DOLLY FTR FROM STETTIN

Several Nachtjaegers were around and two came close to attacking but neither managed to line up a shot. Alas, navigation got the better of DOLLY and she ran out of fuel over the North Sea. The crew bailed out - but none survived. The North Sea in January and still dark - so never had much chance.

DOLLY BACK FROM BERLIN - 2ND OP

This was the first lucky escape - this Bf110 engaged the Lancaster flying at 8 o'clock.

A second close shave - the Ju88 went on to engage the a/c just ahead and to port of DOLLY.

A pretty good hit on Berlin

This Wild Boar engaged another Lancaster - not DOLLY who's luck held.

This perfect Schrage Musik attack did no damage - the Nachtjaeger broke off the attack - perhaps out of ammunition. 

Back to East Kirkby in one piece for a well earned breakfast.

D FOR DOLLY - BERLIN AGAIN...

This is the route for tonight's 'OP'. A late take off necessitates flying through the Bremen Konaja zone before a dog-leg north to come in to Berlin from the North West. It's a long way and some of it will have moonlight.

D FOR DOLLY BACK FROM BERLIN

After H for HILDA's early demise I started over with D for DOLLY

 CREEP BACK!

READY FOR OP # 2 - BERLIN AGAIN!

1-2 JANUARY 1944 RAID

THE BIG CITY! 15-16 FEB 1944

Map from - The Berlin Raids By Martin Middlebrook

  The crew never got wind of this Ju88 struggling to climb up and attack!

HAMBURG TEST OP

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.

WHITE SEARCHLIGHTS

I changed the searchlights to white and made them stay under the a/c counters. Here another Lancaster - not our 'star' has been 'coned'.

LATEST SCREENSHOT - LANCASTER EXTENSION

Comments on the 'look' of this very welcome.

NIGHT MISSION EXTENSION

A LANCASTER MAKES ITS WAY THRU FLAK WHILE TRACKED BY SEARCHLIGHTS

OLD CROW LOST RETURNING FROM KASSEL

GREENFLY SHOT DOWN RETURNING FROM KIEL

LADY LUCK II LOST RETURNING FROM WERL

I think this was the most severely damaged B-17 I've yet seen in the game - absolutely shot to bits.