AXIS AAR Frame 01 operation Husky

[TUK]

The 13Th MPG was tasked with defense of tast group 112.  We rolled out with 109G2's with gondolas. We were the only ones defending the task group with 16 pilots. I gave my best ship driver (prowl3r) control of the task group. That being said, dropped us to 15 pilots and we also released 2 scouts to patrol entry routes to the south.  Our task group radar started to flash, startled we all wanted to head to the ships but report from skipper said it was all spitfires. One of our scouts (Ruff13mpg) found a whole group of bombers a grid below our task group. They obviously sent a whole group of fighters to sweep ahead. Our flightlead (markakis) released 4, 109's to Ruff's location, to find enemy bombers (b26's) un-escorted. We slashed in through the bombers killing 1-3  taking hits from the tight pack of b26's. I lost my radiator after my second pass.  As I followed (without power), I began to watch the rest of my squad eliminate the b26's.  Was a hell of a fight. By then, their escorts(who were coming back to them) entered the fight. The 13th was dwn to 4-6 pilots now, and we used our ships as bait for the spitfires.  The ship ack killed most of the spits as they tried to strafe dwn the ships, and overwhelm our leftovers.
We returned 3 planes, and had little or no damage to our task group.   We were lucky, they had no close escorts, and our scout found the bombers.   Was a fun Fso for us again. thanks Cm's ,CIC's, Axis, and Allies for the event. We will see you all  next week.. TUK151..
(Co 13MPG)..
     

[68Wooley]

Sorry Wooley.   

NP - happened while we strafing the base and TBH I should have seen it coming and avoided.

I'd love to be able to say I've never done the same thing myself.

 

[TracerX]

"There seemed to be only slight damage to V base 12 and 13.  <S> to the AXIS pilots that fought off the ALLIED attack there".

A single P38 hit V13. (no damage)

5 P47's hit V12. (A single ord bunker hit).

That's it, all frame.

EDIT: Apparently both these attacks were intercepted well before reaching target.

I will get with Hopper16, our single P-38 pilot and severely reprimand him for only killing two guns at V13.  I mean he was the only one who managed to exit the mauling with bombs still attached, penetrate the enemy CAP, and make it to the target.  After all that, you think he would be able to at least drop those bombs on something meaningful.  Only two other pilots survived by dropping their ord. and exiting the area.  They were 50 miles away and unable to help our single survivor.

The plan was good, but I think we should have stayed further away from the coast on our route to the target.  We were not in position to defend ourselves.