Briefing from Colonel Raymond Air Intelligence.
Settle down Gentlemen, please help yourselves to some Strychnine Absinthe. As we all know, young Lieutenant "Squiffy" Simpson has gone west. Captain Bertie Farthingdale, your Squadron commander has taken the loss of his chum hard. Damned hard. He has what that Austrian Psychiatrist calls a "Hamlet Syndrome."
Bertie blames the German we know as the "Yankee," Leutnant Bruno Klattermeir from Grand Forks, Iowa. Fair enough really since that Hun swine shot down Squiffy and most of his friends.
Lt. Farthingdale took his camel up at dawn this morning swearing he would bag the Yankee blighter or die trying. IS any of this sounding familiar?
If he succeeds we will celebrate with champagne in the mess tonight. If he fails I shall auction off his personal effects in the mess tonight.
Meantime Gentlemen, get some rest. The Squadron is sitting this one out, its a battle of the Aces.
"B" Flight 70 Sqd. France F1 Sopwith Camels
Flight Leader Lt "Bertie" Farthingdale (Ace) F1 Sopwith Camel
Jasta 3
Leutnant "Yankee" Bruno Klattermier (Ace) DR1 Fokker Triplane
Sopwith
Camel
|
Fokker
Dr I
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Speed
|
7
|
6
|
Manoeuvrability
|
6#
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6#
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Ceiling
|
11
|
11
|
Rate of Climb
|
3
|
3
|
Robustness
|
2
|
2
|
Size
|
1
|
1
|
Front
|
4
|
4
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Rear
|
0
|
0
|
Left
|
0
|
0
|
Right
|
0
|
0
|
Notes
Rotary engine torque... |
#The Camel can snap turn to the right
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#The Dr1 can also snap turn to the right
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Two planes that are really well matched, with a slight speed edge for the camel!
Two well matched pilots, both lucky, but the Yankee German has lured Bertie over the Lines, and is positioned to the south to try to get into the sun, giving the German an advantage.
Turn 1
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| Brave Bertie crosses the lines |
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| Bruno comes over the lines at height 9 |
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| But what is this? A yellow Albatros appears. The Hun are not playing fair. |
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| Bertie sweeps around, take that, and that and that... good shooting. Holes appear in that Fokker... |
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| But in comes the Albatros |
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| Bertie is hit. |
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| But before the Yankee German can escape Bertie gets an excellent burst in, knocking out the engine and sending the German into a spin. |
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| But the Yellow Devil gets a good burst into Bertie. |
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| One of those odd circle combats reported by WW1 pilots begins |
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| But Bertie hard turns using the Camel's rotary turn to get onto the Hun. |
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| Unseen across the table the Yankee German comes out of his spin and heads for home. |
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| The Yellow Albatros gets a last burst at Bertie, but it is pretty poor. Bertie makes for home, convinced he has killed the Yankee German. |
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