12 Hours of Epic Combat.

[waystin2]

I enjoyed the living heck out of it....my arms are sore, my rump is sore, eyes are fried.  Thank you to all who setup and all who participated. 

[Hajo]

It was great fun!  IMHO great format also.  These old creaky bones made almost 4 hours on and off.

CMs as always well done.  Nef.......great job managing and plugging the event while it was happening live.

Saw a lot of old friends from all different squads.

Above all a <S> to the 56th FG for letting this old cranky guy fly with you.

[fudgums]

One of the highlights came during the attacks on Antwerp. Hear over Axis Command teamspeak that the 49ers(110s) were in their chutes running around Antwerp looking for the bar. Little things like that made the event special. 

[PanosGR]

Greatest event ever that I was been a part of it. The Axis forces always outnumbered and always at a lower altitude than the Allies managed to overcome the obstacles and prevail.

Congratulations to all the staff that organize this and to our SQ leaders Fudgums and Strokes.
 
  JG 26 

[captain1ma]

I was only in for a few frames but it was a blast. thanks to the guys that put it together, and thanks to all the people that participated. stuff like this is what makes the game such a great game.

[ink]

was crazy fun...12 kills for me...... not to bad considering how well the Allies were flying......

I honestly was impressed over and over at how well the Allies kept there E and did what was needed....

The only reason I got that many was my group was also flying awesome...great communication..... 



one sortie I am on RW waiting to roll...I happen to look back and up.....


Can You say





 BFG

[Zoney]

What a blast!  Don't you actually feel sorry for those who missed this?  I do.

That last buff mission to Paris, I'm in my trusty A5, Axis has made several slashing attacks on the buffs and we've taken some out, but our numbers are dwindling.  You escorts did really good and pushed me away to the south, so I flew out in front of the buffs for ONE MORE PASS.  As I spot the buffs and check my clipboard map, yes, I am the last one left, the sole attacker in a sea of red.  I got decent hits on a few buffs as........the entire Allied fighter group drops in..........hehehehehe.  Thank goodness for the roll rate of the 190A5, a beautiful bird if there ever was one.  I end up on the deck, flying through the trees trying to shake a P47 who is just 400 off my 6, and he's getting hits.  I'm screaming like a girl as I near my base and the guys in guns open up on him, he gets another hard hit and kills my engine.  One last snap roll gets him out of position, I cross control that mutha like never before, scrubbing all the speed I can, gear down, bouncing along the grass..............coasting, coasting (Where's that P47?)  and..........come..........to ..............a...........sto p...........in........the.... ............HANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


WooooooHooooooooooooooooooooo oooooo what a rush!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There has never been a better day of flying in Aces High.   We must do this again.

12 hours of flying.  12 hours of strategy. 12 hours of staying with your squaddies and flying against impossible odds and just pushing, pushing, and pushing.

13 kills for me, more than enough.

  Thank you all very much.

[ink]

What a blast!  Don't you actually feel sorry for those who missed this?  I do.

That last buff mission to Paris, I'm in my trusty A5, Axis has made several slashing attacks on the buffs and we've taken some out, but our numbers are dwindling.  You escorts did really good and pushed me away to the south, so I flew out in front of the buffs for ONE MORE PASS.  As I spot the buffs and check my clipboard map, yes, I am the last one left, the sole attacker in a sea of red.  I got decent hits on a few buffs as........the entire Allied fighter group drops in..........hehehehehe.  Thank goodness for the roll rate of the 190A5, a beautiful bird if there ever was one.  I end up on the deck, flying through the trees trying to shake a P47 who is just 400 off my 6, and he's getting hits.  I'm screaming like a girl as I near my base and the guys in guns open up on him, he gets another hard hit and kills my engine.  One last snap roll gets him out of position, I cross control that mutha like never before, scrubbing all the speed I can, gear down, bouncing along the grass..............coasting, coasting (Where's that P47?)  and..........come..........to ..............a...........sto p...........in........the.... ............HANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


WooooooHooooooooooooooooooooo oooooo what a rush!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There has never been a better day of flying in Aces High.   We must do this again.

12 hours of flying.  12 hours of strategy. 12 hours of staying with your squaddies and flying against impossible odds and just pushing, pushing, and pushing.

13 kills for me, more than enough.

  Thank you all very much.

 


nice

[Muzzy]

What a blast!  Don't you actually feel sorry for those who missed this?  I do.

That last buff mission to Paris, I'm in my trusty A5, Axis has made several slashing attacks on the buffs and we've taken some out, but our numbers are dwindling.  You escorts did really good and pushed me away to the south, so I flew out in front of the buffs for ONE MORE PASS.  As I spot the buffs and check my clipboard map, yes, I am the last one left, the sole attacker in a sea of red.  I got decent hits on a few buffs as........the entire Allied fighter group drops in..........hehehehehe.  Thank goodness for the roll rate of the 190A5, a beautiful bird if there ever was one.  I end up on the deck, flying through the trees trying to shake a P47 who is just 400 off my 6, and he's getting hits.  I'm screaming like a girl as I near my base and the guys in guns open up on him, he gets another hard hit and kills my engine.  One last snap roll gets him out of position, I cross control that mutha like never before, scrubbing all the speed I can, gear down, bouncing along the grass..............coasting, coasting (Where's that P47?)  and..........come..........to ..............a...........sto p...........in........the.... ............HANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


WooooooHooooooooooooooooooooo oooooo what a rush!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There has never been a better day of flying in Aces High.   We must do this again.

12 hours of flying.  12 hours of strategy. 12 hours of staying with your squaddies and flying against impossible odds and just pushing, pushing, and pushing.

13 kills for me, more than enough.

  Thank you all very much.

Well, I can't put you in for a citation as I was an Allied CO, but I'd give you the Iron Cross 1st Class for that landing. 

[fudgums]

Here's my AAR from JG26!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5q2k2Tpy1METk9IZ1VvYkpYLTQ/view?usp=sharing

[Brooke]

Excellent! 

[KCDitto]

Most Awesome write up Fudgums..

 

Luftwaffe ACE standards are a little tougher then 5.... But I give TOP AWARD to Strokes  Nice day! 

[Swoop]

So....questions:  Did the Luftwaffe notice the various confusion tactics we used or was everything so confusing anyway that it was all lost in the maelstrom?

[Arlo]

Tried to do all 12 hrs. Game crashed 8 hrs in when I ditched in the channel. Decided to take a break then realized I was pooped.   Old fartitus.

[Wiley]

was crazy fun...12 kills for me...... not to bad considering how well the Allies were flying......

I honestly was impressed over and over at how well the Allies kept there E and did what was needed....

I was a bit underwhelmed with my performance over the course of the day, but very much what Ink said.

More than once I'd try to pull the Allies low, or take them out of position, but very rarely did it work.  Damn that Redtails movie for popularizing good escort tactics!

I believe around the 7:00 or 8:00 Eastern launch window, some friendlies and I got the joy of finding a set of B17s split off from a group, with 2 P47s hovering over it.  Between the defensive turns of the B17s and the 2 jugs always being exactly where they needed to be, they were putting on an escorting clinic.  The jugs kept at least 4 committed 190s off those buffs until we finally gave up because we were consistently falling back, and turned back for the set that was straggling behind them.

On review of the film, it turned out to be LilMak and a name I didn't recognize.

I would like to say I take back everything bad I muttered under my breath about you guys during that sortie, I am sure you guys and everyone you know are fine people.   Dear lord though, that was the most frustratingly well executed opposition I have encountered in a long time.  Well done both of you!

Wiley.