Tracer was busy SCDR, and probably didn't see you guys in the DOW. But I did, thanks for your work in our defense. I doubt many of us would have made it with out everyone's help. I assure you TracerX did not mean to "Snub" you guys.
I need to apologize to the allied side. As mentioned in another thread, USMC was one over in numbers (TracerX did not count as he was assisting Sikboy as CM) This happened just as we were going to launch, with a late arrival, and bottom line, I missed it. So USMC was over by one Player. Sorry for the penalty guys.
As for my AAR
USMC was to attack A76. We decided to attack from two different directions, and plan worked out flawlessly. Our escorts did a fine job in keeping the Bandits occupied, Our thanks to the 332nd and the 412th, we were able to level our target. We returned to base and re-upped in our second life as IL2s to take out a train at 9,9,7. We were escorted by both the DOW and MAW (and maybe a few others that I didn't see:) ) We were able to take out the Train at 9,9,7 and make it back to A31 with minimal losses.
At first I was concerned that our escort planes in the second mission (mostly Yak 9Ts) would be out matched by the axis 190s and 109s, on paper they should have been, but our escort pilots did a fantastic job of meeting the bandits and keeping them at bay even with lesser planes. A true testament to there skills. We only lost a couple of our guys to the enemy, the fighter escort in this frame really made the difference!
I also want to commend our pilots in USMC, In the face of attacking bandits they kept there composure, let the escorts do there job, and maintained formation until necessary to avoid attacking bandits, and completed both of there missions. Basically, They were very cool under pressure.
