No kills, only used one life, but I had a BLAST!
We had a healthy number of P-47 pilots show up at the last minute, and we managed to get organized over APDrone's bomber group. Thanks to Cbizkit and a few others that helped me keep track of the entire stream. We were engaged by very high Ta-152's before the first target, but we managed to keep the bombers clear. We lost a few in this engagement, and the Ta's and 190's mostly ran from us once their advantage was gone. I lost an elevator, but stayed in the fight to get things organized for the run to the second target. Things got real busy from here, and we were unable to shake off a constant stream of enemy fighters that poured in on the bombers. We got tangled up, and the bombers pushed out ahead of us. I remember breaking free, and finally catching up to the bomber formation that was smothered with 6-7 enemy planes raking them, I could not control the situation as I had 2-3 bandits of my own to worry about. My calls on the radio found only light support that was a long ways away, and it was over by the time the few planes available arrived on the scene. By then it was every man for himself trying to get to the closest friendly base.
I got picked up by a tenacious 190D-9 that followed me for what seemed like 10 minutes as I tried to escape. Slowly decending, I was able to stay barely out of his guns using a notch of flaps to offset the penalty of a missing elevator. Krusty was almost my savior, but I was able to work a HO shot, and the 190 got more of my plane than I got of his. It was too close to the end of the frame that I did not up a new plane, and watched the rest from the tower. Axis, it was a good event.
