Salute Bishops

[Lusche]

For putting this



together last night. Even with the formation command, this is a very rare sight in the MA these days. Most 'mass' formations are usually just a gaggle of bombers flying in relative proximity. But not this one. 

Following pilots made up this formation:

Peanut1 509th HBG 'Ramblin Raiders'
Elec1 509th HBG 'Ramblin Raiders'
DZZ400 Zombie squad:"zombies dont play nice"
1Eagle1 ***Alchemists***
Blazin 509th HBG 'Ramblin Raiders'
bgoldy The Marauders
Picko 9GIAP VVS RKKA
BigMoFo Iron Saints 101st Squadron BTP
jbaker
hammer66 509th HBG 'Ramblin Raiders'


with chris7 as their sole escort in a P-51D


I only wished you guys had brought a squadron of escorts with you. For despite the popular whine, bombers at 20k flying several sectors deep into enemy territory are very much victims to any halfway coordinated interception.
By the time I was winchester, the mission had already lost 15 out of 30 bombers to the repeated attacks of 10 fighters. If any bomber pilot actually had made it back home, he would have been exceptionally lucky.


Hope to see more of this ... and wouldn't mind to see you fly somewhat higher and with more 'little friends'

 

[Someguy63]

Awesome!

Would totally love more raids like this.


Gv raids are hella fun to fight too.

[Delirium]

Agreed, it was great to see. The entire formation was fairly low but made up for it with their defensive teeth.

 I scored a few kills, but I had to work hard for them by getting into the perfect position each time. The rest of the attackers weren't as patient and I saw countless guys running home with smoking engines or catastrophic damage.

[Obie303]

Impressive!  Nice job to all the Bish that took part.   

[DEECONX]

Makes me think back to the days flying escort for the 91st. Keep the dream alive guys. 

[DubiousKB]

was this bomber training for the upcoming scenario? Certainly has the look.... Can't wait for BOWL!

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,367499.0.html

[Driver]

Very nice, very impressive.... it would be fun to see more of this in the MA.  Sure adds fun to the game!!!

WTG--- Bishops --- well done indeed!!!

[NatCigg]

I flew in one a week or so ago. It was a blast. I tried to make a film to share but my skills are weak and I could not get the shots I wanted. We made It to target and only our dear leader did not make it home.  The basts from our formation drop on a radar factory was awesome.  I think we got it down to 25%.  Enemy con were flying into a thick wall of gunfire and many did not make it home. 

Thanks to High Tech for creating these possibilities and thanks to the players for making it happen. 
 

[f35raptor]

Makes me think back to the days flying escort for the 91st. Keep the dream alive guys. 

91st still here aka zombie squad, when we do get a bouch of guys on chanel we do go up in our b17s.

[Zoney]

I looked at that picture and my hear skipped a beat!

Bombers, lots of Bombers and not just flying along.............Bombers in Formation......I drooled a little, best part of the game IMHO, except they need about 10 to 20 escorts to really make it fun!

[zack1234]

Bishops are poo

[JOACH1M]

 

[scott66]

Where was I? 

[Rich46yo]

In the 484'th we flew strict combat boxes usually anywheres from 6 or 7 per box and 3 or 4 boxes. Even if we only had 6 or 7 pilots it was still a formidable box cause your talking 21 bombers and who knows how many 0.50s aimed your way. We stayed 400 to 600 from each other and were very disciplined.

Of course the Bomber Hunters were better back then too. Lusche being just one of some who were actually able to successfully attack a box and survive. Even guys like him were hard pressed to get kills attacking a disciplined box of 24s, or 17s. I always thought the best Bomber Hunters were able to focus on just one Bomber at a time. In the actual Late war many German pilots were very fearful of attacking a disciplined Box.

Its good to see the art form still lives. Those were great days back when the Bomber war waged, when the Bomber squads were active.

[Scherf]

What is this "formation command"?