We attempted an indirect course from A95 to A84. Nearly half way to target the Luftwaffe strike force inbound for A114 flies right over our group. The radio became cluttered with calls of escort and Ju88s and we passed each other, a few scouts were in the area and not too long after we passed each other, the cavalry came in the form of JG 11 and claimed nearly all of our P-38s.
The way the squad just rolled in, I immediately identified them as JG11... couldn't have been any other group, We managed to get some (3) bombs on target and got a couple hangars. Not much you can do in those situations except break for the target and get what you can get before they take you behind the woodshed.
We had a frame like that in Frame 1, claiming 23 and getting overall top squad honors that frame. Just goes to show, in FSO sometimes you're the hammer and sometimes you're the nail.
Great Job Black Hearts! <S>