Vasco 3 Posted August 16, 2009 (edited) Mein Herren! Please find below the daily report covering Jasta 4 operations for the 11th February 1917: Mission 1 - Railyard Strike - T/O 10:51 Piloten Sitting Duck - A Flt Commander von Hammer Dutch von Dudley Stumpjumper - B Flt Commander Burning Beard von Baur FRO The Jasta was tasked with a strike on an important railway junction 2 miles east of Cachy aerodrome. A Flt were to perform the strike with B Flt acting as top cover. The mission proceeded without incident until the Jasta was approximately 5 miles from the target. 3 DH2s of 24 Sqn RFC were seen to engage a lone Albatross fighter and B Flt moved in to engage. Shortly before battle was joined approximately 8 further DH2s appeared overhead and engaged B Flt. A Flt continued on mission and made several strafing runs over the target. Unfortunately, the superior numbers of the Allies proved decisive and despite a number of DH2s falling to the guns of B Flt, no member of either A or B Flt managed to return to base. Mission 2 - Scramble against incoming bombers - T/O 13:31 Piloten von Dudley - A Flt Commander von Hammer Sitting Duck FRO - B Flt Commander Stumpjumper Burning Beard The alarm was sounded when a large formation of FE2Bs were observed heading towards the Mont Saint Martin airfield at 8,000'. All pilots were ordered to their aircraft to engage the attackers as soon as possible. During the ensuing melee the following kills were recorded: Sitting Duck - 2 FE2Bs, von Dudley - 2 FE2Bs, FRO - 1 FE2B, Burning Beard - 1 FE2B. The airfield suffered minimal damage and all pilots returned to the airfield safely. Mission 3 - Balloon Busting - T/O 16:37 Piloten von Dudley - A Flt Commander Axgrinder Sitting Duck FRO - B Flt Commander Stumpjumper Burning Beard von Baur The Jasta was tasked with the destruction of 3 observation balloons at Lieramont. A Flt was tasked to attack the balloons with B Flt performing a fighter sweep ahead of the mission. As the lines were crossed B Flt identified a large formation of FE2Bs heading east towards the lines. The Flt Ldr ordered the flight to engage while A Flt proceeded towards the targets. During the engagement the following pilots scored kills against the enemy; von Baur - 2 FE2Bs including one flown by the ace Ciril Nelson Lowe, FRO - 1 FE2B. Burning Beard and Stumpjumper also accounted for 1 FE2B each however, Burning Beard's aircraft was badly damaged when the aircraft he was pursuing exploded and Stumpjumper collided with an enemy aircraft. Neither pilot made it back alive. Meanwhile A Flt ably lead by von Dudley destroyed all 3 balloons with himself accounting for 2 and Sitting Duck the third. All pilots apart from those listed as dead made it back to the airbase shortly before nightfall. The current tally of active pilots/kills is as follows: Sitting Duck - 1 von Dudley - 4 von Baur - 3 FRO - 3 Axgrinder - 1 Griphos - 1 Submitted respectfully on 11th February 1917, Vasco Commanding Officer Jasta 4 Edited August 16, 2009 by Vasco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sitting_duck 3 Posted August 17, 2009 good job commander Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stumpjumper 3 Posted August 17, 2009 wondeerful thanks for hosting and runing it vasco we all appreciate it and you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themightysrc 5 Posted August 17, 2009 HI everyone, Sorry I wasn't there last night - my day overspilled into the evening, unfortunately. I did bob onto Teamspeak about half nine, but unsurprisingly there was nothing there except a few tattered bits of charred canvas with large roundels on. I had a feeling it had to have been you lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
