Enemy Coast Ahead B-25C Slot Open

[waystin2]

Hello Fellow AH'ers,

I have one slot that has opened in the 98 Squadron flying a B-25C.  I am looking for a pilot that can commit to all of the frames including the test frame.  Here is a link to the rules write-up, dates and times:
http://www.ahevents.org/images/stories/scenarios_images/201111_EnemyCoastAhead/rules.htm

If you are interested and can commit, please PM me your ingame name.

 

Way

[B4Buster]

B-25 pilots are sure to be busy every frame 

[Krusty]

I flew with the B-25Cs in Red Star/Krupp Steel. Even with later-war rides hunting us down it was still a blast and we STILL managed to get our job done (sometimes without escort, running, dodging enemies multiple times per sortie!).

In this earlier setting you will have a better chance against the German fighters, but still a great chance to have some fun.

Anybody signing up for the B-25C slot is sure to have a good time! Plus... It's the Mitchell! Who doesn't love that plane?? 



I'm not participating in this one, just wanted to add a personal story of how fun they can be in scenarios, for others who are still deciding.

[Shuffler]

Ve'll be lookink for you in zee air.

JG27

[Krusty]

In the B-25C's defense, it's not a sitting duck all the time. It really depends... In the Krupp Steel practice frame my squadron of B-25Cs was low-level and literally ran headlong into an enemy squadron (an entire 12-plane squadron!) of Fw190F-8s!

We wiped them all out with 1 or 2 minor losses!


And, then again, the same thing happened during actual frames and we mostly got wiped out (a few surviving). Same planes, same groups of pilots each side, totally different results.

Ya never know how much you can withstand! I took so much damage from 3 Fw190s in a later frame I had half my parts missing and the fighters went RTB due to LACK OF AMMO! I limped home while me and my dorsal gunner marvelled at our bullet hole count in the airframe.

So don't let Shuffler there scare you off 

[Shuffler]

In the B-25C's defense, it's not a sitting duck all the time. It really depends... In the Krupp Steel practice frame my squadron of B-25Cs was low-level and literally ran headlong into an enemy squadron (an entire 12-plane squadron!) of Fw190F-8s!

We wiped them all out with 1 or 2 minor losses!


And, then again, the same thing happened during actual frames and we mostly got wiped out (a few surviving). Same planes, same groups of pilots each side, totally different results.

Ya never know how much you can withstand! I took so much damage from 3 Fw190s in a later frame I had half my parts missing and the fighters went RTB due to LACK OF AMMO! I limped home while me and my dorsal gunner marvelled at our bullet hole count in the airframe.

So don't let Shuffler there scare you off  

haha You puff them up like little birds....... Once they feel the wrath of our hot lead..... reality will rear it's ugly head. We will clip their wings to protect the Fatherland.

[Guppy35]

haha You puff them up like little birds....... Once they feel the wrath of our hot lead..... reality will rear it's ugly head. We will clip their wings to protect the Fatherland.

A Luftwobble from Texas.  The worst kind!

[Beefcake]

I wanna fly. 

[waystin2]

I wanna fly. 

Send the PM and it's yours Beef.

[waystin2]

*Bump*

[B4Buster]

A Luftwobble from Texas.  The worst kind!

 

[Brooke]

The B-25's will play a critical part in this scenario.

Also, Krusty is right, the folks flying them in Red Storm had a blast.

This scenario has a lot more clouds in it than any previous scenario, as well -- the skies are not going to be crystal clear and blue.

There must be one bomber pilot out there who wants some of this glory! 

[waystin2]

Still have that slot!  Step up before it's gone you fearless bomber pilots!

[Krusty]

Here's just one of many times I narrowly escaped in Red Storm (I think I mistakenly called it "Red Star" last time).



Some Fw's chewed on me for a while but must have ran out of gas or ammo, and I slinked away. My gunner had no ammo left when we were done, and it was a VERY tense RTB knowing if anybody spotted me I was done for!


EDIT: Forgive the crappy graphics... At the time I was running minimum settings on an older machine.

[Beefcake]

Some past shots of B25's in scenarios.