Olham 164 Posted October 30, 2009 Before we all block the whole Forum with seperate threads for each pilot, I have thought fof starting this one for all of the German flyers. To make a linking to Siggi's website possible, each should only write 1 post, and later add/ edit it. You may later wipe out earlier stuff, and condense it to the most important bits, or you write in more and more, interrupted by the date line, so everyone can follow. It's free choice, you can of course also start an own elsewhere. Just thought it might be nice to find them all in one thread. Blue skies! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) Siggi's Full DiD Campaign - The Krauts Side - Olham's Pilot 3. Flight, October 30, 1916, 14:15 h - Scramble Wingmen: 1 Daniel Wolf, 2 Rolf Meyer, 3 Johann Perrmann Victories: 4 Airco DH-2 Right at start, we got under attack from lots of sand coloured DH-2. All took place at very low altitude, often at tree top level. Very early on, I peppered three of them myself, and then brought my observer into position. He also hit them, and within 10 minutes, all three of them must have crashed. Perrmann was badly hit, and I shot a DH-2 off his tail. He now stayed near me, and we both fought together. As a team, we succeeded in hitting several fighters severely. At least one more got on my account. I collected several hits, and my craft got damaged on landing, but I'm alright. Only after landing, I saw, that our field was also attacked by Nieuports. One tent was burning. But altogether, the enemy must have lost 8 - 10 DH-2 in that raid. Our pilots did all return intact. Edited October 30, 2009 by Olham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baldric 42 Posted October 30, 2009 Kampfbericht FleigerAbteilung (Artillerie) 250 Wasquehal, Flanders Feldpost 11 Pilots Log Lt. Rolf W.Meyer Military Purpose Flight #0003DFWcvOrders- Bomb aerodrome at Coudekerque, NW of Ypres 30 October 1916 Wetter: forecast for heavy cloud cover, sleet and or rain at low altitudes, wind light at 5kts/11 degrees dir. Recommended operations altitude: 15900 feet Notations: 1110h-- Machine warmed up and ready for flight checks by 0900h, pre-flight checks completed in order, co-signed by Fldwbl. H.Schmidt, Observer. Bombload 3x PuW50kg. Began rollout at 0915h, taking off from field. Climbed to altitude of 15000 feet. Encountered heavy antiaircraft artillery over frontlines, N of Arras. Machine slightly damaged, difficult to maintain steady course. High winds aloft, so reduced altitude to 14000 feet. Bomb run started 4nm from target. Light antiaircraft fire encountered over target. Cloud bank obscured further observation of hits made. Returned to Wasquehal Field. Flight mainly uneventful. Rough landing. Total flight time 68 minutes. Debriefing completed at 1100h. Rolf W.Meyer, Leutnant. FleigerAbteilung (Artillerie) 250 Wasquehal, Flanders Feldpost 11 Pilots Log Lt. Rolf W.Meyer Military Purpose Flight #0004DFWcvOrders- artillery spotting Military Defense 444, SE of Arras 30 October 1916 Wetter: forecast for heavy cloud cover, sleet and or rain at low altitudes, wind light at 4kts/66 degrees dir. Recommended operations altitude: 12150 feet Notations: 1634h--- Preflight checks completed, repairs appeared sound. Left aileron still sticking. Ground crew used larger ball-peen hammer. Rollout started at 1350h, taking off from the field we quickly climbed to operation altitude of 12150 feet, encountering rain at 6000 feet and sleet at 12000. Spotting for artillery shoot completed. Flight completely uneventful, no antiaircraft fire over mission area. One flight of Sopwith Strutters observed, no engagement. Returned to field and landed. All flight members safe. Total flight time 74 minutes. Rolf W. Meyer, Leutnant. Total Time Operational 5.47 hours Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VonGuber 2 Posted October 30, 2009 FleigerAbteilung (Artillerie) 250 Wasquehal, Flanders Feldpost 11 29 October 1916 Pilots Log: Lt. A. v. Guber Military Purpose Flight: #0001DFWcv Orders- None, Scramble in response to air raid Wetter: heavy cloud cover, sleet and/or rain at low altitudes, wind light at 5kts/11 degrees dir. Recommended operations altitude: Notations: Air raid sirens sounded at approximately 0920h. I was able to get airborne before enemy was in range to attack, and was joined by 2 pilots, Muller and Schrieber. Having seniority, I signaled them to follow and led the flight east towards a safe airfield. We managed to elude the attackers. At about 10 minutes into the flight, I spotted aircraft above and to the south. Not knowing if they were friend or foe, we climbed to meet them, so as not to be disadvantaged if they were hostile. Upon approach, they proved to be a flight of 3 Be2s. Being fully armed and fueled, I order the attack. Engaging 2 enemy craft, we observed one of them smoking and losing altitude. This craft was reported to crash land by Muller. Muller and Schreiber also engaged and destroyed one craft, but the third one evaded us and presumably escaped. While returning to base, a flight of 5 aircraft was observed at approximately 2500 meters, heading east. Based upon the appearance of the undercarriages, I believe they were Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters. We did not engage and they continued on their course. Upon returning to our Wasquehal field and finding no enemy present I led the flight in maneuvers for training purposes, landing after 113 minutes of flight. All in flight landed safely. Upon inspection, my craft showed 4 bullet holes in the left wing, Muller's showing 2 holes in the rudder. After briefing the Intelligence Officer, appropriate claim forms were filed. A. v. Guber, Lt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VonGuber 2 Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) FleigerAbteilung (Artillerie) 250 Wasquehal, Flanders Feldpost 11 29 October 1916 Pilots Log: Lt. A. v. Guber Military Purpose Flight: #0002DFWcv Orders- Bombing, airfield attack Ballieul East aerodrome Wetter: heavy cloud cover, sleet and/or rain at low altitudes, wind light at 5kts/11 degrees dir. Recommended operations altitude: 3500 meters Notations: Subsequent to the morning raid on our field, we were ordered to prepare for a retaliatory raid. I was assigned to lead a flight of 4 aircraft loaded with bombs. We took off at 1345h in heavy rain and sleet, climbed to 3000 meters and proceeded to target. Moderately heavy flak encountered over the lines as well as over target, but no damage was sustained. Bomb impacts were observed on target, both on runway and flight line. Flight returned to base without incident with one unidentified formation observed flying west at approximately 2700 m. altitude. All craft landed safely and proceeded to Intelligence briefing. Total time aloft was 53 minutes. A. v. Guber, Lt. Edited October 30, 2009 by VonGuber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baldric 42 Posted October 30, 2009 Nicely done, Von Guber! My bombs all missed apparently... 0% accuracy lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VonGuber 2 Posted October 30, 2009 Nicely done, Von Guber! My bombs all missed apparently... 0% accuracy lol. Thanks for the vote of confidence. The bomb run was cool...but, getting hit by Quirks in the first mission? Nicht so gut.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hasse Wind 46 Posted October 30, 2009 Diary of Leutnant Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Roeder *** Lt. Roeder, a member of an old Prussian military family, entered the Great War as a Guard infantry officer, seeing plenty of combat on the Western front. Like so many others, he was shocked by the slaughter and destruction of modern industrial warfare and deeply disappointed when the fighting wasn't over in a few weeks as the war turned into a bloody stalemate in the trenches. Becoming wounded in early days of the Verdun offensive, v. Roeder decided in the hospital that he had had enough and that he HAD to get out of the madness of trench warfare. Aviation had always interested him, and soon he applied for pilot training. To his surprise, his application was accepted (the expanding German Air Force needed more pilots and v. Roeder had good merits) and so in mid 1916 v. Roeder began his training as a two-seater pilot. In October 1916 v. Roeder arrived at his new unit, FA(A) 250, based at Wasquehal. He was full of hope and expectation about this new form of knightly warfare, as he thought about it. *** Date: 30 Oct 1916, 8:40 AM. Location: Wasquehal, France Unit: FA(A) 250 Mission no: 1 Mission type: Recon of frontline positions close to Arras Flight time: 0.95 hours Total flight hours: 0.95 hours *** What a day! Took off for my first mission with 3 comrades at 8:40 AM. The weather was beautiful with some moderate cloud cover at 2 km altitude. We were ordered to take some photos of enemy positions close to Arras, so after take-off and forming up we headed there, meeting 3 Halb. D.II escorts from Jasta 8 on the way there. We were feeling quite confident, flying in a neat formation below our guarding angels from Jasta 8, bright sunlight making the metal parts shine brightly and my observer Jacob Schneider scanning the skies with his hawk eyes. Suddenly everything went to hell. About 10 French Nieuport 16 scouts, those deadly white devils, appeared out of the cloud cover and attacked us. We were badly outnumbered, but bravely the Jasta 8 pilots turned to meet the attackers. One N.16 dived straight at me, hitting my plane but getting hit in turn by short bursts of bullets from Jacob's Parabellum. Soon some more Halberstadt's joined the battle (fortunately for us!) drawing most of the N.16's away from us, but some of the stubborn Frenchmen followed our formation and exchanged fire continuosly with our gunners. Despite all the fighting, we were able to reach our target and quickly took some photos. We were in such a hurry that I fear they weren't very good! Finally the Frenchmen gave up and flew away as we turned back to home. The mission was uneventful after this, though I was worried about the damage my DFW had taken. Fortunately nothing critical was hit and we landed safely 1 hour after we took off. The mechanics, those macabre but brilliant men, surrounded us and immediately started counting the bullet holes. I don't want to know how many hits we took, I'm just glad we made it back in one piece. I know this feeling - it's exactly the same I felt at Verdun. *** Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted October 30, 2009 . Very good reports here everyone, and it appears you Huns have had some productive missions right from the start. Well done! But never fear, we Allies will be coming on strong as well. Cheers! Lou Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted October 31, 2009 BALDRIC'S COMBAT REPORT LINKS Since Baldric cannot edit his post for very long for some reason, I have installed this post for him, to be linked to Siggi's Killboard. In here, you will find the numbers of all of Baldric's Combat Reports posts, he made elsewhere. Just click on the links to get to them. Reports 1 and 2 (corresponding to mission 1 and 2 respectively) are in the Reports from the Front thread, #343 #352 #353 Reports 3 & 4 are in Olhams Report Thread here , and are combined in post #3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Lucky 0 Posted October 31, 2009 Gonna keep em short and sweet so as to not clog up the thread. Pilot: Lt. Johann Perrmann 2nd sortie 30 October 1916 14:15 Recon between Arras and Vimy Weather: Rain Flight Time: 48 min. Flight Members: Lt. Rudolf Spaatz Lt. Rolf Meyer Lt. Albert Kreipe Lt. Max Muehler total time 1 hour 59 min. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoomzoom 2 Posted October 31, 2009 So are we supposed to post stuff here Olham, or over at the Krauts n Strumpets thread? Just curious. If here, I'll get my stuff organized and post it soon. Argus Starke is up to 9 claims...none yet confirmed. ZZ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted October 31, 2009 . zoomzoom, if you and everyone else posts their reports at Olham's new "Krauts and Crumpets" thread we will have them all in one central location which would be nice for sharing. You might still want to start your own thread as well and just edit the original post in that each time you add a new report, if you want Siggi to provide a link to your "Pilot Log" on the DiD roster. As Siggi mentioned, if you edit your initial post rather than add a new post your Pilot Log thread does not move back to the top of the rankings in the forum so it won't clutter up the first page. This is what I will keep doing in order to have all my reports and letters collected in one spot, in addition to sharing them in the "K and C" thread. Cheers! Lou . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted October 31, 2009 Maenner! Gentlemen! All further posting in the "Krauts vs Crumpets" thread, please. That way, we will all see each other's stuff; that should get us "out of our trenches" and share the fun of this all - together. Okay? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DerMo 0 Posted October 31, 2009 Dark Side?????Come on..Is this STAR WARS or what?At least u did not call it GOOD GUYS VS. EVIL DARK NAZI SIDE... Dont want to offend you but do u think DARK SIDE is a proper way to describe the Axis Side? Sorry dear Olham i know i should not take this too seriously but i always thought this is a typical american black/white point of view.And i know u r not that kind of.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted October 31, 2009 This thread is finished - I wish I could erase it, but I can't. All further posting of combat reports/results in the new thred "KRAUTS VS CRUMPETS", please everybody. DerMo, I sometimes have problems with that "dark side" thing myself, but here it was used just as an over-the-top expression for a battle we fight for fun. I didn't want it to sound serious at all. I'd never use that expression seriously. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
