homepage Forums Air Combat & Civil Aviation Battle of Britain + Battle of Britain II Here's what happened (Continued)

Morning chaps, many thanks for the welcome, not easy for a new pilot to simply join a new mess, after my welcome pint with McGonigle i thought i'd take my new Spit up for a jolly (combat flight sim 3 battle for europe, so not quite BoB yet but bear with me). First mission, anti shipping, so off i toddle with my wings carrying rockets. Ahh ground attack i murmur to myself as i scan the English channel for enemy convoy, whilst simultaniously keeping an eye on the old 6 o'clock. TALLY HO i yell over the R/T as the convoy appears, but wait, this isn't the cargo ships i'm expecting! Two destroyers and a cruiser!!! I assign my wingmen to attack the cruiser and go after the destroyers myself as they are spitting up quite a volley of AA fire. (Now on this sim i have the realism cranked up as high as i can get including how real the damage my weapons do) I push the stick forward and select my rockets, through the cloud i go, my first target getting larger in my gunsight. At the right moment i let fly with two volleys of rockets aiming for the bridge and immediately pull back the stick to take me back up and away. A quick look behind me shows no enemy A/C so i roll to assess my hits. A huge plume of black smoke and flame shows i've hit something vital, i bring my ship around and repeat the procedure onthe second destroyer, this time i get the smoke but no flame but i hear shouts over the R/T that my flight has engaged and killed the Cruiser! Good times! I tell my wingman to finish off the destroyer i damaged, as i see my first is already sinking. Suddenly i hear "Taking damage" the sneaky Luftwaffe has appeared through the smoke of our kills and has engaged us, three on three. Right then! My flight engages the 109's and i find myself rolling around the sky, thatnk heavens my rockets are all gone as my ship is lighter. After much dancing around i find myself behind my opponent, as he bears to the left he fills my gunsight and a quick burst from MG and Cannon takes off his starboard wing. He immediately starts a graceful spin towards mother earth, or sea in this case, i see him bail and hit chute opens. Seconds later a splash as his plane joins the fishes. Seeing as all has gone quiet, we form up and head for home. I land, shut off, open canopy...........and sit there PHEW!!