IL2 AIR COMBAT! Attention all pilots...man your planes!

Date flown: Feb 28th, 2021
Version used: VpMod Pack 4.12
Results: 5 bombers destroyed, 1000 pts, survived

After Action Report (AAR):

My squadron took off from our home base without incident. We turned north-east as per our orders. We located the enemy bomber formation after roughly 10-12 minutes. There were 15-20 bombers sighted, maybe more. I ordered my squadron to attack the bombers.



I then dove into the enemy formation to make my attack. I hit the bomber on my first pass causing a fuel leak. I then puled up and rolled keeping positive G's on my aircraft then came on the enemy's 6 O'clock. I open fired and the aircraft caught fire at the wing root. I then pulled away any found another target. Again I fired on the wing root and again the enemy bomber caught fire. I repeated this same tactic again and again destroying 5 bombers until I had run out of ammunition.



I then turned for home. As I approached our base I couldn't help but notice that it had been attacked. There was quite a bit of damage and there were numerous fires around the base.



I was able to land safely. A total of three of my flight survived the mission.



My scorecard.



Notes: This was a very good mission. Lots of fun !!! I did record a "mission failure" however. I believe the primary target was selected as the destroying the bombers. My feeling is the primary should be set as landing, giving the time allocation of 1:30. This is more than enough for mission completion. Assign the target of destroying the bombers as secondary. This should solve the mission failure issue.

All in all I really enjoyed the mission, well done !!! 

Haukka,

Here's the mission with the updated objectives. The primary target is landing at home base, using the "recon" target, set time for 1:30. I set the enemy bomber formations with a "hidden" target set at 25%. I used hidden so that they are "not" viewable on the players map. 

IL2AC_2021_week09_mission_update (mediafire.com)

I did something I almost never do: I forgot to retract my undercarriage on takeoff. I flew the entire mission with my gear down. I also flew full-real navigation; I figured that since it was a scramble mission I had less chance of getting lost. Turned to a heading of 40 degrees, after some correction, and soon spotted the incoming bombers, never once noticing the green lights under the compass. Made several low passing-shots, and at least one of which had to have caused some damage to the enemy. I managed to catch up to one bomber after his drop and set his left wing on fire. All the while complaining about how difficult it was to catch him (with my stupid gear still down). I now believe that I was lost. I saw an AI Storch with Finnish markings and followed it into a friendly airfield. It was when I intended to lower my gear that I discovered it had been down all along. So I had to lower it back down, then came in too hot. Being unfamiliar with the plane, I flared to soon, dropped too fast, and broke my undercarriage. I lived, with a meager score of 250, somehow getting a "Mission Complete" message along the way. (?) I'll be sharing a very funny video of the entire adventure, soon.
Clown Out.
Bird

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Member Name/callsign: E69_Haukka
Actual Mission Name: Y2021 - Week 09 / BOMBER INTERCEPT
Date single mission actually flown: Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Results/description of mission: Mission failed
Mission Score: 100 points.
Misc. Info if desired: Mission flown in VP Modpack


Debrief:
We were in the officers' canteen finishing our breakfast while lazily rambling about a thousand nonsensical things, when the door was abruptly opened. It was our squad leader, who was coming to call us for an urgent job. A ship on the shore, a few tens of kilometers north of here, had detected a large formation of Russian bombers heading this way, towards our base! We wasted no time, we ran to our Fiats, which our mechanics already had ready and with the engine running, we jumped into our cockpits, and took off ... After a few minutes of flight we spotted the enemy formation, there were many ... I thought that It was rare for them to come without a fighter escort, obviously these Russian pilots have very high self-esteem. But so do we. With my pilots, we took a bit of altitude, looking to get on an intercept course at 1 o'clock highs for the first bombers. When they were getting closer, I gave the order to attack; we dive in and start to do our work.

I chose a bomber and attacked him, as soon as he dropped his bomb I abandoned him and went for another, simply seeking to fulfill the order that the boss gave us before taking off: "attack until the bomber drops his bomb" ...





So I attacked several of them, getting three (maybe four bombers) to drop their bomb before reaching their target. We soon flew over our base, which had already been bombed, there were too many bombers to prevent any of them from hitting the target. I chased them for a few minutes still, getting a couple of them to go away with severe fluid leaks. I returned to base and landed with one of my pilots, it was not a very elegant landing, but the plane is whole. The boss was waiting for me in his office, he told me that I share the takedown with the boy who landed with me, and that we prepare for more surprises. I put my fingers to my cap, tapped the heels of my boots, and headed out of there to the canteen. This time coffee and whiskey for me!




Later I will upload a small video to the video section. You have a good day!

Well done to you both Tsisqua and Haukka for surviving the mission. Getting home in one piece is the main thing as well as having fun. I enjoyed watching both of your videos.  Those bomber tail gunners can be ruthless. One item of note about those Russian bombers, once you set the wing root on fire you can set up on another target. The fire will eventually cause the wing to blow off and the bomber will go down pretty quickly.

Excellent result Beowolff! You gave those intruders a good beating! And also you return home with the plane intact, that's a great mission. You guys must be using some kind of incendiary ammunition to burn airplanes like that; on the other hand, I always receive ordinary bullets, the cheapest ones. What do you offer the gunsmith to receive these benefits? Cigars? Vodka? Come on, tell me, I won't tell anyone... ...

What do you offer the gunsmith to receive these benefits? Cigars? Vodka? Come on, tell me, I won't tell anyone... ...

Shhhhhh!  Don't tell!  But I hooked my armorer/gunsmith up with my fat, roly-poly cousin... an argumentative girl with crooked teeth and bad breath to be sure! 

I feel my run of high quality ammo 'must' be coming to a close soon, eh? 



S!

Beo