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    Wow, this is gona take some practice. I keep getting "wrong location". Will have spend more time with this patch.

    Flown a few, crapped my pants on every one of them. This aint easy any more. Been shot down by Archie twice now...Bus written off and plenty of light duties afterwards.

    Could be very short careers.... and that without fighting scouts too.

     

  12. Posted · Edited by lederhosen

    Depends on the date.

    They may of paired up early in the war, but with the Aviatik BII that makes no sense as they cant defend themselves. A BII spotting with a CI as escort makes sense.

    Later on, due to camera optics, German LB squads would fly high and alone as not to draw attention to themselves. The annoying DOP's by British airmen forced the german

    units to fly quite high before even thinking of going near the lines.

    On the other hand, the British (French ??) had so many line patrols that their 2 seaters could almost always consider themselves as being "escorted" and they followed the policy

    of using larger formations too. It seems to me that the Hun relied more on stealth and to get his recce done.

    As it stands now in Jan 1916 in the DID campaign I'm lucky to take-off or reach the lines without being jumped by N11's, which seems to match many accounts of British airmen

    reporting that most Huns would turn and run upon spotting EA.....unless they had greater numbers.

    As a note, I use the mission editor to remove pilots from my formation or cancel "A-Flight" to match what I think happened (fly alone mostly)..

    My squad of 6 aircraft has been wiped out completely more than once.

  13. Posted · Edited by lederhosen

    Salute

    I'm wondering why my squad FA 18lb hasn't received replacement pilots & aircraft for over 2 months now (now is Jan 16 1916)

    We started off with 12 crews and machines, but nov/dec 15 was a brutal time. I have had to cancel/reduce crews and flights with the mission editor just to stay operational.

    I recall having this problem long ago but cant find the answer. Any help??

     

    update: well we lost another machine and crew today.

    But new crew arrives in 4 days, and a CI has been ordered. Perhaps the squad is supposed to be this small??

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    Salute,

    wondered about this one for a while now.

    My present unit is FA 18Lb (lichtbild....or foto recce). I'm getting a lot of bombing missions. I know everyone could bomb in a pinch, but we should be taking snaps mostly.

    So I'm wondering where or which file could lower or raise the chance of which missions are assigned ??

     

    Oh, and if anyone could help me with the rather slow turning Mouse-trak cockpit view ?

  18. Posted · Edited by lederhosen

    Introducing Enno

     

    Enno Alfons Bockhackler

    Born 5.Sep 1890

    Trier, Rheinland

     

    Enno is the only child of Ernst & Marie Bockhackler. At the age of 13 he entered an apprenticeship as Roofer (Dachdecker) in his fathers Firm.

    As a young man he was being groomed to take over his fathers work but as the War broke out.

    Enno, like many other men, heeded the call to arms and signed up for a “voluntary one year term” in the Trierische Feld-Artillery Regt.#44.

    In August 1914, the 4th Army (Herzog Albrecht von Württenberg) marched into the Großherzogtum Luxemburg securing the rail lines into France. Enno’s Regt took part in all the battles ( Neufchâteau, Mass, Marne) that lead up to the Stellungskrieg, or trench warfare.

    Enno was wounded 16.Sep 1914 during a counter battery duel in the village of Perthes Les Hurlus, about 30km east of Reims. He was sent back to Trier and actually survived his stay in the Hospital.

    While resting in Trier, Enno met a Ltn Alfred Bley, who had been wounded during the Marne schlacht and had transferred to the Luftstreitkräfte. As an Offizier, Bley was posted to Observer school and he talked Enno into becoming a pilot.

    And thus, one year later, the two men would find each other in the same Squadron; FA.18 Luftbild,

    Phalempin, Flanders.

    Enno Logbook.jpg

    postcard.jpg

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  23. Posted · Edited by lederhosen

    Hey guys been away from the Flight sim world for about 3 to 5 years now, looking to join up and fly again. Need to find where to get the disc or where to download Over Flanders. Any thoughts of how I can get back in the cockpit again.

     

    Not sure if there is any Red Baron III flyers out there but was with J9 and flew as Witzer.

     

    Salute Witzer...miss U and the FiF games. I too have moved on to ROF, but not much happening there. I am waiting for WOFF here like many others, but its hard not to get into ROF while waiting though. I personaly dont care for OFF these days as it has just tooo many little quirks that bather me. Try ROF, its free, at first, and takes a little getting used to. If you like it, then you can buy planes...but wait for the big sales which come every 3 or 4 months.

     

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