Dinger, you managed to shoot one of the Typhoons down if you didn't notice.
That kill nudged your point total to 20.5, making you the first Axis Pilot in the history of Aces High Mediterranean League to be awarded the German Cross! Congratulations!
Here's my report:
Our 5 109 G-2's patrolled the Tunis area, split into two. Hazed and I were just W of A8 when we noticed 2 high dots, closing fast. We flew to intercept them and noticed they were P38s. They had the advantage and engaged immediately. Hazed got into trouble with both of them on his tail, with me trying desperately to get a shot. I got into position all right, but just couldn't land any hits! We were on the deck by now, Hazed was running out of luck, I was running out of cannon!
I kept screaming on the radio "hurry up, hurry up", but our 2nd rotte seemed to be awfully far away. Finally Hazed ran out of luck, with the P38 shattering his 109 just in front of me. Only seconds later the cavalry arrives and we finish the P38s quickly. 1 assist for me. Unfortunately one of our over-eager pilots augers in the process of diving in. Also, Chaunc's engine was hit, he was forced to ditch. This left only Dinger and myself in the air. We headed to A6 for refueling.
As we closed on A6, we noticed the beforementioned large enemy group on radar. I sent Dinger to intercept, because I was out of cannon. I refuel and take off again. I grab altitude away from the cons, watching Dinger making his dive into the enemy group. I see a plane explode, Dingers first kill. But at the same time his plane disintegrates under the hail of tiffies' lazerhispanos and he is forced to bail.
I head to the deck as fast as I can, since I don't want to turn into minced meat. The enemies pass harmlessly above, dropping a few bombs onto A6 as they continue north.
I grab altitude over A6 and notice that the acks are down. And soon enough, a low dot approaches from the NW. I dive in and smile as I spot the curvy lines of a C47. Bang bang - 25 cannon rounds hit their target and the tailless C47 crashes in a ball of flames.
I don't see any enemies near, so I grab lazily over A6 again. The radar shows dots inbound from the north, so I start looking into that direction. I see a few dots coming, they proove to be typhoons. They are a bit lower, but have good speed. I start climbing away from them, with tracers whizzing past my plane.
Suddenly I see a low dot - another C47! I put my plane in a dive, constantly jinking because of the 12 hispanos 800yds behind me, and closing. I line up for a pass on the C47, less than a mile from the field. Damn overspeed, I can't get my guns on him! I pull into a loop and go around for another pass. I see the 3 tiffies overshoot, nice formation guys.
I approach the goonie again, but this time my 6 is too crowded. I try to shake them off, just as the C47 pulls a barrel roll, spoiling my shot. Durn!
This continues for a couple of turn, when the tiffies hit me hard. My engine sputters and dies. I'm too low to bail so I shove my nose down, going for a ditch. No such luck - I see the 20mm APHE rounds tear my plane apart and find myself by the gates of heaven. A6 was captured 20 seconds later.
All in all, an exciting event!
The Axis managed to capture A18 and A15, while the Allies recaptured A6 and V46. our V49 capture was only seconds too late - the frame had already been called over.
The kills went quite evenly, with our 5 109s scoring 4 kills.
Btw, I've just updated the pilot scores and awards page on the Axis ML website:
http://www.hut.fi/u/vpitkane/LLv34/med/ Axis CO - Camo
