What a fine and satisfying fight !

[Olham 164]

For a while today, I was pretty upset - I had messed up BHaH somehow.

Trying to get into a campaign flight, I got tons of messages, telling me, skins couldn't be found.

So I finally did the desperate step - reset CFS3 and BHaH. All pilots gone again. Sigh!

(It turned out later, that the problem must have occured, cause I had one self-changed skin of

an Albatros D Va given an uncomplete name. Could be the reason.)

 

When everything worked again, I created new pilots, for Halberstadt, D II, D III early, D V and D Va, each one.

I started with Wolfram "Wolf" Mahlo, Jasta 15, Bonneuil Ferme, on 26. April, 1918.

Soon, my flight with three wingmen came across 3 SPAD XIII, high above us.

I climbed towards them, until they attacked.

And this time, I remained cool. Marked a target and ordered "attack". The wings immediately reacted.

I now acted as THEIR protector/wingman, and shot rounds into each SPAD attacking them.

After short time, all 3 had been hit by me. Only once I had to press "Help", and my 1. wingman,

Emil von der Ziegler, appeared and helped me out. When the wings had one SPAD downed, I marked another

for them, and attacked the third myself. Von der Ziegler stayed with me now.

An incredible up-down-and-everywere began with the SPAD - it's unbelievable, how fast and powerful they

are. But they can't and shouldn't turnfight. He learned that the hard way, and won't have more time to use it.

I had hit him so hard, he pulled a trail of smoke. I followed and shortened distance. Didn't want to waste more

ammo on him. And really - suddenly he lay on his back and crashed into a little wood.

When I returned to my other two wings, they had just finished off the last SPAD.

From now on, "Wolf" Mahlo will always do it that way. Very satisfying!

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Tactically, well done! I love when things go like that. Usually, when they don't go well, I'm being flippant and not paying attention.....or playing things like a game, not immersing myself in the proper mindframe beforehand.

 

Well done Olham.

 

ZZ.