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Allied and Axis Forces Battle for North Africa!
Overview
Anyone looking for historically based flying is welcome to join the fun. There is no registration, but if you are interested, a reply here would be help us to better plan the missions.
The goal of each team is to control more bases than the other team by the end of the campaign. Whichever team scores the most points will advance one base towards the enemy as shown on the map.
For complete setup details, click here (http://www.78th.org/assets/aceshigh/sso/1110/1110-NorthAfrica.pdf) (pdf).
When & Where
Starting this Sunday, frames will be run on Sundays and Thursdays in the Custom Arenas, starting at 8:00 Eastern and running for about one hour.
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Guadalcanal was was great. This will be even better! Can't wait for Sunday!
See you guys there!
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GREAT! I am in whenever i can participate, Hurri D for me :P Tank bustin time.
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See you guys there..........
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I'm in :furious
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I might be able to make this one Trukk. :aok
Thursdays @ 1700 pdt is going to be tight but I can try. :rock
:salute
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Time for some Macchi loving. LOL
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I'll be setting up the custom arena tonight at 8:00pm and will be practising/testing out the settings. Everyone is welcome to check it out.
@Sik1 and Raphael, glad to have you aboard. S!
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Always willing to give the Allied (... this go round) a run for their money... errrr Aircraft/Armour
Looking forward to it again..... :aok
<S>
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Hawk, why does it say "Parolee" under your name? You tick someone off?
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Hawk, why does it say "Parolee" under your name? You tick someone off?
Its not me this time. :)
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heheheh
number of Post's I've made..... ? I keep 'em (key's on the keyboard) quiet....when possible.... (Local joke) :neener:
Hell I have no idea.......
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No. The Copper shows the rating for posts. I think you P'Od somebody in here. LOL
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After testing, the arena settings (http://www.78th.org/assets/aceshigh/sso/1110/1110-NorthAfrica.pdf) have been modified.
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wich gv's will there be in the convoy frame?
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Trukk I just realized you had A20's in this set-up and I would like to fly them if at all possible.
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wich gv's will there be in the convoy frame?
Actually they are ship convoys. The first is the resupply of Malta (Operation Pedastal), where if that convoy didn't get through the British would have probably have abandoned the island. The second is the resupply of German forces later in the campaign when Rommel was desperate for supplies.
It would be cool to do ground convoys if there was a way to setup AI convoys.
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Trukk I just realized you had A20's in this set-up and I would like to fly them if at all possible.
Sure, just check in with Lutrel or OldBull as even though it will be available, they may not be planning on flying it.
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I'll be there with my P-40 :aok
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Trukk I'll fly where ever you need me. I keep forgetting that these are only 16 person arenas.
I would like to fly the A20's if they are going to be used, but if not, or it unbalances the sides it's no big deal.
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I hope to see you guys there, internet permitting. :pray
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OldBull and I will be on at 18:45 Central Time for Allied Preflight Briefings.
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Nice job, Avengers. Revenge match Thursday
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Nice going fellas :aok And boy did those Spitfires walk away from my P40 :huh
The smoothest 1st frame I can remember. Nice job Truk, Luttrel, OldBull and all that attended. Good to see my good buddies Sik1 and Trap78 there also. :salute
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<S> to you all Gentlemen, a fine time was had, looking forward to Thurs. Chilli & Sik1 we appreciated you help and skill and hope you can be on Thurs, if you can get on a few minutes early we can get you set up with T/S.
Maj OldBull
XO Avengers
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Macchi C.202s Ready to go!
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Launch!
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P-40s Engaged! Oh for some heavier armament.
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Crap... Spitfires!
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Furball!
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Where'd he come from? Sound for collision!
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I probably needed that?
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S! to the Allies who win Frame 1.
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Had a blast guys! See you Thursday Night for Round 2. <S>
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:salute to all who participated. I had a blast.
Trukk I didn't even realize you had collided with me until I was rtb, and looked down at the text buffer. :cheers:
Oh and OldBull I have TS3 so if you want to PM me the info I'll get it set up for Thursday.
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Oh and OldBull I have TS3 so if you want to PM me the info I'll get it set up for Thursday.
Team Speak info sent in a PM. <S>
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Note that the Frame Notes (http://www.78th.org/assets/aceshigh/sso/1110/1110-NorthAfrica.pdf) have been updated with the following.
Convoy Frames (#3 and #6)
• The commander of the ground forces (Allied in frame 3 and Axis in frame 6) will pick one of three bases to launch from (69, 70 or 71) with the objective of getting as many of his ground vehicles to 87 within 90 minutes as possible.
• The Allied convoy will consist of M16 MGMCs and the Axis forces will run Wirbelwinds.
• All vehicles must stay together as a convoy, they don't have to be in column, but they must be together as a group.
(http://www.78th.org/assets/aceshigh/sso/1110/Convoy.png)
• Scoring will be a comparison of the two frames. The side that gets the most GVs to the hanger wins the combined frames.
• If both sides get the same number of GVs to the hanger the side who gets them there quickest wins.
• If neither side gets any GVs to the hangers the side that survives the longest wins.
This replaces the "ship convoy" as noted in an earlier post in this thread.
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Stukas Inbound
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This is the only shot of the Stukas who were never heard from again.
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Trukk I think I found them. :aok
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:furious
SIK1, We were feeling much better in Trukks version thank you very much
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Wow! Bandit, was that a pickle in your pocket, or were you happy to see us? :D
No wonder it took you 45 minutes to get into range. :airplane: :headscratch: :uhoh :noid :rofl
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Someone's gotta tell SIK1 that the light blue side is supposed to be on the bottom.
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AAR SSO - North Africa Campaign Round 2
We took off from A-69 in two separate flights, one spit V's and the other P-40's and went separate way for patrol duty. About 25 minutes into the patrol we spotted bandits at around 20k, to the east of our two fields and gave pursuit. They turned to the south and attempted to drag us away from our fields, so we turned back to keep a cap over the fields; at which time we picked up two bogies on radar, inbound our vehicle base. I was the closest to them and closed in for identification, to find two JU-88's at around 10k; I called it in to the rest of the squad and immediately dove in for an attack.
I was able to make four passes on the lead bomber and caused heavy damage to it, but it stubbornly continued to fly as I ran out of ammo. The rest of the squad showed up and finished off both bombers, as I dove away to RTB for ammo and fuel. As I was on short final I watched four enemy fighters pass over at high altitude, headed toward the rest of the squad and I radioed to them about the in bounds, so they would not get bounced. A fur ball ensued while I was stuck on the refuel pad, yelling at the armorers to hurry up and by the time I got wheels up again, one enemy fighter was down and one of ours was down. At this time, the rest of the squad was bingo on ammo and getting low on fuel, so they disengaged and RTB'd for the rearm pad. Upon the RTB, Lt. Raptor damaged his prop, in his second hard landing in less than a week and Lt Xray discovered, that he was missing too many parts to enable another take off; both pilots then upped in GV's to defend the bases.
At this time, our better late than never pilot, Chemdawg, showed up and we saddled him up in a spit V, on my wing; we went in search of the last three enemy fighters in the area and found them at fairly high alt headed outbound. We gave chase for a little while and discovered the last con was below us and behind the others enough to allow us to cut him off. We engaged him and Chemdawg was firing on him, when I called for him to break, as the other two 109's had returned and dove in on us. They all disengaged when we broke off the straggler, apparently low on fuel and eager to RTB. The enemy did manage to destroy one bunker for 5 points and shot down one of our P-40's, but we managed to win the round with points from the aircraft kills; the tally was 2 enemy bombers down and 1 enemy fighter down, to our loss of one P-40. Great job guys, had a blast!!
"Lut"
CO ~Avengers~
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15xray20 Landed safe and sound.
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Wow, Frame three was a rough one for us Avengers, we did however manage to get two resupply vehicles safely to the base, but it was costly. We were only about six miles or so into the convoy when we were attacked by Bf-110's and lost five vehicles; we managed to shoot down three enemy aircraft and damage two others, but they continued to patrol for our remaining vehicles. The good part was Lt. Raptor had no prop to damage when he RTB'd; still looking for some foam to put on the runway for his landings.
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110's working the GV convoy, five GV's lost within three minutes, in the words of Charles Barkley, Sir Charles, I believe "It waz turrrable"
Maj OldBull
XO Avengers
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Tracers Inbound and outbound
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This is just a bit too low.....
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Home with an engine out & just enough fuel
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<<S>> Avengers --- We look forward to having our turn in the GV's.
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Nice shots Hawk, <S>
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Nice shots Hawk, <S>
I think my "shots" were better. LOL
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Next mission is tonight. You guys ready?
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We ready, you guys ready?
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Axis need to get into the "Win" column tonight
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Frame Four Allied AAR
Lt. Chem and I took off from our field on a mission to destroy the enemy radars, me in a heavy P-38 and Chem in a Spit to escort me in. We ran into two co-alt enemy 109's, escorting what we thought would be a bomber and decided to abort the radar mission and take out the bomber; we were a little let down to find it was not a bomber, but a decoy 109 and we now had two 109's above us. Blasted Rooky mistake! We tangled with the 109's clear down to the deck where we were in a slow turn fight for a good while, until I managed to clip a wing on the ground, Lt. Chem suffered the same fate.
Not able to replane, we both saddled up as gunners for the main bomber mission, being flown by Lt. Oceans and Maj. OldBull. We flew way out to the East of the enemy base and entered a holding pattern, until the last part of the frame; about this time our Fighter CAP at our airfield intercepted the enemy bomber force. Maj. Jousts took out an enemy bomber, but was shot down immediately there after by a 109; he then upped a GV at our airfield for the remainder of the frame. Sik1 shot down a 109 and damaged another bomber at our airfield, before RTB'ing for ammo and fuel; our airbase received no damage from the attack. Lt. Xray unfortunately discoed with in sight of the enemy bombers and was not able to engage them; he reupped a new bird when he was able to reenter the game.
At this time Lt. Oceans and Maj. OldBull turned in on the enemy airfield for their bomb runs; Oceans, from the North and OldBull from the East. Oceans picked up a couple of 109's on his run, but was able to drop on a destroy his target (Bomber hanger) and egress to the West dragging the two 109's. Lt. Chem was the tail gunner and was able to destroy one of the 109's and the other disengaged, with an engine out I believe. OldBull was able to make a good run and destroy his bomber hanger as well; he picked up a single 109 on his egress, but it was not able to catch us, before Sik1 showed up and forced him to disengage the pursuit and dive for home.
It was a good night and with the exception of Lt Chem and I getting suckered into a trap, everyone performed exceptionally well. <S>
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Do I get a kill if the last 109 I was fighting dove away, compressed, and augered in?
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This outta make turning a little more difficult for SIK1 in his P38G.
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While I was busy with the -38(SIK1), leading him with tracers-- I had thought that there was another Bogie near me who had surprised me with an engine hit..Turns out I hit my Wingman ( Trap78) right in the Powerplant-- Dammit !! lol :)
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Now with a Quiet Engine & Prop Feathered... I'm the Prey with Trap78 in Pursuit....
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my gear "in Transit".. making for a ditch in the sand... and by the way... "WATCH OUT FOR THE SMALL SAND DUNES (ya dummy)"
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"Jeeesh, no wonder I never saw those dunes until I was Amongst them"..** Climbs out of the hotseat, removes 'Chute** "Look at that Windscreen Covered in oil".
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P40 Within the bombers....(MrJoust's-- I believe)
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Bandit78 on fire.... trying to put it out by diving..... and of course...with Impact pending.
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Bandit78 Didn't quite make the Parachute pull--- KABOOOM went the JU88, as Trukk78 looks in disbelief from his perch
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<<S>> Avengers... ya got another SSO frame !!
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Luftwaffe... Ready for action!
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Climbing Out
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Over the "Med"
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Bandits!
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Wingman Down!
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Escorts to the Rescue!
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Dive Brakes Out
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Hits & Getting Hit
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Can't... Get Over... The Hill...
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Fritz, I hoped you packed a lunch, cause we're walking the rest of the way!
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Awesome stuff :aok
Hope to get back in with you all, working more hours and fighting off drowsy med effects.... not a good mix for being on time anywhere... :bolt:
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Get back when you can Chilli, Allied still has a ride for you
Bull
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OK, please no more. I've seen enough of my flaming wreckage lazily floating toward the tractless desert floor. At least someone NOT named Sik1 did the deed this time :angel:
It also appears the AH gods are angry over our last-second torpedo hit which won us the Guadalcanal SSO. Finally get an 88 through the defense and take out 2 hangers...surely a victory is in hand....only to have two of ours scratched out later. :bhead
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Let it be known that the Avengers fell on their swords this evening; all our aircraft lost and no enemy targets down. :cry
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C205's (as defense) and alone JU88 with a 109G2 as escort, ready and OTR
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C205's on the TO Roll--Lead has gear in transit
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Hammering one of the Multicrewed B26's-- B26 pilot OldBull and Lutrel as Gunner
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Hawkeye's C205 clearing the Debris--just barely
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Lining up on # 2 B26 with Tango78 already poking holes in his Airframe
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Tango78 in for the kill !
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Ouch !! Leftwing isn't goona do very well with those hits
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Smacking the Fuselage hard--it won't be long now
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With NO AirCon's to hinder us... we all pounce on the last B26... with devestating results
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Bombs out !!... but just as he starts to begin his death roll... :(
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OldBull and Lutrel in the silk..... looks like OldBull forgot to pull the ripcord in time..... SPLAT
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Lutrel & his Colt45 ready to take on the Enemy--- Chute & all. Must be difficult trying to be stealthy with that still attached !
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<<S>> Avengers!!
We'll be on the lookout for "Lut".... seems he might have found a barn (and Helga.. the Buxomly Blonde) to hide out with or finish the war in peace & quiet
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:rofl I think OldBull is doing that 70s dance move called "the worm".
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Luftwaffe on the Offensive!
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Macchi's On Standby
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Target in Sight
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Huh!
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Bombs Away!
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Where'd he come from?
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Running Away
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This isn't good
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Not getting any better
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Hah, Pilot Kill.... Wait... Why is my butt getting hot?
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The Axis finally win a frame!
Great effort Avengers.
S!
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Ok, ok, I lawn darted!
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Oldbull drawing fire away from the rest of us.
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The Boss Takes a Hit.
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Crowded Skies
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Getting in Real Close.
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Trying for Two.
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Touching down after a successful mission.
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The Crew Chief ain't Gonna be Happy 'bout this.
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Just before the Annihilation of Wirble's on patrol
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Traveling more than 25mph....Hawkeye78--- clipped a dandelion and put the beast in "bicycle" mode, then settled her back down.
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Taking down A20 Pilot "OldBull"
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A fellow Wirble ends in a dust cloud...never to be seen again... My fate will soon follow
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Confirmation we took down an A20
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My fate follows the 500# bomb dropped from SIK1
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<<S>> Avengers... we never had a chance :bhead
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Don't sweat it Hawk, our GV convoy was a pretty bloody event as well. <S>
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Frame Notes (http://www.78th.org/assets/aceshigh/sso/1110/1110-NorthAfrica.pdf) have been updated for frame #7.
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Ahh the Butcher Bird arrives.
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No interceptors... Third and final pass...
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Running home.
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Enemy fighter 4oc high.
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He's passing by, doesn't see us.
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Flaps and gear.
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On final.
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Perfect formation.
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Welcoming commitee.
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Athough the Luftwaffe took heavy losses, the day is ours with a victory over the Allies!
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Congrats guys, in hind sight, I guess we could have spared a fighter or two for Capping the home base; but we sure did have some fun mixing it up over your base!