My OFF experience so far has been played with the intention of using one pilot at a time in a career/campaign and remaining with the same Squadron throughout the war.
Sgt Ron Baker joined 3 Sqd RFC on 1 Jan 1915 flying a Bristol Scout.
He was in the air from day 1 flying 2 missions each day which were generally troop spotting trips over the front in the Ypres area.
Despite his keenness to "have a go at the hun" he didnt come across any enemy aircraft in his 15 days with the Squadron.
Sadly, after logging almost 30 hrs flying time in his trusty Scout and just following him being awarded his commission, he was killed when returning to his airfield from his last war patrol.
Although the weather had been fine and clear all day on 15th January strong winds were gusting across the fields. Observers watching 2nd Lt Baker come into land state they saw his kite crabbing sideways as it dropped down towards the field and couldnt understand why he didnt change his approach into the gusting wind, maybe he was having engine problems, as his wheels touched the ground it appeared that he tried to bring the tail round to run straight and as he did so, his left wing was suddenly hit by a strong gust which flipped it up, burying the right wing into the ground and casuing the nose of the Scout to vere sharply up and right and then back into the ground flipping the plane onto its back.
When ground staff reached Lt bakers plane he was already dead
His replacement Sgt Andrew Petrie, a Scot from Stirling has just arrived. Its now 19 March 1915