Scout Patrol 1916

WW1 Air Campaign

Die Deutschen

Eindekker A1 (A Flight Plane 1)  Hauptmann The Baron Manfred von Pumphosen
Aircraft A1 has the new twin machine gun configuration that all Eindeckkers are to be converted to in the near future.
Ace, Aristocrat, Jovial, Popular.
Interests.  Gluttony
Special Skill Leadership

Roland C10 OberLeutnant Fitz Sexpest 
Fanatic, Revenge
Up from the ranks
Special Skill Crack shot

Eindekker A2 (Single machine gun)
Lt. Max Todtraum
Cunning, popular
Supports the Kaiser
Up from the ranks

Rumpler B1
Lt Hans Untergloves
Inept, Religious
Up from the ranks 

The British

DH2 A1
Maj Piggy Kammeron
Meek, Popular
Position
Special Skill Leadership
Privledged

DH2 A2
Nigel Porridge
Fickle Popular
Government
Up from the Banks

DH2 A3
Timmy Martin Witherspoon
Aggressive
Government
Military Family

FE2b B2
Jezza the Red
Doesn't turn easilly
Government
Up from the Wanks

BE2 Artillery Spotter Unit C1 
Algy Soubry
Daring Popular
Religion
Privledged
(Algy flies solo to lessen weight but this is a dreadful aircraft)

Algy Soubry and the BE2 struggle along the lines in the artillery spotting role

The Rumpler of Hans Untergloves dives onto an easy kill.  Algy has an engine fire

Algy dives to extnguish the fire but the rumpler is all over him

More damage, but help is at hand...

The FE2b of Jezza the Red makes an appearance.  The pusher engine allows Jezza's gunner to get a shot in, but its a miss.

Jezza kills the Rumpler just as the Roland of OberLeutnant Fitz Sexpest makes a showing.

And in short order Jezza is sent down.

A large glass of Schnapps for the Sexpest, lots of bone snaps for Jezza. 

And the Eindekkers appear... the fokkers of Max Todraum and the Ace Baron von Pumphosen.

But Piggy Kamerun and his DH2s are here.  The Baron gets a hit in on Nigel Porrige.  I`m with von Pumphosen on that one.

Max vs Piggy.  The advantage of the pusher can be seen as the DH2 fires into adjacent hexes but the Fokker can`t reply.

The DH2s manage to box poor Max in, and his fuel line is cut.  

But the Baron is all over Nigel Porrige, and his machine gun rolls are deadly.  Nigel is covered in burning fuel oil.  What a shame.

Piggy has another go at Max, but amazingly the Hun stays up.

The Baron comes in on Piggy.  With two machineguns the Baron's Eindekker is a fearsome weapon.  Piggy explodes.  What a shame!

The Germans limp home. 

And in the aftermath I realise that once again Algy Soubry has survived, still in the worst plane in my collection!  A promotion for Algy I think.
Piggy Nigel and Jezza were all killed.
On the German side the Baron, Max and  the Sexpest all came home, but alas Hans Untergloves will drink no more schnapps.