Ratatat 0 Posted November 16, 2010 Last night I flew a long mission in my Dr.1. The objective was to attack enemy ground troops at the front lines, but located very far to the south-west. My small flight showed grosse tapferkeit as we battered our way through Camels, S.E.5s, SPADs and even clouds of poisonous gas to reach the target! Once we arrived I had only enough ammunition left for a short three second burst - testament to the hard fighting endured to get there. Several enemy soldiers went down under that brief rattle of my guns. So it was worth the trip. With blood-shot eyes I wearily checked the clock and discovered I had stayed up too long in to the night. It was to be a long and dangerous journey back to base for my pilot. Flying along the front I spotted a nearby friendly airfield on our side of the lines. Perfect I thought! Dodging angry ground fire I turned my craft north and soon after safely landed my bird. Rubbing my eyes, I ended the mission. Much to my surprise and utter dismay I was informed my best pilot had been captured and was to remain in captivity! How can this be? Noooooo!!! So what happened here? Was the airfield over-run by vengeful enemy infantry while my pilot was busy in the latrine? Or was it a clever deception by the enemy flying false colours on the airfield? A shame my favourite pilot has his story ended this way. Other fliegers take heed and beware of "friendly" airfields close to the front! Oh, well. I hear bombers are fun! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted November 16, 2010 Ratatat, the front-line in Flanders went forth and back many times - more often than the OFF devs could make different inflight maps for. So the best advice I can give you, is never to land on an airfield close to the lines. You're not alone - I have lost three pilots that way already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted November 16, 2010 . Me too. It was a shock the first time it happened, climbing out of my kite as I yell to the approaching ground crew, "Put her in the shed PDQ lads, there's a storm coming in." And I hear back, "Jawohl, unt velcome to our little slice of Hell, Herr Dummkopf." . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ratatat 0 Posted November 16, 2010 Thanks for the explanation Olham. That actually makes sense. The ground crew obviously neglected to update my kneeboard map! Perhaps my subscription ran out? RAF_Louvert: Ha, ha, ha! Too funny! Of course as my pilot was German the greeting he received included words like "Jerry", "Tosser" and "Wanker". Thanks to you both. I feel much better about losing my Ace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellshade 110 Posted November 16, 2010 (edited) Rubbing my eyes, I ended the mission. Much to my surprise and utter dismay I was informed my best pilot had been captured and was to remain in captivity! How can this be? Noooooo!!! Now he starts a new career disseminating Misinformation to the Huns! "The Spad XIII goes no faster than 70Mph and can carry only 25 rounds of ammo due to weight restrictions! I swear it!" I hear they will make that a part of P4. Prison camp interrogation and escape mini-games. (not) Hellshade Edited November 16, 2010 by Hellshade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Javito1986 14 Posted November 16, 2010 . "Jawohl, unt velcome to our little slice of Hell, Herr Dummkopf." . Man this is seriously hilarious. I've been repeating it to myself here at school and laughing. Looking forward to returning to the Western Front tonight! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ratatat 0 Posted November 16, 2010 "Jawohl, unt velcome to our little slice of Hell, Herr Dummkopf." Yes! I laughed out loud when I read it too! RAF_Louvert: With your permission I wouldn't mind making that my signature! It would go great with my avatar! Ratatat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted November 16, 2010 . Consider it yours Ratatat, with my compliments. . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ratatat 0 Posted November 16, 2010 Thanks RAF_Louvert! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast 153 Posted November 17, 2010 Raf_Lou that quote is priceless... and made me laugh this morning... Still not managed this feat yet but knowing me it will be done at some point... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted November 17, 2010 . Slarti wrote: Raf_Lou that quote is priceless... and made me laugh this morning... ...hee, hee... Made the coffee extra strong yesterday, and by the time I'd written that had the neurons running about in the ol' grey matter like a women's church auxiliary in a bingo parlour on doubles Tuesday. . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast 153 Posted November 17, 2010 On the regards of Coffee I am under orders from the office and my boss in Amsterdam to drink coffee... none of this seeing what happens when I dont drink it... And who am I to agrue with 140 people in my office... it would be damn un-English of me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
