I flew a quick mission to Hamburg using the moon phase and date of 18th March 1944. It was eventful to say the least.
A Bf110 engaged but was driven off damaged - TG becoming a HERO.
Following this the Navigator kept failing his Navigation dr and the a/c wasted a lot of fuel in zone 6.
They managed to bomb on target but after turning a Ju88 got them and badly shot up the pilots compartment - Engineer KIA and Pilot wounded. They both became HEROES though the ENGINEER died almost immediately.
They shook off the Ju88 though with the pilot rising to a 10ML hero.
I should have descended as the heat was out in the pilots compartment but did not and the pilot succumbed to hypothermia!
After a grueling but uneventful flight over the North Sea fuel ran out before reaching base and the TG had to land the plane on an emergency field. He wrote the a/c off and some crew were killed, but 3 survived the mission. Again - should have had the crew bail out and let the a/c crash into the sea.
No comments:
Post a Comment