Burma Backwater frame 3

[Malap]

Way to go guys.   The enemy suffered heavy losses at our hands.  


332nd Flying Mongrels stats:
 
Pilots: 12
Kills: 27
Assists: 24

Obj Destroyed: 0
Deaths: 4
Landed: 3

Bailed: 3
Captured: 0
Crashed: 0

Ditched: 1
Disco'd: 1
 


332nd Flying Mongrels

 

Baumer

22:26:32 Departed from Field #1 in a Seafire Mk IIc
22:58:52 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by rayace1.
22:59:44 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by JMAC1.
22:59:46 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by ImADot.
22:59:52 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by CUTT.
22:59:54 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by Viper61.
22:59:56 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by CUTT.
23:00:01 Helps jededi shoot down rayace1.
23:00:15 Helps kansas2 shoot down swoop73.
23:00:26 Awarded kill as AZbaer crashes.
23:00:43 Bravely Bailed from damaged plane.

Drone

22:26:23 Departed from Field #1 in a Seafire Mk IIc
22:58:56 Helps Harppa shoot down ImADot.
22:59:06 Helps TeeeRex shoot down ImADot.
22:59:29 Helps Rodent57 shoot down Viper61.
22:59:54 Helps Baumer shoot down Viper61.
23:00:04 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by Phsych.
23:00:23 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by Phsych.
23:00:36 Helps kansas2 shoot down MadDoctr.
23:00:49 Helps rkanjl shoot down Phsych.
23:03:32 Arrived Safely at Field #1

DropTine

22:26:25 Departed from Field #1 in a Hurricane Mk IIC
23:03:08 Was shot down by .

Harppa

22:26:23 Departed from Field #1 in a Seafire Mk IIc
22:58:56 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by ImADot.
22:59:06 Helps TeeeRex shoot down ImADot.
22:59:44 Helps Baumer shoot down JMAC1.
22:59:51 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by swoop73.
23:00:01 Helps jededi shoot down rayace1.
23:00:08 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by Tlzipp.
23:00:09 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by Tlzipp.
23:00:15 Helps kansas2 shoot down swoop73.
23:00:19 Helps Popysead shoot down Tlzipp.
23:00:23 Helps Drone shoot down Phsych.
23:01:56 Vanished without a trace.

JDog

22:26:23 Departed from Field #1 in a Hurricane Mk IIC
22:56:28 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by lowtec.
23:03:27 Bravely Bailed from damaged plane.

kansas2

22:27:00 Departed from Field #1 in a Seafire Mk IIc
22:59:35 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by swoop73.
23:00:08 Helps Harppa shoot down Tlzipp.
23:00:15 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by lowtec.
23:00:15 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by swoop73.
23:00:19 Helps Popysead shoot down Tlzipp.
23:00:36 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by MadDoctr.
23:01:05 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by Icemaker.
23:01:10 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by Icemaker.
23:01:58 Helps skyryder shoot down JMAC1.
23:05:05 Arrived Safely at Field #1

MajQBall

22:26:26 Departed from Field #1 in a Seafire Mk IIc
22:59:31 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by Viper61.
22:59:44 Was shot down by SlipKnoT.

Malap

22:26:25 Departed from Field #1 in a Seafire Mk IIc
22:59:43 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by sarge201.
23:00:10 Helps bortas1 shoot down sarge201.
23:00:19 Awarded kill as 49Dingo crashes.
23:05:59 Bravely Bailed from damaged plane.

RAYL49

22:26:27 Departed from Field #1 in a Seafire Mk IIc
22:59:40 Helps jededi shoot down WarLover.
23:03:50 Arrived Safely at Field #1

rkanjl

22:26:25 Departed from Field #1 in a Seafire Mk IIc
23:00:15 Awarded kill as Den crashes.
23:00:49 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by Phsych.
23:02:48 Skillfully ditched.

TeeeRex
22:26:38 Departed from Field #1 in a Seafire Mk IIc
22:59:06 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by ImADot.
22:59:44 Helps Baumer shoot down JMAC1.
22:59:51 Helps Harppa shoot down swoop73.
23:00:23 Shot down a G4M1 Model 11 flown by climber.
23:01:05 Helps kansas2 shoot down Icemaker.
23:01:10 Helps kansas2 shoot down Icemaker.
23:04:22 Was shot down by Debrody (crashed).

Vaderr

22:26:25 Departed from Field #1 in a Seafire Mk IIc
22:58:56 Helps Harppa shoot down ImADot.
23:03:38 Was shot down by Debrody (crashed).

 

[Malap]

Mentioned in dispaches. 

Top Pilots: Kills

 

   Baumer (332nd Flying Mongrels): 7

 

   kansas2 (332nd Flying Mongrels): 6





Top Squads: Kills

 

   332nd Flying Mongrels: 27

 

   Jokers Jokers: 23

 

   RollingThunder: 20

[Malap]

I fired on the bombers as i blew through the formation, not wanting to loose them like i did last week i turned but still had fighters behind me and had to dive away from the zekes. After that i lost the rest of the Mongrels and was surounded by red, one of them shot off my wing and i bailed out.

[Drone]

Whoops!  I was typing this one up while Malap posted the first one.

I gotta say, WTFG!!!! That frame was one of those that make up for so many other nights of dismal slaughter and bad mistakes.

The Mongrels scored the most kills and assists of any squadron.  
The Allied Kill board started with this..

Top 10 Pilots (Kills)
 Pilot # Kills
Baumer   7
 kansas2   6
 Strokes   5
 DCcBOSS   5
 KillrDan   5
 jededi   5
 bongboy   5
 Viper1   4
 termite   4
 Spite   4


Top 2 are Mongrels!  WTG Baumer and Kansas!!     A pair of "Ace in a Day" awards for these 2!

And a special   to Vaderr for clearing that A6M3 off my 6!

A big   to JDOG and Droptine for textbook execution of the scouting function by locating the enemy in such a fashion to allow us to rally the forces and make our directed attack!

I will have some more goodies to point out on the stats update post when I get those files moved over to the server.

Gentlemen.. you really shined last night.   I hope that it makes up for some of the slow nights we've had the last year or so.

Now.. since this is an AAR.. let's review some lessons learned over the last 2 frames.

In my opinion, the close escort fighter mission is one of the most difficult tasks to master in the world of air combat.  This is not so much due to the complexity of the task at hand, that's pretty simple.. don't let bad guys kill your charges, it's the mental aspect of staying with your bombers and not getting pulled away to chase the bad guys.  It is sooo easy to pursue that final kill that many lose sight of their true mission.    Which leads to dead bombers.  Lots of them.

What we've seen from our opponents is, quite possibly, the WORST escort methodology you can apply to the bomber/escort model.  This applies to all bombers types that are not blessed with devastating head on defensive armament.  Which, safe to say, is every bomber in Aces High with the exclusion of B17s, B24s, and B29s.

It seemed that all the escorts were above and behind the bomber force.  What sort of thinking is this?  Using bombers to bait the enemy so you can sweep in and pick off guys suffering from target fixation on the big targets?

We saw no lead escorts, sweeps, or interceptions of our fighter groups before we intercepted the bombers.  None.  And even after our initial contact, it was way too long before the abundant escorts started whittling us down.

Our tactic of utilizing scouts to locate the bomber force, engaging with straight through frontal assault on the bombers, then recovering to clean up worked nearly to perfection last night. I say 'nearly' because we lost 4 pilots. Considering the size of the force we encountered, that's still a pretty low number.   And.. it is better than frame 2.

So.. having said all that, in the future, when we are tasked with escorting our own bombers.. or that of another group, be sure to share our experience and prevent another squad from doing the same unto us..  

Gentlemen.. Again.. WTG!!

Extra Bacon Kibbles all around!!

[daddog]

Wow!
WTG Dogs! 
Wish I could have been there. Those kinds of missions only happen once or twice a year. Most excellent.

[Maj_Q_Ball]

WTG Baumer and Kansas2 and all the guys.   

[Harppa]

Drone!

Thanks for the 1st screenshot of the 3rd frame in AH BBS  
I have a new background on my laptop now

And WTG for us all participating this frame. Those bombers lit up quite nicely


Cheers!
Harppa

[BigB]

GREAT job gents ! 

Sorry I was AWOL... Friday night was our HS football spring jamboree, cook out, etc.
Still "should have" made it home in plenty of time for FSO... but.... The players always play
a quick little 2 quarter practice game as part of the festivities.. green v/s white ( school colors ).

My son is a starting receiver this year ( yay ! ) and second play of the second quarter caught a beautiful
pass but unfortunately the defender lead the tackle head first and "crack".. helmet to helmet tackle..
My son was out cold... Scary as you can imagine.. ! I literally scaled the fence and ran out into the field.
At that point the officals can just kiss my grits... I'm going to my boy... ! 

Anyhoo.. 6 hours at the hospital and 12 stiches to the chin later.. ( something layed his chin wide open..
chin strap maybe ?... who knows ) we arrived home..

He is doing fine... still a little groggy still today.. we are keeping a close eye on him... he remembers everything
so I think he will be aok  . Good thing he is hard headed like his old man !

I plan on hopefully being around for tonight.  See you gents soon !

Again big <S> to all...   BigB..


 

[Drone]

You're quite welcome, Harppa!  Glad to know it made an impression.

Thanks to Baumer for providing the Betty-Backlighting that made such an impact on the pic.

 

BigB.. Dude..  sorry about your boy!  Stuff like that sickens me..   Yeah, I know it's part of the sport.. but there's no reason kids should be expected to be so intense against their own teammates..

Follow the DRs orders on the rest and relaxation bit.  My daughter had  a mild concussion from volleyball last year.  That was no fun either.

[JDog]

Gentlemen!!   

There is not much I can really add to what has been said thus far......Yet I am       I think we all saw how not to provide escort for bombers as Drone has pointed out.   Lets make sure we NEVER make that mistake, deal?  My second comment is this..... I am very happy everyone stayed together, and flew and fought as a unit.   One of the things I  do not like to see is us all scattered about, we have done a good job at not doing that,  and I want it to definitely continue   

A huge  to Baumer,  he has had tons going on as of late and some tough to deal with family issues..... I hope Friday gave you that few minutes of taking your mind off those things, you were looking for.

To Drone     Thanks for leading the spits, with basically no notice at all.  I know I caught you off guard with that one.

Droptine:      Great wingman flying in the scouting role, I know it can be boring.   I just really like scouting and with having 2 oddball Hurri's...... Seemed the best way to go....... FWIW  NO! You can't change wingmen, your stuck with me now 

To the rest of you, GREAT JOB!!!  Hope everyone had fun, and see ya tonight!! 

That is all   

[Kansas2]

Really amazing how fragile the Betty is. My engine was out and had to dead stick land which
was icing on the cake and made this frame really enjoyable!   

Thought I filmed but can't find it.