Wow! And that was only 1916 !

[Olham 164]

Just made my second flight with the new patch. I wanted to see if anything had

changed in 1916, and so I entered Jasta 2, Bertincourt, two weeks before they get the

Albatros DI. Our two flights where to patrol the front lines.

Aces of flight one (Boelke, Hohne, Bohme and Reimann) flew the new Albatros DI, the rest

of us Halberstadt.

Right after takeoff, I spotted a flight of 3 sandcoloured BE2c from RFC-4, approaching the lines.

I climbed for them (tough in a Halberstadt, when you're used to Albatros), but wouldn't have

reached them, if they wouldn't have changed their course. While I climbed nearer, I saw a flight

of Eindeckers nearby, but they had other duties. I ordered my men to attack another BE2c,

and started my own attack.

And now I heard a sharp whistling. Thought something on my engine, until I realised, those Limeys

had a bombing mission. Switched to outside view, and really: below me an orange explosion!

 

Checking around, I saw another British flight coming nearer. Switching through outside target views

showed me Fees. Also, some Albatros arrived. The TAC was full of specks, and the sky was freckled

with Flak puffs. My goodness, what an action here!

With several good burst I got my BE2c smoking, had a gun jam, got it cleared after a while, and fired

more into the handicapped crate. My ammo was out (only 500 rounds in a Halberstadt), but my BE2c

descended until it crashed west of Bapaume field.

My men had shot up another of them.

 

Wow, this was great action; and the thunder of artillery and Flak around me made it even more thrilling!

And that was only 1916! Can we dare to fly in 1918 at all?

A Super-Patch, boys - thank you all a lot!!

But enough for now - must climb back into my cockpit!

[Olham 164]

Now I had a second Halberstadt mission. As guns on "accurate" still wouldn't get much damage done,

I switched "player guns only" on "strong" - with the effect, that I shot two Strutters and one FE2b

literally to pieces.

Could there be a change made in some future patch - guns on "accurate" a bit stronger? Cause I don't

want to fly with guns on "strong", but without it doesn't do the damage you would expect?

 

This flight, I engaged two flights (Strutters and FE2b), when they made a bombing raid on an army camp.

They went into a dive attack - never seen that before. Unfortunately, I had to interrupt them.

[shredward 12]

Clearly, you need to get closer. When you can smell his drawers, you are almost close enough.

Quote from the father of air fighting:

"I fly close to my man, aim well...and of course he goes down"

I wish I had the quote in German

 

shredward