Good Fight Over P10

[dogtag380]

Good fight at P10 fellas. 

We were escorting the pigs on a wing into P10, when we ran into a boat load of Ki-43s.  Not sure how I made it out of there... got tangled with some KI-43s and by the end I was heading the wrong way, being chased, and all by myself... lol .  Fortunately some of my teammates came back to save my bacon.  Nice Flyin on both sides .  Fun night!   

[waystin2]

Well done to you fellas.  We were able to drop bombs and get 4 of 8 of the SBD's home safely.

[edge12674]

As lead for LCA in Ki-43's we were expecting the Allies to come in higher, so once spotted it took us some time to dive down (Ki-43 loves to creak and groan in a dive).  Once we got low enough it was hard to pick out the SBD's for all the P-40's hovering around.  Nice close escort and a great fight. 

[oakranger]

Lucky you just had Ki-43 with the 2x bb they have they take a lot of rounds just to shot you down.

[waystin2]

As lead for LCA in Ki-43's we were expecting the Allies to come in higher, so once spotted it took us some time to dive down (Ki-43 loves to creak and groan in a dive).  Once we got low enough it was hard to pick out the SBD's for all the P-40's hovering around.  Nice close escort and a great fight. 

We (SBD's) actually did come in higher but the appearance of Ki's west of our flight path forced an early turn into target and I had my guys dive off about 5-6k in alt for speed so we could make the target.  We were all cranking at least 400 MPH by the time we saw your icons behind us.  Whew!  White knuckle moments.....

[RufusLeaking]

We were all cranking at least 400 MPH by the time we saw your icons behind us. 

Good move. A Ki-43 will lose parts around 400 IAS.

I got within icon range of an SBD a couple times, but the P-40E escorts forced a defensive turn and that was that.

Good job by the allies.