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402nd Mission report - Patrol Florennes - Christmas Day '44 Bugger all to report from us, an eeriliy quiet day; perhaps Jerry were all huddled in their tents getting fat on duck, goose or rabbit with apple and sausage stuffing? Sure was sad to see our old home desserted and smoking. After patrolling Florennes for a while we headed towards the 485 target area to see if anything could be hoovered up, having set off with a pair of 500s just in case. However, a brief encounter with what turned out to be friendlies spooked us enough to pickle the eggs before we could use them. Not that there was anything to hit in any case. We knocked it off and headed home, with the only further excitment caused by Red 4 (gizm0) nearly running out of fuel. Jabo (Red 3) escorted him to nearby Bierset for a precautionary landing. I've ordered his groundcrew to relearn how to count to 100.

Spanish Civil War Era BF109 E7

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@ Painless

Way to go 485th! You heroes ... setting out to destroy a target that was already destroyed ... yeah, so typical ... it deserves an award ... lemme think....

This week the 485th made the most of that actor chap who rode the nuclear bomb in “Dr Strangelove”. Assigned to destroy the river bridge in Givet, our three and two ship flights arrived in good time, all set to send some German types swimming, only to find that the bridge was already Kaput. After destroying all visible targets in the immediate area a brief discussion was had to determine what to do with our unused underbelly dangly bits. A sweep along enemy lines found a few targets dotted here and there, so we dispersed them further. Some top notch bombing accuracy was displayed by uncle Bob rendering the tactic of hiding in the woods a bloody waste of time, good show ! We proceeded all the way to Bastogne because Tom “had some bullets left” but unfortunately no joy. All returned home without a problem and in fine spirits, delighted to taunt the 402nd about their “no show” mission. An excellent day 🖕🏻

Im pleased to present to you the 2nd in the Spanish Cival War Series. 'Black 27'