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TACLOBAN TANGO FRAME 2 SUMMARY
« on: October 13, 2012, 08:02:08 PM »
The Allied Ace was 49Bull of the 49th FG "Fightin 49ers", He was representing: Major William “Dinghy” Dunham (USAAF) – When Dunham was given command of the 460th FS of the 348th FG he had already shot down 9 enemy fighters in the New Guinea area. While in the Philippines Dunham would shoot down 1 Japanese fighter on November 18th and then shoot down 4 in one day on December 7th, 1944. In all, William Dunham would shoot down 16 aircraft during World War 2. He passed away in March, 1990.

While flying his P-47D-25 49Bull shot down 2 Ki-84s flown by MJsmoke and pops1 of CLAIM JUMPERS and two Ki-67s flown by TxCoyote of LCA. 49Bull was shot down by a Ki-67 flown by xStrato.

The Axis Ace was Bankie0 of the LCA He was representing: Master Seargeant Satoshi Anabuki (IJAAF) – Anabuki fought in the 1941 invasion of the Philippines and then in Burma. In October 1943 he shot down three B-24s and 2 P-38 escorts. He downed one of the B-24s by ramming it, wounding himself. He would later ferry Ki-84 fighters from Formosa to the Philippines where he would shoot down 6 F6F Hellcats. He would survive the war claiming 59 victories but was officially credited with 39.

While flying his Ki-84 Bankie0 shot down one P-38L flown by Sagehand of the 364th C-HAWKS. Bankie0 was shot down by AKMeathd of the Arabian Knights and captured by the Allies.


Allied Ace Mission: 20 Points (For shooting down Axis Ace)
Axis Ace Mission: 20 Points (For shooting down Allied Ace)

Allied Pilots: 156
Axis Pilots: 155

Allied Kills: 124
Axis Kills: 68

Allied Assists: 104
Axis Assists: 19

Allied Objects Destroyed: 237
Axis Objects Destroyed: 184

Congratulations to DrBone (364th C-HAWKS) for being the top allied scorer with 6 kills. CaptA (VMF-101 Nightmares) had the most objects destroyed with 28. The Allied shipkillers were:

Joker1 (412th FNVG) - C84 Cruiser
geepel (412th FNVG) - C84 Destroyer
Pounder (412th FNVG) - C84 Destroyer
dcat (Jokers Jokers) - C83 Cruiser
Selino30 (VMF-222 Flying Deuces) - C74 Cruiser
BALDYLOX (Jokers Jokers) - C83 Destroyer
Matelot (VMF-101 Nightmares) - C73 Destroyer
CptA (VMF-101 Nightmares) -  C73 Cruiser
RC (VMF-101 Nightmares) - C73 Destroyer


Congratulations to Pand (~~~Devil Dogs~~~) for shooting down 5 Allied Aircraft and 1LTCAP (325th Checkertails) for having the most objects destroyed on the Axis side with 18. The Axis shipkillers were:

FBLazy (FREEBIRDS) - C79 Cruiser
FBGun5 (FREEBIRDS) - C79 Destroyer
Angels10 (CLAIM JUMPERS) - C79 Destroyer
FBRobby (FREEBIRDS) - C79 Destroyer
js07 (LCA) - C78 Cruiser
tommygun (325th Checkertails) - C77 Cruiser
Muttman (334th FS The Eagles) - C76 Cruiser
Badmood (353rd FG) - C78 Destroyer
Oaktree (353rd FG) - C78 Destroyer
Hilo (VMF-216 Bulldogs) C78 Destroyer



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Objectives for FRAME 3 have been sent out to the Thunder Mob (AXIS) and ARABIAN KNIGHTS (ALLIED)
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!