Well, since Guppy posted two...
I REALLY enjoyed a fight I had the other night in LW Blue on NDIsles (I THINK). I upped in my 1A and started climbout, intending to help bust cap on the next base over.
However on my way out I saw that a friendly CV in the area was being harassed, and had a growing Dar Bar in the neighboring sector, so I turned to help.
I first conned a 51 somewhat above me, high enough I couldn't get to him without blowing all my E, so I nose-low to grab some speed. He passes me up, makes a run on the CV and escapes the gauntlet of AAA (no or negligible damage to the flattop). I roll in to pursue, but he had far too much E to start with for me to catch in a straight chase, so I pull up to start regaining some altitude when I see a HUGE number of cons IB on the carrier.
Not wanting to get ganged I enter a high Immelmann to reverse back towards the CV and friendlies upping in the area. Another ally (can't remember who it was, now) dives in and starts mixing up with the 51. As I'm on my way back to the carrier an La-7 is pursuing me. After a quick break under and to his left and into a loop I end up behind him and take him down after a short chase.
Now the wall of red appears. Some 8-10 close formations of Ju-88s are down on the deck rolling in on the carrier, but before I can turn on them the friendly engaged with the Pony goes down, and the 51 then fixes his attention on me. Another similar reversal as executed against the La-7 and that's it for the Pony.
The CVs guns start lighting up as the other friendlies try to turn her clear and deal with the 88s. I roll in and start shooting at whatever I can put my sights on. One...Two...Three 88s go down and the formations start to scatter. Torpedoes are running in the water. Zoom in, pull up hard, roll and drop down again, high side, front-quarter, slashing across their rear. Four...Five...
There are just too many of them to fight and steer the carrier with what few defenders we have. The CV goes down.
As the last 88s make their runs on the remaining escorts I continue my defense. Flame Six. Let the bastage burn. Pull up, roll over and drop. Splash Seven.
Guns all but empty and the last friendly in the air I return home, and yet those 9 kills just weren't enough.
Then again, it ended up taking the Nits every last one of those 30-odd Ju-88s to kill one sparsely defended carrier...
