The first sortie, I got a kill and was on the deck just half a sector from a friendly base so I rearmed. This is what started me being "off-cycle", I kept rearming and merging with the buff groups each time they were inbound, and then would escort them home and re-arm again. I wasn't damaged so I just kept re-arming instead of sitting and waiting for the one hour mark. By the time I hit the 6 hour mark it became a challenge to keep doing. I didn't get many kills, but I stuck right with the buff group time and again. I must have driven dozens of enemy aircraft down and under the buffs I was escorting. At one time while waiting for the buffs to get near the target, I drug a large group of enemy fighters off the other direction. I turned many many fighters away by being between them and the buff group.
I immersed myself in the "Luftwaffe Pilot" role. I had a job to do, escort the buffs, period. I didn't care how many kills I got. As soon as the enemy aircraft wasn't a threat, I broke off and returned to the buffs. Just like my orders were. I got my aircraft back home. I stayed alive so I could keep helping the buffs do their mission
On the 11th re-arm, I collided with a Hurri. It took my aileron. I did the last hop without it and still managed to break fighters off my friends in the buffs. And then I touched down for the last time with 5 minutes to go in the scenario, turned my engine off, withdrew the flaps, and then just sat there for a minute before towering out.