A mission for First Eagles.
 
Bucky's Quick Mission No.6: Five Fokker's! March 2nd, 1916.
 
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Introduction:
 
This mission is a re-enactment of an actual aerial combat that took place in the
early morning of Tuesday, March 2nd, 1916.
 
On this day, Sgt T.P.H. Bayetto (That's him in the Morane's 'Loadout' screen
photo), flying a Morane Type N "Bullet" of No.3 Squadron RFC, was escorting
a Morane BB two-seater on a long reconnaissance mission over Vallenciennes,
a few miles SW of Mons, when they were attacked by five Fokker Eindekker's.
 
This is how the action was described in the 'Royal Flying Corps Communiques',
a weekly written report of significant actions, produced for the RFC's internal
consumption throughout the war:
 
"Sgt Bayetto (Morane Scout, 3 Sqn) on escort duty to the Vellenciennes
reconnaissance, reports having been attacked by 5 Fokker's in the
neighbourhood of Vallenciennes. The reconnaissance machine dived to get
clear, but was closely followed by the hostile machines. Sgt Bayetto opened fire
on the nearest hostile machine and drove it down, apparently into the woods
near Vallenciennes. After this engagement he saw no more signs of the
reconnaissance machine and returned over Lille where he was again attacked
by 3 Fokker's. These he eventually evaded and after circling round Lille for 15
minutes, returned to his landing ground."
 
In actual fact, Bayetto couldn't find his comrades because they had just become
the ninth victims of the infamous German fighter ace, Max Immelmann...
 
The Morane BB's pilot Lt C.W. Palmer, managed to get the stricken plane down
safely despite being shot in the foot. The observer, Lt H.F. Birdwood was killed.
Palmer was hospitalised but died of septicaemia on March 29th after having his
foot amputated.
 
T.P.H. Bayetto was killed in an air crash in England in July 1918.
 
Immelmann fell to his death in controversial circumstances on June 18th, 1916.
 
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To set the scene:
 
From the time of its introduction in mid 1915, the Fokker Eindekker had only been
encountered in small numbers. Initially, it was distributed in one's and two's to the
two-seater Feldfleiger Abteilung units as an escort machine. Even so, in spite of
the relatively few Eindekker's available (only about 55 by October 1915), its impact
was considerable, inflicting heavy casualties on the RFC's slow and poorly armed
aircraft.
By early 1916, the Germans had realised that the Eindekker would be more
effective if used in greater numbers and within dedicated fighter formations which
they called Kampfeinsitzer Kommando units (KeK's).
 
This mission depicts the day when the RFC encountered one such unit: KeK Douai,
consisting of five Fokker E.III's...The largest number seen together up until that
time...From early March onward, the Fokker's hunted in packs! However, once the
RFC started to receive the Airco DH2 and Nieuport 11 in significant numbers in the
spring of 1916, it spelled the end of the period that came to be known as
"The Fokker Scourge".
 
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Mission guidelines:
 
Flying as Bayetto in a Morane Bullet, the mission begins at approximately 6700
feet. You're already deep inside enemy territory. Keep close to the reconnaissance
machine you're escorting, and follow him to the target.
 
Remember; to replicate Bayetto's actions you'll have to take out at least one
Eindekker (FYI: Max Immelmann will be in the E.III that attacks first...A chance to
alter history?), then fly over Lille on your way home...Assuming you're lucky
enough to even begin the homeward journey!
 
Just a few words of warning:
Archie is liable to be quite active, so you might want to jink about a bit.
More importantly...BEWARE THE HUN IN THE SUN!
 
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Mission requirements:
 
To fly this mission as intended, you'll need:
 
Flanders Terrain.
By Edward.
To be found in the Combat Ace, Downloads, 'Maps/Terrains, section.
 
Morane N "Bullet".
By P10ppy.
To be found in the Combat Ace, Downloads, 'Add On Aircraft', 'WW1', section.
 
BE2c.
By Capun and his team at Skunkworks
To be found at the Skunkworks site. (Registration required.)
 
Fokker E.III.
By Laton. Skins by V.Deutschmark. FM by Peter01.
To be found in the Combat Ace, Downloads, 'Add On Aircraft', 'WW1', section.
 
Fokker E.III, Buhme skin.
By V.Deutschmark.
To be found in the Combat Ace, Downloads, 'WW1 Skins', Section
 
 
PLEASE NOTE:
The BE2c has a tendency to fly at low throttle, which makes the propeller rotate
too slowly. This also makes it very hard to keep the Morane from overtaking it all
the time. Therefore, I changed the following parameters in the BE2c Data.INI
file. You may want to do the same?
 
I think the AI flies it much better with these settings:
 
[Engine]
SlowPropRPM=1200
FastPropRPM=1550
MaxPropRPM=1800
IdlePropRPM=950
 
For maximum realism, the mission should be played with all gameplay settings
set to 'Hard'.
 
Many thanks to all the above artists for their most excellent contributions to this
great game.
 
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Compromises and game limitations:
 
The No.3 Squadron reconnaissance machine in use that day was a Morane BB,
a sort of two seat biplane version of the "Bullet". This plane is not available
for FE at this time, so I've had to use the equally slow and vulnerable BE2c...
C'est la vie!
 
Lesser annoyances are:
 
Vallenciennes doesn't exist on the FE map, but the action does take place over the
same general area, so no big deal.
 
Hardly worth mentioning but Bayetto's Morane would not have been painted red at
this time. The order to paint the noses of all Type N's was given in mid July, during
the battle of the Somme, to minimise the possibility of the Morane being mistaken
for the Fokker Eindekker.
 
I've had to use V. Deutschmark's Buhme skin to depict Immelmann's E.III.
Immelmann did fly an Eindekker with a very similar paint job though.
 
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Installation instructions:
 
Install the mission by unzipping the downloaded file to the following path:
C:/Program Files/Thirdwire/WW1/Missions
 
Alternatively, you can drag and drop the unzipped MSN file directly into your
'Missions' folder.
 
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I hope you enjoy flying this mission and find it both challenging and enjoyable
enough to play it more than once...I've tried to make it as historically accurate
and authentic as the game will allow.
Feel free to change any of the parameters as you wish.
 
I would welcome any suggestions or general feedback, good, bad or indifferent,
via any one of the FE forums.
 
Best of British!
 
Bucky. 28/5/07
 
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References used in creating this mission:
 
'Royal Flying Corps Communiques 1915-1916'... Edited by C. Cole.
'British Fighter Units Western Front 1914-16'... A. Revell.
'Early German Aces of World War 1'... G. Van Wyngarden.
'The Jasta War Chronology'... N. Franks. F. Bailey & R. Duiven.
'Under The Guns of the German Aces'. N. Franks & H. Giblin.
'Sharks Among Minnows'... N. Franks.
'Above The Lines'... N. Franks. F.W. Bailey & R. Guest.
'Above The Trenches'... C. Shores. N. Franks & R. Guest.
'Morane-Saulnier Types N,I,V'... Windsock Datafile No.58. J.M. Bruce.
'Fokker E.III'. Windsock Datafile No.15... P.M. Grosz.
'Fokker E.I-II'. Windsock Datafile No.91... P.M. Grosz.
 
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(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E Ia Max Immelman, Douai, France August 1915.
Max had 18 victories in this plane, this plane was at the Dresden
Army air museum on display till it was destroyed in the Dresden
Bombing in WW2.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E I of Flik 4, Austro Hungarian air force around 1915.
The A-H painted most of their planes tops green.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

A mission for First Eagles.
 
Bucky's quick mission No.1. 19 squadron Dolphin Vs Jasta 6 Fokker D.VIII.
 
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This mission, although a 'what if' scenario is quite a plausible aerial engagement that
is accurate regarding geography and timing relating to the two units involved
(19sqn & Jasta 6).
 
 
Jasta 6 received the Fokker D.VIII (or the Fokker E.V as it was first called) at the
end of July 1918, Jasta 6 being the first to receive it. However, on August the 16th
they lost a pilot because of wing failure, and again on the 19th...The E.V was then
quickly taken out of service until the weakness was diagnosed and cured.
It was accepted back in service in early October, and by the end of the war a mere
80 had been delivered. There is no record of it being used in combat during the last
weeks of the war.
 
So to maintain historical accuracy this mission takes place the day before the wing
failure incidents; (15/8/18.) At this time Jasta 6 were based at Bernes, a few miles
north of St Quentin, which in turn, is about 30 miles from Douai
 
19 Squadron, using the Sopwith Dolphin at this time, were based at Savy, about 20
miles from Douai.
 
 
You're flying an offensive patrol with your two 19 sqn wingmen, at 08.25 on Thursday
15/8/18. You have just crossed the German front lines at 12,000 feet near Douai,
looking for trouble. You're mindful of the fact that there have been recent rumours
within the RAF of a new German monoplane fighter in operation on the western front,
reported as being very manoeuvrable... You're about to find out those rumours are
horribly true!....
 
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To use this mission as intended, you'll need:
 
Flanders terrain.
By Edward
 
The Sopwith Dolphin.
By Capun and his team. Available from the Skunkworks site (Registration required).
 
The Fokker D.VIII.
By Laton. Available from the Combat Ace download section.
 
The 19 Sqn Blue Nose Dolphin skin.
By Gambit168. Available from the Combat Ace download section.
 
All three Fokker D.VIII Jasta 6 skins.
By V. Deutschmark. Available from the Combat Ace download section.
 
A big thank you to all of the above artists for their most excellent contributions to this
great game.
 
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To install, simply unzip the downloaded file to:
C:/Program Files/Thirdwire/WW1/Missions.
 
Or unzip to your desktop and drag and drop, or copy, then paste into your missions
folder.
 
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Feel free to change the mission anyway you like, and should you find anything wrong
with it, please let me know.
 
EDIT, 11/4/07: One thing I didn't realise when I first put this mission together is that
unless you tell your wingmen to 'Engage Air', they won't fire a single shot!
So remember to hit the TAB button and select '1' if you want some help from your
Squadron comrades...Think of it as firing a flare gun!
 
Have fun!
 
Bucky.
 
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This Fokker D VIIF flown by Oblt. Erich Lowenhardt /53kills/ from J 10.This plane flown in 7/8 1918.

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E III Uffz Ernst Udet, KeK Habsheim March 1916.
The red stripe on this plane could have been black, but most historians
Believe it was red and in most all profiles you see it as red.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E III Oblin Hans Joachim Buddecke, Turkey around 1915.
The black square with white out line was his design and later became the
National marking of Turkey.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E III Vzfw Eduard Buhme jasta Fl.Abt 9, around 1916.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark