02/02/45
New CO Maj. John Denymere
Air: 1x Fw 190A-8 Destroyed
Ground: 2x AAA, 1x AAA Barge, 1x Howitzer
Good mission. Encountered 2x e/a enroute to primary target. Both shot down by Red Flight.
Took out 2 objectives (moving train and AAA barges) and attacked targets of opportunity; wiped out AAA guns around Koblenz and decimated an enemy artillery battery.
However lost 2x a/c to terrain collision (White 4 at the barges and White 1 at the artillery) and were bounced out of the low cloud by e/a; a Bf 109 crippled Red 2 as we regrouped after the barge attack (he managed to make a friendly airfield). The 109 shot back up into the cloud and was not seen again. Red 3 got caught on his own after attacking the artillery site by two 190s and despite his best efforts and Red 1 attempting to interfere, he eventually succumbed to their fire. Red 4 and White 2 exacted vengeance by downing his attackers.