Carrick, a Gotha! Looks like Rupert is on Himmelfahrtskommando. Try not to dogfight too much in it.
20 November, 1917 08:45 Saint-Loup-en-Champagne, Marne Sector Jasta 19 Leutnant Zygmunt Dolf Hahn EK2 EK1 HHO PLM AO 86 confirmed kills Awaiting one claim confirmation
Schwarm Zwei was ordered to eliminate the gasbag located west of Reims. They barely formed up when they were jumped by a gaggle of SPADs. Fighting was intense. With numerous enemy scouts on Ziggy’s tail. He nearly had one of those French devils, but his wingmen did good work in preventing him from finishing the job. All SPADs retreated as one back to their side in similar fashion to their arrival.
Normally Zygmunt wouldn’t follow them, but he made an exception this time. The Franzosen were running away in the same direction his target was located. He was going their way anyway. The Schwarm found the SPADs circling their own airfield, but as soon as the German machines approached the French scouts abandoned their landing procedures and attacked. This time it was different. This time the Albatrosen didn’t have to chase them, the French pilots had nowhere to run and soon one by one began to fall out of the sky. Three of them were claimed by Ziggy. After the battle Hahn could not get back to base fast enough. He had no ammunition left in his guns. If he’d encountered another enemy patrol, he’d be done for. Thankfully the return trip was uneventful.
"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."
