Author Topic: What's your luckiest shot made. (Read 253 times)

Gloves · « **on:** September 13, 2002, 04:55:00 PM »

I just got mine last night (09/12/2002). I was in a 5-inch gun on a CV and actually nailed a guy in a pony over 5.5k away. To say the least, he was shocked, but then so was I.

One minute he was heading away from the CV with no bogies around him, the next, poof - it's tower time.

He was a good sport about it though. ~~to ManeRTF.~~

gatso · « **Reply #1 on:** September 13, 2002, 05:12:47 PM »

Killing 6 (yes 6

) in flight ki67 with the main cruiser guns in 1 shot. Wish I'd filmed that one

Gatso

WldThing · « **Reply #2 on:** September 13, 2002, 05:17:40 PM »

The luckiest shot or drop u can say is... I was in a P51 and was heavy with 2k eggs and rockets. Was approaching the CV and i dive down for divebombing and drop all my eggs and rockets as there were about 12 cons rolling from the same CV... I see them popping as i fall to a untimely death. The kills start popping up, like how the kills used to be shown. Got 12 that time.

The only bad thing was when i got killed and flew down to earth was that i had a freeze up of my computer. When i came back they were sayin how did u get so many kills...Cheater...etc

Was very fun...And i still remeber it..fun times.

Innominate · « **Reply #3 on:** September 13, 2002, 05:53:39 PM »

I was flying an F4U-1, carrying a 1000lb bomb to help in an attack. By the time I got there, everything was down, except for a bunch of fighters. So, seeing a spitfire flying in front of me, only a few feet above the deck, I dropped my bomb, and got ready to dive in on him.

Problem is, the bomb killed him before I could dive.

Chairboy · « **Reply #4 on:** September 13, 2002, 05:58:26 PM »

My luckiest shot (other then a couple times I've nailed planes w/ SB, CV main guns, and from a tank w/ the 75mm) was in a different game.

In Warbirds, I was flying a JU-87-G w/ the flak gun. I was chasing a bomber back to his base and we were both really slow, but he was still pulling away from me. After 5-10 minutes of chase, he was getting close to his field, so I figured I didn't have anything to lose. I fired off a shot from what had to be > 5K away, but I couldn't tell because he was out of icon range. The shot arced up, then came down and hit him square, blowing him apart.

It was beautiful, and he was very startled.

Aydo · « **Reply #5 on:** September 13, 2002, 06:07:43 PM »

I killed a radar dish with pt rockets once.

It gave me like 80% in vehicle damage vs objects score, and pushed me to 4th place in that category instantly.

I was so shocked that I just sat there staring as corsair's strafed me and 110s dropped bombs on me.

sutpid · « **Reply #6 on:** September 13, 2002, 06:41:31 PM »

I'd say the time i when ho in a spit v agents a 190 or maybe the Ho i had in an F4u-1 vs a 262. both of them i got kill and lived to land.

chunder' · « **Reply #7 on:** September 13, 2002, 10:21:05 PM »

I'd say my luckiest shot was when I was flying an Il-2. An La7 had just made a pass on me from the rear. As he was pulling away at around 800yds I fired off 2-3 cannon rounds at him to hopefully scare him off... two rounds hit and promptly peeled off his left wing at 920yds.

Kweassa · « **Reply #8 on:** September 13, 2002, 10:49:53 PM »

Was flying level with a bomb-armed 190 over an enemy base.

I thought the base was clear of enemies so I figured it was a good chance to practice bombing in the 190s when I saw an enemy pop up behind me. I figured there's no way I can survive with the bombs strapped and just dumped the ordinance while flying... when it landed on something looking like an enemy mission and got me 6 kills against planes on the runway.

...

Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction, eh?

Shiva · « **Reply #9 on:** September 13, 2002, 11:56:21 PM »

I have yet to get anything in AH as freakish and chancy as I got waaay back in DOS Air Warrior, back when all you had to do was lay 12 eggs on the runway to close a field, and was in a B-17 at 30,000' bombing (IIRC) field B80, and just like Wildthing caught a squad upping for a mission, flooding the radio buffer with "a kill has been recorded" messages. I figure I used up my free Fist of God(tm) strike there.

The closest I've managed to come in AH was a full-out panic move when I was flying to attack a town in an A-20 and spotted a 190 dropping down on me from astern as I was setting up my attack run; I figured that I had no real chance, since I was up high enough that he could just swing underneath me and hit my blind spot, so I pulled up into a climb and unloaded all my bombs in a desperate loft somewhere in the direction of the town -- and got four buildings and an ack emplacement with my toss before I died.

Monk · « **Reply #10 on:** September 14, 2002, 01:01:56 AM »

Every single one

HeLLcAt · « **Reply #11 on:** September 14, 2002, 08:37:24 AM »

My luckiest shot or maybe I should say incredible shot was when I was fighting a spit in an F6F and he tried to scissor me, and he was gaining on me and everything, so I pushed back on the stick after he rolled and bam 2 hits in the wing from 150 away and he was dead. It was really incredible just the way it happened, I wish I recorded it. ALL!

~Wildkat/BlueiceJ~

Pooh21 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 14, 2002, 10:48:20 AM »

I've hit a few things past icon range with the 5inch gun, funniest was a p47 I fired 3 rounds in his direction and just as the P47 icon popped up I got a direct hit on him followed by 2 puffs.

Luckiest shot ever in a fighter was when I was in a 190a8 with the 30mm loadout. I saw a friendly running back low with 2 spits on his tail, so I roll down and come in from behind them. They both are spraying away so I decide to spray at the farthest one away and get him to break off then kill then close one. At this point the far one is d 800 and his friend is d500 and lower then his buddy, I aim for the far and squeeze off a short 1 sec burst and go to line up on the close one. Just as I line up I see a line of tracers walk down the far one and his wing falls off. Hey I think got lucky, just as that thought was completed, tracers stich up the close one and he promptly explodes. 2 spits with 1 short burst, the 20mm killed the far one and the 30mm killed the close one.

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #13 on:** September 14, 2002, 11:16:46 AM »

I was returning from defending against an HQ raid and was in a Ta-152. I was at about 35k (yes the buffs were that high) after killing 2 buffs and was heading home when I saw a con over a base down south. When I got there, I found it was a P-51 that was at 35k also. I flew towards him and he did likewise. I dipped a bit to pick up some speed and reversed as he tried to go for the HO. I ended up above and behind him, though slightly slower as he was pulling away. At about 800 yards I fired a quick burst to see if I could get him to jink from the tracers. The 30mm hit and blew his plane apart. I'd fired 1 30mm round.

AKDejaVu

zipity · « **Reply #14 on:** September 14, 2002, 11:19:48 AM »

I had 2 luckiest shots. The first was about a year ago when in a b-17 I was about to drop on a field's hanger. As I approached the field I noticed an enemy squad all queued up at the end of a runway ready to takeoff. I dropped a salvo that landed square in the middle of them. I got 15 or 16 kills and a bunch of harrassment on channel 1. (good humored harrassment)

My other lucky shot was about 2 weeks ago when I was in a pony trying to protect the DHBG bombers from a group of con fighters. I had 2 spits on my tail when an ME-262 dove in on me. I did a quick roll to avoid his fire. Then pull my nose up a bit to find the the 262 had over flown me and was in my sites at about D400. I fired a long burst and got ripped apart by the 2 spits but just before I bailed I saw the 262 turn into a fireball and disappear. Very lucky but one I'll remember for a while.