So last night I upped a C.205 just for kicks, to fly something a little different from everybody else. The Bishops had a base to the south and a small enemy dar bar was down there, so I figured it was probably 1 or 2 guys setting up a jabo run or out on a hunt. I pointed my nose southward and hit the WEP for climbout.
At around 7k I spot a lone dot hiding just below the ridgeline, moving fast. I plot an intercept course and move a little closer until the dot gets bigger. It isn't glistening so I know its not a USAAC P-airplane, then I get ID on it as a 190. I go nose down to get some maneuvering speed in anticipation of the merge, but the 190 isn't interested in dogfighting. Instead, he goes nose-down too and heads straight for my base.
I see him do some rolls, probably to keep an eye on my closure rate, until he's almost on the deck. My plane is vibrating heavily from the overspeed so I know he's gotta be pretty close to his max speed. Once he gets over the airfield he makes a rushed bomb drop, misses everything with his bombs but the ground, and bugs out north on the deck with my little C.205 in pursuit. I get as close as d1.5 but can't get any closer so I go into a slow climb, figuring that now that he's dropped his load he'll simply extend out and come back to fight once he's gotten himself into position.
Wrong.
The FW190 continues north until a rocky peninsula blocks his retreat. I set up a bit to the seaward side to cut the angle if he turns that way, but instead he turns landward so I pull over that way. I miss the the snap shot as he blows by (lousy Italian guns!) and start chasing him again, thinking he's simply setting up for a long extension then will come around.
Wrong again.
He keeps going south, staying fast on the deck, so I radio that I'm in pursuit of a lone FW190 on the deck northwest of the field if anyone wants to come get it. I get no response and by now my tanks are getting dry, so I break off and turn for base. As I'm setting up my landing approach, I zoom out the map to see where I want to up from next, and that's when I notice something very, very interesting.
The base that the FW190 had upped from is now capped by my countryman, leaving the 190 with no safe landing spot. The FW190 was so busy running, he forgot about the enemy fighters he left behind. He had a pretty good-sized greeting party waiting for him when he got home.
I don't know who got the kill, but the FW190 pretty much just wasted his time. If he had engaged me, he had a fair shot at shooting me down and getting a few points out of his flight. Too bad he missed the opportunity.
