Stampf - thank you sir. We had a great fight last night, didn't we?
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Yes you did.
The only way for me to get the boys to those Liberators for even one pass was to give up that 5K from 25 to 20. Even with blowing straight through, it was all defensive from that moment onward. We could find no clear high blue and were pinched tight between several waves of fighters. All I could do was try to get you guys down to a manageable altitude and speed, for our Zero's to have any kind of chance. You guys did an excellent job at maintaining your advantage throughout the entire engagement. As soon as I saw how you were managing the fight my heart sank as I realized we up against an disciplined force.
Even so...when we got down to <5K, I felt at one point we could carry the fight as we began knocking a few of you down. But it wasn't to be, as you guys just did a great job covering eachother and working each kill together. To even pull for a quick snapshot on a Lightning was to put ourselves in another's gunsight. A sign of excellent teamwork and wingmanship on your part.
At one point a large friendly squadron was in range and could have tipped the scales in our favor but they chose to "steer around this furball"...is what we heard on vox. Can you imagine? Perhaps they were out of fireworks...I don't know. Anyway, it's great to have the 56th back in FSO, and a good sound thrashing like you gave us last night is a good thing every now and then.
See you up!
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