This is an old AAR I did for a CT mission last august. Its one of my better ones.
AA Report Gunfighters Thursday Aug. 5th.
CO: Grits
Mishun: Intercept Buffs.
A two aircraft flight, well...not really a flight since one Gunfighter upped from the wrong field, and the other was 5 minutes late, but there were two of us in the air at the same time. At any rate, the CO, in an FW190A-8, climbed to 30k and remained a bit farther south than the other aircraft in the mission. Many enemy targets were sighted in sector 7.8.8, but these turned out to be P-51 decoy/scouts and were ignored. Seconds later members of JG54 sighted buffs and F4U escorts in sector 8.8.6 at approximately 12k, and the CO vectored to intecept. Upon seeing the Buffs, the Gunfighters CO completely lost his mind and against all known doctrine, saddled up behind a box of three B-17's at D400. Unbelievably, he somehow managed to kill one Fortress before being shredded by the gunners.
The fate of the other Gunfighter is unknown other than he was heard to salute his enemy on the way down in his flaming wreck of an aircraft. Service records for the Gunfighter known as "Oldman" are mysteriously missing, but his chivalry indicates that he may actually be a veteran of WWI.
Gunfighters portion of the mishun rated as moderate failure.Hope you liked it.
