First off, and thank you and an apology.
Thanks to the TOD CMs and COs. This event has really brought our squadron back together. We have guys signing up for AH accounts who havent flown in years, and TOD is a large part of that.
And a big apology to the Axis in this frame, with the influx of returning Shills, I think we launched 13 or 14 instead of our 12 Max. I know that there is a score penalty invloved, and I'm sorry about that. We had some trouble setting up, and some numbers got confused. We will do our best to ensure that it doesn't happen again, and I understand that if every squad on our side went over by 2 pilots that the numbers would get out of hand quickly. Again, sorry about that.
Things started out badly for the Shills. I set up a mission that we had gone over pretty well. We were split into two groups of 6 pilots each. The First bounch was in G-2s with drop tanks. The second group was in G-2s with DTs and Gondolas. This should not have been confusing at all, everyone joined the mission, and we were good to go. 12 pilots, 12 slots. We're happy. Then, about 5 minutes before TO, I get dumped (first day on Dialup after 2 years of broadband
) When I get back in, I just joined into the mission, and thought everthing was cool. We launched on time, and everything might have been cool, except that several of us noticed that we were in FW A5s, not 109 G2s???? So several of us had to auger it in to change planes, and that mixed our formation up a bit. Then one of our guys was dumped, and two guys showed up late. I'm not sure if -DO- was ever able to get back up (in fact we were having some communication troubles last night, so I'm not sure if he was even able to get up at all ) But when the dust settled we formed up and headed towards our patrol sector.
Before we were on station, it was aparant that they were movingg to the middle of the map, so Wotan Vectored us to their northern flank, and we came into a buff box that was already being hit by the damned. Since we were pramarily after the escorts, we went on a pony hunt (although at this point, wotan expanded our orders to allow us to hit the buffs as well). I saddled up a pony, and sprayed some MG fire at him, hoping to get him to Split S, or otherwise seperate from the buffs. I think he did, but I didn't get much of a chance to watch him, because for the second time in as many weeks, I drifted into a B-17's field of fire. Just like last week, I took an engine oil ping right off the bat, and wound up ditching.
Shillelagh went on to hit the buffs, claiming 3 downed. As the fight continued, The shills managed to engage the P-51s after they had seperated from the buffs (although to be fair, we helped them seperate, by sending the buffs to hell, where the ponys didn't care to follow). After some fighting at lower alts where our G-2s were able to turn the ponys, the squad was able to kill 2 with one probable.
In the end Shillelagh claimed 5 kills with one probable, with losses of 3 airframes and two pilots.
Also, the Fuher gave me a kick in the ass, took away my wings, and sent me to the eastern front where I might learn "courage" and not to have a mysterious "engine Oil leak" every time I sighted the enemy. While fighting in the infantry, I learned to respect my advisary in the frozen hell that was Russia. I learned what I could about communism, and when I was captured by the Soviet Army, it was easy for me to see how my real enemy was not only facism, which had stolen my life, but indeed all capitalist systems, where men are turned into a resourse to be consumed by anonymous plutocrats. My flesh and blood being used to lubricate the gears of industry.
I rose through the ranks of the party quicky for a non-Russian, and I'm very excited about opportunities I have to serve the proletariate. In fact, I recieved a summons from Stalin himself. It seems that there is an oppurtunity opening up in the extreme north east of Mother Russia. I can't wait, I ship out for Siberia tomorrow. My only question though... What is a Gulag anyhow?
-Sikboy
