DD_Fenrir

Tbone, got any time free tomorrow eve for a P-38 session? I have a free evening and would happily chunter about in a Lightning with you for some familiarisation flying.

As a case in point as to what can be accomplished in a P-38: While Scharfi, bless her, is certainly no average pilot, it does show that the P-38 is more than capable of holding it's own dogfighting against the late war Jagdwaffe types. If you know what you're doing. And yes, all the opponents were breathers.

You and I are going to get on well. Minor edit required but I continue to like the cut of your jib. Oh dear. This was going so well. I had hope for you.... Vague recovery but...

Heads up gentlemen: Thanks to postponement of last Sundays Campaign mission the next event day is now Tuesday October 27th 2020. Apologies for any disappointments at Sundays cancellation but thank you for your understanding.

Welcome Tbone! If you fancy joining us in the P-38 campaign please have a read: If it seems like a lot to take in, don't worry. Our excellent squadron commanders will know what to do and where to go so basically just follow them! Next mission is this coming Tuesday (October 27th) and I can have a slot available for you should you wish. If you would like to find some time to do some familiarisation with the P-38 beforehand then gimme a shout and I'll get on comms with you and happily talk you through any questions you may have.

That rather talented fella Reflected has been at it again. Well worth a download, even if you don't own it as no doubt there'll be some Dogz flying around in 'em: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?set_filter=Y&arrFilter_pf[filetype]=&arrFilter_pf[gameversion]=&arrFilter_pf[filelang]=&arrFilter_pf[aircraft]=564&arrFilter_DATE_CREATE_1_DAYS_TO_BACK=&CREATED_BY=reflected&sort_by_order=TIMESTAMP_X_DESC&set_filter=Filter

Then I strongly recommend you consider opening your wallet to watch this: https://www.speedandangelsproductions.com/tomcat-tales-ppv/ Fascinating, engaging stories of flying the Big Fighter by the guys who did it; some funny, some tragic, some just downright awesome. Best £8.05 I have spent in a long time. Trailer:

Allies!

Hey Nick. Means Temporary Duty. Essentially the service person is still on the roster and administratively belongs to the squadron however the have been seconded to another post for a period. In this case we imagine it's Group, Wing or Fighter Command HQ. Means that should either Rox or Arthur get the itch to fly with us at a rare moment of opportunity they still have a slot open. Should we get more active members wishing to participate then I'll bump the TDY members to 401st FS to make way for the new bods, but for now, there's no need.

Ooh... excited!!!

Further to this I have posted at the PWCG board on the Il-2 Sturmovik forums: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/66080-ground-kills-gbs-stats-and-pwcg-do-not-reconcile/ Pat seems to think this shouldn't be happening but needs more information to be able to narrow down why this is a thing. So, next mission out can I ask those of you who make ground kills to attempt to remember what and when you destroyed a ground target (if any!), or better yet take a screenshot of the little techno-chat message that pops up saying"xxxx was destroyed by PilotX", and I will take a screenshot of the in game scoreboard. This way I have some solid evidence to present to Pat when/if PWCG doesn't record the right kills and he can start comparing the logfiles to both what we have seen in game and then to PWCG itself to establish whether PWCG is making any boo-boos in interpreting the logs.

Here are the rosters and the scoreboard as of the morning of November 2nd 1944:

Understood Dave. What I will start doing is logging instances of when this is happening and to whom, just to make sure that it's happening randomly to everyone and not just a select unfortunate few,. Thus far Wingflyr has reported the same previously, it happened to FT last mission and also to myself at least once. It does seem to crop up more when multiple users are attacking the same target in a short time period - just like when you dive in sequentially as a flight on a bombing run.... this why I suspect what I've said before: I will post over in the PWCG thread and see what Pat makes of this....

Neg, Dave, sorry. Looks like PWCG is missing things, either that or the logs aren't picking up certain events. If it's any consolation, FT should have got 2 or 3 further G/K's as I saw his in game kill tally at 5 + 1 units, yet he was only credited with 3 by PWCG.

Given that even monosyllabic English seems to a challenge for the 485th, I was most surprised to see one of their ilk speaking Portugese, but thanks for the compliment Siddly, the 402nd do have certain high standards of hygiene and presentability we like to maintain.

After our first month of action in Belgium here are some Top-Trump stats for you guys: 370th Fighter Group missions flown: 28 370th Fighter Group sorties flown: 200 370th Fighter Group Air Kills: 60 370th Fighter Group Ground Kills: 266 Top Scoring Squadron, Air Kills: 402nd - 36 Top Scoring Squadron, Ground Kills: 485th - 140 Top Scoring Pilots, Air Kills: 2nd Lt. Fenton Rea, 402nd - 7 Lt. Arjen Efftee, 402nd - 6 Lt. Per Fesser, 402nd - 5 Top Scoring Pilots, Ground Kills: Maj. Mick Payne-Less, 485th - 41 2nd Lt. Fenton Rea, 402nd - 40 Lt. Arjen Efftee, 402nd - 29 Further Stats: 485th FS: Gr. Kills/Sortie Air Kills/Sortie Losses/Sortie 1.32 0.23 0.066 402nd FS: Gr. Kills/Sortie Air Kills/Sortie Losses/Sortie 1.34 0.38 0.074