PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

[DD_Fenrir]

Gentlemen, the debrief post for the 29th November mission has just been updated;

 

Rosters and Scoreboards have been adjusted based on the mission results.

Also there have been some promotions so be sure to check if you've earned a pay-rise!

[Painless]

Reporting for duty skipper...

[BluBear]

I'm in

[Crash]

David Crosby reporting in

[Reggie]

Apologies lads, I will not be able to make this evening sadly. Best of luck 👍

[FoolTrottel]

Well...

Took off, headed out. Intercepted three Transport planes after SnowDrop called in for assistance. We shot them down. 

Headed south to complete patrol, then back North. At the point of egress home, decided to make one more patrol circle. Zenith called bandits from heading towards us, from the north. At that point, White 1 and 2 collided. (Blubear and Zukker) Both got killed.

Whilst attacking the 109s, Red 3 (Jabo) suffered loss of control due to compression. Red 1 (FT) got hammered by a head on 109 - on fire, baled out. Red 2 (Wingflyr) suffered black out symptoms, and crash landed right on the frontline. And then he woke up.

 

So, yeah, best forget this one fast!

 

[FoolTrottel]

2nd Lt Aaron Massengill reporting for duty.

[DD_Fenrir]

Mission Date 29/11/44

402nd FS - Fighter Sweep, Mönchengladbach-Düren Sector

485th FS - Intercept, Mönchengladbach-Venlo Sector

410th BG - Road & Rail Strike, Cologne

 

Debrief:

370th FG

402nd FG - No aircraft returned to base. Reports of heavy air combat near Jülich, 485th reports that the 402nd requested assistance with bandits in the sector but having found the engagement lost sight of the 402nd aircraft after battle was joined. Ground units reports 5-6 P-38s seen falling to earth in enemy territory, many on fire.

It seems a black day for the 402nd in particular and the 370th as a whole.

Reports coming in...

 

485th FS: Maj. Mick Payne-Less returned from a well earned rest period to lead four ship searching for ground attack aircraft harrying our troops near Mönchengladbach.

 

410th BG

TBC....

 

 

370th FG

Awards and Promotions:

Captain Fenton Rea is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour.

 

Personnel:

Captain Sean O'Sullivan is posted to the 402nd FS.

2nd Aaron Massengill Lieutenant is posted to the 402nd FS.

2nd James Hendley Lieutenant is posted to the 402nd FS.

2nd Luke Zander Lieutenant is posted to the 402nd FS.

2nd Lieutenant Roger Over is posted to the 402nd FS.

 

2nd Lieutenant Artisan Well is posted to the 485th FS.

 

Rosters:

 

 

410th BG

Awards and Promotions:

None.

Personnel:

None.

 

Roster:

[BluBear]

A dark day for the 402nd and for me, the curse of promotion strikes again!

[Painless]

No complaints about lack of action this time ! We came across 3 x Ju52 initially and dispatched them. We had heard calls for assistance from 410th which had been answered by 402nd.

We managed to shoot down a FW190 A8 in our patrol area quickly followed by a call from 402nd onto a fight with 109 G14s way above us. These boys were determined to put up a fight and managed to “head on” kill 2ndLt Stella Artois from long range. Major Payne-Less was also damaged and broke off heading for Aachen airfield pursued by a nasty Nazi with a flea up his arse. Thankfully after scoring a few more hits on Maj PL aircraft he was forced to break off by Flt O John Johnson and Capt Fenton Rea. At the insistance of Major PL this particular 109 was destroyed as many times as possible ! Safe recovery was made at Aachen.

Capt Rea and Flt O Johnson returned to home base. (Grateful for the assistance chaps !)

We anticipate a swift replacement for Stella, she was very popular and leaves big court shoes to fill.

Edit: we also managed to destroy a few ground targets, but in all the excitement I had clean forgotten, talk about immersion!

OUT..

[Jabo]

Replacement pilot 2nd Lt Roger Over posted to 402nd.

[FoolTrottel]

(Heard there was a big fight in Stalag Luft 13a, Maj. Kendall Bozeman had a 'discussion' with 2nd Lt. Dennis Falcon, as the latter stole the former's kill!)

[wingflyr]

Yes.  Saw that credit LOL, I knew as you were coming through the gate there would be a stir_up. As one gentleman to another old boy in fairness of war, lets put this aside, find a hole out of this bloody place and I will buy you the biggest round of beer in town.

[BluBear]

9 hours ago, Jabo said:

Replacement pilot 2nd Lt Roger Over posted to 402nd.

And his new skin is available to download here:

Make sure you overwrite your existing skin with this one please Dogz.

[DD_Fenrir]

So, as I did back at the beginning of November (campaign date) where I presented the months summary, here are the 2nd Months operations Top-Trump stats for you guys to ruminate on (last months total in brackets):

370th Fighter Group total missions flown to date: 62 (28)

370th Fighter Group total sorties flown to date: 422 (200)

370th Fighter Group total Air Kills to date: 157 (60)

370th Fighter Group total Ground Kills to date: 752 (266) 

Top Scoring Squadron, Air Kills to date: 402nd - 95 

Top Scoring Squadron, Ground Kills to date: 402nd - 391

Top Scoring Pilots, Air Kills:

Capt Lt. Fenton Rea, 485th - 26

Maj. Arjen Efftee (KIA), 402nd - 12

Lt. Casey Baker (KIA), 402nd - 11

Top Scoring Pilots, Ground Kills: 

Capt Lt. Fenton Rea, 485th - 114

Maj. Mick Payne-Less, 485th - 99

Maj. Arjen Efftee (KIA), 402nd - 62

 

Further Stats:

485th FS:

Gr. Kills/Sortie		Air Kills/Sortie		Losses/Sortie
1.69 (1.32)		0.29 (0.23)		0.103 (0.066)

 

402nd FS:

Gr. Kills/Sortie		Air Kills/Sortie		Losses/Sortie
1.87 (1.34)		0.45 (0.38)		0.086 (0.074)

 

410th Bombardment Group total missions flown to date: 14

410th Bombardment Group total sorties flown to date: 33

410th Bombardment Group total Air Kills to date: 5

410th Bombardment Group total Ground Kills to date: 65

Top Scoring Crew, Air Kills:

2.Lt. David Crosby - 4

Maj. E Shoo - 1

Top Scoring Crew, Ground Kills: 

Maj. Sid Viscous (KIA) - 21

2.Lt. Dave Haggis (KIA) - 21

2.Lt. David Crosby - 13

 

Gr. Kills/Sortie		Air Kills/Sortie		Losses/Sortie
1.97		0.15		0.060

[Jabo]

14 hours ago, BluBear said:

And his new skin is available to download here:

Make sure you overwrite your existing skin with this one please Dogz.

Thanks Chris, that's great!

[Painless]

402nd this, 402nd that yeah yeah yeah , yatter  yatter yatter!

Bollocks ! 🤣😂🤣🖕🏻Bunch of merkins.
 

EDIT: sorry that was predictive txt, meant to say well done chaps, good bloody show! 😳

[BluBear]

43 minutes ago, Painless said:

402nd this, 402nd that yeah yeah yeah , yatter  yatter yatter!

Bollocks ! 🤣😂🤣🖕🏻Bunch of merkins.
 

EDIT: sorry that was predictive txt, meant to say well done chaps, good bloody show! 😳

402nd? What 402nd? 🙈

[wingflyr]

Replacement pilot 2nd Lt James Hendley AKA Scrounger  posted to 402nd.

[fruitbat]

, when I get back from leave in Paris, and walk back into the mess its going to be like damn, am I in the right place 

[BluBear]

New pilot Capt. Sean O'Sullivan reporting for duty.

Please download and overwrite my skin with this one all Dogz:

 

[Jabo]

On 3/4/2021 at 7:10 PM, fruitbat said:

, when I get back from leave in Paris, and walk back into the mess its going to be like damn, am I in the right place 

Yeah, we kinda screwed up a bit but everything will be fine now - you're in charge!

[DD_Fenrir]

Debrief post for the 30th November mission has just been updated;

 

 

[DD_Fenrir]

Ooops...! Forgot the scoreboards.  

Scoreboards:

[DD_Fenrir]

Also chaps, please download and install my new paintscheme; "Sweet Stuff", suitably 485therized...

P38J25_485_Fen.dds