Olham 164 Posted December 13, 2009 2nd Lieutenant Dennis Marlowe, 27th Aero, Toul, June 2, 1918 To all you guys in the "Dodge City Peace Commission", especially Wyatt, who'd wish his family name was Earp You guys over there wouldn't believe it - lookin' at my map, this France and Germany together aren't much bigger than Texas! And Europe is much more crammed with towns and farms; here's nothing like the prairie of Kansas. Even the sky seems lower. But when you fly, boy, that is a different matter! When the war is over, I'll buy me a crate like this and open a flying postal service in Kansas! Five days ago we arrived at Marseille - a big harbour here, but no comparison to New york. Some hot dark tanned girls there; a pity we only had one eve. And now I had my first dogfight! Near the front A-flight got jumped at from high above by Fokker Triplanes. We where much lower then; it took me ages to get up there. But then the German came down to chase Wally Zinn, while I was trying to get my craft under control again. A twitchy witch, you know? And there he was, right in front of me. Ridiculously small, that craft, that the Red Devil was flying too. But when you see them going up and down and round and round - boy, those Huns know to fly and fight! But now he was in front of me! Climb, Wally, climb! I thought, cause then I would get him perfectly. And Wally did! My bursts went right into his engine and cockpit. He spiralled down steep and crashed. Simple as that! Don't know how I did it, which is bad, cause I'd like to repeat it! But another German got me badly then. My engine damaged, petrol leaking out, craft partly on fire, I had to land dead stick and just only made it out alive. It burnt down completely! When you are one year older, you could come over here and join my bunch - a lovely crew with great humour! Try to get flying lessons! That would keep you from the trenches! And later, you can all join in to my "Kansas Flying Post Company" - what do you all say? Please write back - I miss you already. Howdy! Dennis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rickitycrate 10 Posted December 13, 2009 Olham you're a Yankee at heart. Your Dennis seems like a nice guy. Keep him alive for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted December 13, 2009 Super Screenies Olham! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimAttrill 24 Posted December 14, 2009 Mahlo => Olham => Marlowe .... clever:ok: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted December 14, 2009 (edited) Right, JimAttrill - my real family name is Mahlo. (spelled like your English Marlowe) Edited December 14, 2009 by Olham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoomzoom 2 Posted December 14, 2009 Wow! You lucky dog Olham....you got the expansion already.....just ordered mine. Annnnd now the waitiiiiiiiiinggggggg. ZZ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoomzoom 2 Posted December 14, 2009 Wooops....Duh!! Its a download so "Nooooo Waiting"!! Woohoo. As an aside, once you've downloaded it and it says you uave "three downloads left"....does this mean three more times you can do so? Or am I missing something? ZZ. Ps, Nice shots of the N-28 Olham....my mouth is watering already!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted December 14, 2009 You can make three download attempts. If they should all fail, you must send a mail to support@overflandersfields.com Winder guaranteed you will get your data definitely. If you choose the insurance AVANGATE offer, you can download as often as you want for two years. But that costs extra (8,40 Dollar I think). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bullethead 12 Posted December 14, 2009 Bravo, Olham! Outstanding work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest British_eh Posted December 17, 2009 Absolutely Brilliant writing Olham. Just got around to it now. And, pretty fair shooting too! Cheers, British_eh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) 2nd Lieutenant Dennis Marlowe, 27th Aero, Toul, June 4, 1918 Dear mum and dad We are flying in wonderful wheather here, and the landscape is so nice, I think you two should travel to France after the war - it's lovely. Today I went up together with my new friends Alec Royce, Steve Coolidge and Abner Mosley. We had a patrol south west of Verdun. On the way to the area, we saw four German fighters doing a ground attack. Jerry Vasconell's flight was ahead, and when we reached the fighting, the boys had already "smoked" two of the Huns. But I was lucky, I spotted one far aside of the fight, and approached it. It was an Albatros, a beautiful bird, with a yellow fuselage and a black spiral band around it; rudder fin and the elevator where striped black and white. I will never forget, how good it looked, when it filled my windshield. But I fired some good bursts into it, and it seemed to shake from the hits. The pilot looked round at me - I think he hadn't seen me coming. He turned a 180° so tight, that I could not follow, and now he ran towards good Abner. But Abe didn't fire! He flew towards the German and me, as if he didn't see the guy! To wake him up, and to get the Albatros to break, I had to fire, risking to hit Abe, but what else could I do? Only now, Abe fired at the breaking left German. Phew - that was close! You must know, on the ground, Abner Mosley is the friendliest and most funny bloke I ever met. He works for the "Jack Daniels" whiskey destillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, and he talks and acts verrrrry slow, you know, you could resole his boots, while he's walking. When the boys are together, he can tell wonderful stories in a most pleasant, heartwarming way, and everyone likes him like a brother. But as a fighter pilot he often doesn't seem to realise all the fast things going on around him. I must really have an eye on him; wouldn't want to miss him, you know? But back to my Albatros - it got slower and pulled a thin smoke trail. I had to fly a full circle to get behind the guy again, when I saw Alec Royce in perfect firing line behind the Hun. But then he saw me coming round, and he let me have him! Alec is a real friend surely! Well, and so I shot down my first Albatros D.Va, west of Vaucouleur aerodrome. Tonight, I'll have to buy the drinks! But here Abner will come in quite helpful; I'm a bit short right now, and he got a box with Tennessee whiskey sent by the "Jack Daniels" crew, and he promised to open it for me. He was glad I had fired at the German - he wouldn't have seen him, hidden by his upper wing; he only saw me firing. So we'll have a nice party tonight. I hug you all - Dennis Edited December 17, 2009 by Olham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
