Earned that achievement tonight. Also earned Double ace and another for getting 13 kills in one sortie. Actually landed 14 kills. Sorry no screen shots. Wasn't thinking about that. I had a gear missing and was trying to bring it in gently.
About the 14 kills. I took off to defend vbase 76. Before I got there the Rooks had put up a wall to defend their attacking horde. There were 3 guys there fighting 2 p47s. The first p47 tried to exit. I swooped down, chopped throttle and took his wing off. I figured that was that. But the other 47 was giving two folks a hard time. I guess the 47s started off pretty high. The 47 made a nice move on the two but I came in for the pick. That's two kills. Then I continue my journey towards the vbase. When I first arrived it was a full dar bar if not more. I couldn't see but one con but then saw a set of B24s, I went in on them and killed one. Others by this time had arrived and took out the other two. I went after another p47 and nailed him. It's starts getting fuzzy at this point.
About a minute later a set of lancs appear. With good alt and speed I dive in. The Lancaster pilot had turned or something. Which played a role in what happens a wee bit later. I dive in. I'm thinking my bullets are falling short so I pull hard back on the stick and take out one the lancs. What I didn't realize is I actually fired on two lancs. I thought I had been missing the target. Well I get one kill. Then I shoot down one b24 coming in. I think that's six. A p47 dives in on us. He misses me(or did he even see me) but goes after another con. I trail. He has to pull up steep because of the valley wall. I take his wing off and he starts falling towards mother earth. Then I get kill 7, it was the Lanc that was trailing the piloted lanc I shot down. Now kill 8 pops up. That was the p47.
I'm not sure if I was low ammo or low fuel but I return to base. Thinking along the way I only need 2 kills for a double ace. But what if I can get 5 more kills? Ah that would be cool. I rearm and head back to 76. On the way I see a couple of cons coming into the base I just left. Heading back that way I was hoping they were buffs. They weren't and in fact seemed to be outrunning our guys. It was a G2. I have alt and a faster plane. Diving in he doesn't see me. In fact I think he thought he was home free. I fire and barely ping him. Huge disappointment! He dives away while I pull up and then attack again. This time I ping him a bit more. Not wanting to overshoot but stay on his tail I rudder in and ping him a wee bit more. He pulls up. I follow, firing all the way. I hit him a bit more. He then stalls and I stall. He was stick stirring like a drummer. Soon I realize he may get a gun solution on me. I hit my flaps to get a small bounce in altitude. It works. He spirals out of control beneath me. I dive in and think he's not going to make it. He doesn't.
Now the folks are chasing a second con. It's a 190d and he's out running them. I dive in, he's on the deck. get 600 behind and open up. I ping him lightly, Geeze I'm a bad shot! We get into a tangle and he tries to scissors. I lightly nail him a few times. Finally he rolls over and right into the ground. Kill 10. Yaye! I think he said he knocked his stick off the desk. The worse thing is I almost followed him into the dirt.
I'm low on ammo so I RTB and rearm yet again. I'm think just 3 more kills and I get 13 kills and an achievement. Off I go to, I think 26, not sure. There is a good number of cons coming. I climb the whole way because I'm starting to get cautious. When I get there I'm 19k. A G14 dives on me. Yeah that's right dives in on me. He doesn't go for the H.O. though but then pulls up and just absolutely soars away. I figure he wanted me to try to follow. Not falling for it. I keep an eye on him until he disappears. A moment later I spy a big fat juicy 110 low. Probably only 4k above the valley floor. Being a bit anxious I dive in trying to scrub speed with my rudder. He pulls up a wee bit as I dive. Extraordinarily big happy shot. But then I'm too fast and pull the trigger as I zip by at about 525 mph. How could I have missed. No kill and he looks fine. Wow! My next thought is don't auger. I cut the throttle and pull up as hard as I can without blacking out. Whew, just did make it and missed the sides of the canyon too. But gee, that miss really bothered me. Oh well I can rearm again if need be. Or so I thought.
Grabbing over the base I spy a low P47m. Another opportunity. Surprisingly I get a kill message. I got the 110. That's 11. Now I'm diving on this p47. Is he coming at me? Seems like it. He is! I pull up. He hits me and I heard something come off. I hope it's a gun. Nope it was a gear. No more rearming. It's do or die if I want that 13. I dive on the p47 again and another plane. Now we have two 109s hanging over us with a 3rd coming in. The latter is an A5. He's after me! He dives toward me but I pull away and turn slightly to keep an eye on him. The rascal fires rockets. Is it those exploding kind? Sure are but they miss short. Whoa! Then he stalks me. I'm running low on fuel. I drag him around a bit. Like I said I was being cautious. Finally for no apparent reason he bails or loses connection. I get the kill. Alrighty then, that's 12. One more kill. I dive on that pesky p47 that HO'd me. I nail him big time. He doesn't go down. Just like the 110. Lordy! But then a N1K1 comes in and passes me up for someone else. I dive on him and when he pulls up on the canyon wall I hold the trigger down hard. He disintegrates. In attacking I had chopped my throttle and now I'm parallel with the canyon wall. Hit my flaps for a bounce away from the wall, point my nose down, get a little e and then head to crash land at the base. Before I do though the p47 succumbs to the damage inflicted. Kill 14. Whew. When I land I have 2 minutes of fuel left.
It was a great run. Still though there were countless opportunities to lose or get ganged. There was some luck in it for sure. I shiver about that HO and those Rockets.
