7/20/2007: Doras, 109k vs many bombers, ponies, and jugs

[forHIM]

We failed to protect the factory again.  When I left it was 98% destroyed.

Kills (partial list -- 2nd hour may have added a few more)
daddog   Kill Awarded   ByHeck   P-38J   332nd Flying Mongrels
cowboy45   Kill Awarded   1Cajun   P-38J   332nd Flying Mongrels
forHIM   Kill Awarded   pounder   B-17G   332nd Flying Mongrels
forHIM   Kill Awarded   sqwigly   B-17G   332nd Flying Mongrels
forHIM   Kill Awarded   pounder   B-17G   332nd Flying Mongrels
Bison   Kill Awarded   DamnName   B-17G   332nd Flying Mongrels
Ghosth   Kill Awarded   MOCK   B-17G   332nd Flying Mongrels
HeavyH   Kill Awarded   MOCK   B-17G   332nd Flying Mongrels
forHIM   Man. Kill Awarded   Wasp2800   P-47D-40   332nd Flying Mongrels

Assists
Bison   Assist Awarded   sqwigly   forHIM   332nd Flying Mongrels
middog   Assist Awarded   MOCK   Ghosth   332nd Flying Mongrels
Ghosth   Assist Awarded   MOCK   HeavyH   332nd Flying Mongrels
Add 3 assists for HeavyH on bigcat

How we ended flight:
daddog   End Flight   Crashed   Sgtron   332nd Flying Mongrels
cowboy45   End Flight   Crashed   icke1   332nd Flying Mongrels
TANK1   End Flight   Crashed   Sgtron   332nd Flying Mongrels
Hawcol   End Flight   Killed   RedTop   332nd Flying Mongrels
LuckyI3   End Flight   Killed      332nd Flying Mongrels
Olds695   End Flight   Killed   RedTop   332nd Flying Mongrels
middog   End Flight   Crashed   MOCK   332nd Flying Mongrels
cowboy45   End Flight   Landed   53   332nd Flying Mongrels
ASAdog   End Flight   Killed   Krusty1   332nd Flying Mongrels
forHIM   End Flight   Bailed      332nd Flying Mongrels
Speede   End Flight   Bailed      332nd Flying Mongrels
Wklink   End Flight   Killed   TheBug   332nd Flying Mongrels
Maddog   End Flight   Bailed      332nd Flying Mongrels
Harppa   End Flight   Ditched      332nd Flying Mongrels
Bison   End Flight   Crashed   Nomde   332nd Flying Mongrels
sondog   End Flight   Ditched      332nd Flying Mongrels
rowdy1   End Flight   Ditched      332nd Flying Mongrels
Olds695   End Flight   Landed   53   332nd Flying Mongrels
cupdawg   End Flight   Crashed   shifty   332nd Flying Mongrels
cddawgs   End Flight   Landed   53   332nd Flying Mongrels

Some of these are observers (the landed 53 ones).

I thought maddog had gotten at least one buff, so I'm not sure what's up.  The logs were started a bit late, so some things are missing.

The first 45 minutes of flight boring as normal.  Last 5 minutes adrenalin filled.  The allied had a great plan again.  Mix ponies and jugs up high to act like the escorts and attack group when they really were just the escorts.  The initially did a good job of staying high, but Maddog had us higher so we were at least able to get into the bomber group.  I had a pony peppering me for about 2 minutes while I was diving in and out of the buff formations.  My goal was to take as many buffs with me as possible and disrupt their drop.  I got to the formation just before they dropped and I think I help a couple miss their target.  Unfortunately they made a 1 sector loop and came back in and finished the destruction.

[forHIM]

PS:  if any of you are into racing, come join the AH racing league on Tuesday nights.  A lot of fun even if you can't place in the top 10.  This last tuesday we had more than 20 racers start the races.

[Wklink]

Well, if I had any critique of the plan it was that the 109s should have climbed after about 30 minutes.  We could have then been in position to actually be more than cannon fodder after the ponies arrived.  As it was we were about 10K too low and out of position to do much of anything.  I understand why we were low but we probably should have realized what was going on earlier and climbed up to a higher alt to keep things more even.  At high alts the 109K is as good as any plane but we were at a serious disadvantage.