Maeran, another one bites the dust. Sorry to hear of you pilot’s demise. Done in by the undercarriage. Tough luck!
Lou, a quiet day at the office, I see. And a much more subdued paint job. You are really going to confuse the Huns (and the historians 100 years from now on).
Epower, congrats on your first successful man-to-man combat. Glad you were able to get your Pup on the ground in one piece. And it looks like Milford is warming up to you.
30 April, 1917 05:50 morning mission St. Pol-sur-Mer, Flanders Sector RNAS-2 SC Tobias Chester Mulberry VC, DSC&Bar, DSO&Bar, L d’H 11.5 confirmed kills
All Toby’s claims have been rejected. Why? It’s the new policy: “Don’t ask, they won’t tell”. What they did tell Toby was to go and bomb the enemy troop camp near Ghistelles. Yes, they have sent him to the same troop camp as yesterday morning. Let’s hope there is something left to bomb. After arriving over the target Mulberry released his first pair of bombs. He then swung his plane around for another run when he noticed nasty Albatroses coming at him. One of them was red with a black chevron on the sides with a ball at the tip. Second seemed familiar and looked exactly like the one he shot down recently. It was red with a black tail. Mulberry first damaged the one with the chevron and then switched to the red and black. He then had to juggle the two, depending which one was more of a threat to him. It was a protracted fight and the one with the chevron disengaged at some point. That only left the red and black to deal with. He knew what he was doing and dragged Toby closer to the airfield to take advantage of the artillery. It worked and Toby’s plane received a few more vent holes in his upper plane. At this point the Albatros was struggling to stay afloat and after a few more helpings from the Vickers, it went down close to Jabbeke.
30 April, 1917 14:05 afternoon mission St. Pol-sur-Mer, Flanders Sector RNAS-2 SC Tobias Chester Mulberry VC, DSC&Bar, DSO&Bar, L d’H 11.5 confirmed kills Awaiting one victory confirmation
The afternoon show was to go and bomb Ghistelles aerodrome. The British bomber made the delivery without much problem. He then proceeded to stalk a Hun that began to circle the airfield in preparation to land. While doing that, Mulberry was caught by two Albatroses, who came out of nowhere and parked themselves on his tail. Mulberry’s gunner was caught by surprise, despite looking directly at them for the past minute. One Of the Albatroses had a blue fuselage, the other red with a black tail (surprise, surprise). They’ve made head on passes and exchanged file. The blue machine hit Mulberry’s plane during one of the exchanges, but Toby returned the favour on the next pass and the Hun spiralled down. That left the red and black, who after some more bouts turned tail and dove for the airfield below. Toby followed and shot this one down on fire.
"Take the cylinder out of my kidneys, The connecting rod out of my brain, my brain, From out of my arse take the camshaft, And assemble the engine again."
