Good day for the Baron

Last nights mission was a cracker very immersive, even with the 5 restarts we needed to get us all in the air. :)

Pax, Bob, Thor, WB, yours truly and Joe90 headed off to escort 54 squadron on a balloon bust, which included "Pax tours of Cambrai".

It was quite choppy weather en-route to the target, too choppy for Thor who had to disco. The restart dance had caused him to stay up way past his bedtime and was in danger of nodding off in his cockpit. He retired for stories, warm cocoa and his teddy bear.

It became apparent from the in game messages that the bosche (Splash, Brigstock, Meako and Paf) were engaged with 54 squadron and we were in danger of being late. Afterburners lit, all spare weight chucked over the side and hunkered down behind the windscreen we headed for the balloon max chat. 90 mph doesn't really seem that fast, but it felt like the wings were going to come off.

Good call by Joe90 on spotting the contacts near the balloon we decended and engaged.

After a hairy moment in the cloud, I spotted a lone red contact below. Some really good teamwork with WB, we took it in turns to batter the red DIII and had the Baron smoking and on the run. WB called "clear" and I dropped in to deliver the coup-de-grace. With his sweaty swede in my sights, I was about to pepper everywhere but the target, when I got a disco error.

Swearing like Dick Dastardly, I stayed on comms to hear WB spot another Jasta had turned up and the air was thick with bad guys.

Deciding it was better to live and fight another day, there was a quick recall and back to base for tea and medals.

Great mission and good to see 10 EAF pilots in.