1916, the RFC raid on the railway yards

WW1 Air 1916

Briefing by Major "Piggy" Camerun Squadron Commander

What ho fellows?  Settle down there.  

The Brass have decided that the railway yards at Courtrai need a seeing to.  We are sending over some FE2B armed with Cooper Bombs to warm them up. The Hun will expect us at 8am sharp and we don't want to surprise them or anything.  Not cricket what?

Now poor old Old Red Jezza went down in flames and Nigel Porridge went into the shite nose first.  We've lost some proper stand up fellows but we have some excellent stand up fellows remaining.

Now we're all in this together and I would love to be over sausage side with you chaps, obviously, but I have an important champagne breakfast to attend.

Good Luck Chaps...

The Germans have (as always) anticipated an attack across the lines.  Their Eindekkers are up in pairs and will defend the rear echelon areas.

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

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

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

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

The British

DH2 A1
Capt Boris Knobson
Meek, Popular
Position
Special Skill Leadership
Privledged

DH2 A2
Mick the Gove
Fickle Popular
Government
Up from the Banks

DH2 A3
Timmy Martin Witherspoon
Aggressive
Government
Military Family

FE2b B2
Eric Thornbury
Doesn't turn easilly
Government
Up from the ranks

FE2b B2
Jessi Phillips
Ardent Royalist
Government
Up from Sheffield 

Sopworth Pup
RNAS Patrol
Algy Soubry
Daring Popular
Religion
Privledged

The Game

The FE2B cross the line and discover the waiting Hun.

Lt Phillips goes down as Fitz Sexpest thumbs his firing lever.

And the drum on that Lewis appears to be empty.  The Eindekkers swarm Captain Thornbury.

Thornbury goes is as yet more Fokkers appear.   Where were Knobson and the DH2 cover?  Late to the party?  That's not like Boris!

The Bullingden boys arrive, in formation looking professional, for once.  But too late to save the FE2bs.

But there are days when crossing the Line is a bad idea.

The Baron gets on the tail of Lt Gove, and calmly shoots him through the head.

The RFC scatters.  Knobson turns for home.

Timmy Witherspoon goes for easy meat, a Roland out on the flank, but a burst from the rear gunner kills his engine, and Timmy goes down...

Knobson flees across the lines, his engine on fire, Eindekkers pummeling him.

But Algy Soubry turns up in a  RNAS Pup, and the Eindekkers veer away.

The Navy saves the day...

My full muster of Fokkers turn for home, utterly triumphant.