Saturday, 25 January 2020

1916 Piggy's Sad End

WW1 Air 1916

Briefing by Major "Piggy" Camerun Squadron Commander

What ho fellows?  Settle down there.  

The Brass have decided that we need to get some crates over sausage side and give the bally old Hun a damned good spanking.  Bit of a snag, the General has noticed that I`m letting the side down, so I`ll put it to a referendum for you chaps, shall I lead you over there and put myself in harms way?  I know you will vote to keep me safe as fellow Bullingden boys, show of hands to keep me here... Nobody?  Oh!

Up it is then. The Hun will expect us at 8am sharp and we don't want to surprise them or anything.  Not cricket what?
Carry on...





Die Deutschen
Eindekker A1 ((Double machine gun))  
Hauptmann The Baron Manfred von Pumphosen
Eindekker A2 (Single machine gun)
Lt. Max Todtraum
Eindekker A2 (Single machine gun)
OberLeutnant Fitz Sexpest 

The Jolly old Brits

DH2  (Single Lewis gun)
Major "Piggy" Camerun
DH2  (Single Lewis gun)
Capt Boris Knobson
DH2  (Single Lewis gun)
Lt "Not quite Bullingden enough" Javid.  

The Game


The Bullingden Boys cross the Lines, hunting the Hun 
The Pumphosen Staffel, at a greater height


The d4 is my sun marker and the fat Baron attempts to manoeuvre

The dogfight starts

Some fair shooting from the DH2 but its results are inconclusive

Piggy over-flies his aim and is surrounded

These WW1 air combats have a circular motion to them

The Baron gets onto the tail of Lt. Javid, and downs him

Fitz Sexpest discovers his spandau is jammed

Piggy gets a shot into the Sexpest

The last round, the Baron moves perfectly and puts a long burst into Piggy.  Poor old Piggy explodes in mid air.  Its how he would have wanted to go...


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