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AAR Report Sunday 10/19/2014
Game one of tonight’s match up took place in May 1917, pitting the French Nieuport 17 against the German Albatross DIII. It was Jeff McFly, Carl F. and Scott K. for the allies against Ken S., Jim B. and Andy P. for the Bosch. Two of the three Nieuport’s sported two guns, while the Albatross enjoyed their standard twin-gun advantage.
Turn one saw some heavy damage inflicted on the Germans. Scott was able to dish out six HF’s to Jim Barber. He followed that up in turn two with another six HF’s scored again on Mr. Ace of Aces. Yeah, who’s the tough guy now?
As much as Scott likes to jeer and egg on his opponents, it does get him into a lot of trouble. The Germans answered the call by dealing a total of 17 HF’s into Scott’s plane over the next four turns, with four of those hits finding his engine. Not suffering any crits, Scott was able to keep the fragile plane airborne through turn 7, when he rolled good, no GREAT initiative, and was able to dive away.
I am sorry that this account sounds so one sided. Again, I did not take good notes and am recalling the game off of my own log sheet. I did however come up with a game report log that will hopefully help me in future attempts to recall the game as it happened. That does not excuse this or any other battle account I have written. Sometimes when you in the heat of the battle you forget to jot down highlights. Especially when you seem to be everyone’s favorite target and your trying to avoid being shot down. I would not expect that anyone else knows how that feels. J
Game two took place in March 1917. Jim Barber and Andy Priest were unavailable to play in the second game. For the Allies it was Carl F. and Ken S. In Spad VII 180’s taking on Jeff (Scott Killer) McInnes in a Fokker DII and Scott K in an Alb DIII. No worries. As much as Jeff wanted to shoot Scott down, he was a good boy and refrained from his natural instincts.
This game was rather short and abrupt. Not much happened through the first four turns of play. The Spads with their one gun held there own against the Germans who were both equipped with twin guns. Minor damage was exchanged on both sides until turn five.
In turn five, Scott and Jeff boxed up in their defensive formation to allow the Allies the less popular “Down a table” side shot. No, John Buckland was not playing. Anyway, Ken did not see things that way. He came to play and prove how deadly a side shot can be. A feared foe, Ken managed to get off one HF to Jeff’s right side. That shot did two things. First, it hit Jeff’s controls causing his plane to be shot down out of control. Second, Ken rolled doubles to hit Jeff;s pilot, and Jeff got the assist J by rolling a six to finish himself off. Scott was able to roll good initiative in the next turn and escaped the slaughter that befell his comrade. Ken meant business and Scott wanted no part of it.
Again, very generic information from lack of notes. I said I would do a write up and so I am fulfilling that promise, while it is somewhat fresh in my mind? I really need to do this immediately following the games, before the drugs wear off. So again, my apologies for the late report. I am sure I will be court-martialed or worse.
The basic information has been forwarded to Graham for reporting purposes. It was a lot more boring than the above account let me tell ya!
On to Monday night!
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