all my E, pushing 180 if I am lucky, when my shot finally land and take out my first enemy, a quick roll onto my back and down I go, I need speed and I need to know where his mate is at, we do a head on, but both are angled off too much to even get more then a 'I see you" burst off
but then I see some of my mates are in trouble, so go to there aid, diving for all I am worth I am pushing 400 as I close in, but they sense me coming and both Stangs Split S on me, I follow, as they begin there pull out and start to grab
I am closing fast, and my sites are just under the wingmans belly, waiting for my guns to match my sites, when I start to black out, the Stang keeps pulling up, and I am out of the fight, too much E
by the time I am back in control, the 2 enemy planes have found other targets and leave me alone
big mistake
but too many Enemy, to few friends, so I got to help my friends
the tide turns and soon, most of the Stangs have turned for home, I pick off a Stang trying to attack one of my friends, and then pick up a lone Stang headed back to the fight
again a Head to Head and again, we both misjudge our angle, now this is a good one, up and down, onto our backs and over again, finally, while we are almost cockpit to cockpit, I am able to land a few rounds into him, and he starts headed down, he goes into a very HARD roll, I try to follow, it is a good move, if he is in control, but it is HARD to tell, I back off to see, he is gone, if I follow, I may run into him or over shoot, or miss judge his roll
I follow, landing a few more hits , at 7000 I break off, if he is faking, I got enough alt to play with, if he is not, it won't mater
as I pull away and watch, I see the rolls turning into a wild spin, he is finished
not sure, if it was a death spin to begin with, it didn't look like one, but it ended up that way
a HARD fought battle this time around
we lost 1 plane, and 1 pilot KIA, with another WIA (our top Ace, well, until today, I am now our top Ace)
my plane took damage, but nothing major was hit, a close run thing
4 Stangs go down to my guns today
as we return to our base, a very large gagle of B-17s with lots of P-47s is reported in the area, they are lucky today, we need to land, tomorrow, it will be there turn
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