JG26 taking off in our FW 190D-9's. From left to right: wil3ur, cattb, Loki, Ditto, me (Brooke), wnt2, and Slate. t=0:0
After-Action Report
10/13/2012
by Brooke, XO and GL of JG26
This was a scenario that ran in the multiplayer on-line air-combat simulation Aces High.
I was the XO of the Luftwaffe and GL of JG26 "Schlageter".
JG26 taking off in our FW 190D-9's. From left to right: wil3ur,
cattb, Loki, Ditto, me (Brooke), wnt2, and Slate. t=0:0
JG26 escorting the bomber destroyers (FW 190A-8's and Me 410's). From left
to right, the mighty Finns: Jokeri, SASMOX, Charge, Have, Tehunter,
matson, raivo, me, Jarski, Camo, Untamo, and Wmaker.
View out the cockpit as I see the bomber stream. JG26 escorted the bomber
destroyers until close to bomber, then went ahead to clear the way, but the way
was already clear. We reported that and went after escort.
I put some hits on a P-38L, but don't kill it. I chase him around some,
then get mixed up with more escort. Then I spot a P-51 on Hunter (in an Me
410) and go in to help. t=0:50
I got on the P-51, but Hunter was thirsty for blood and stayed in the fight. A second P-51 showed up. Hunter shot him down as I went for the 1st P-51, and the second P-51 went after me.
I close on the 1st P-51, which then reverses and goes for a head-on shot on
Hunter's Me 410. Hunter blows it apart, but the P-51 collides with Hunter,
and he goes down. t=0:58
I am alone at this point and work to get back toward bombers when I get jumped by a higher P-51D. I evade, then dive and hit WEP and go for outrunning him toward a nearby base. Looking back, he closes to 600 yards, then starts falling back. Usually, I have no problem with this. I jink gently, and almost all pursuers can't hit me. However, this turns out to be DrBone who is a good shot and who sets his convergence to 600 yards or more. He lands enough hits to give me a leak and a pilot wound. Still, by that time, I'm 900 yards out and pulling away and nearing the base. What I don't see, though, through one of my blackouts is . . .
Redbull comes screaming in at about 550 mph to chase me down and put in the
final hits. t=1:03
Back up, I find returning bombers and much high escort. I have just passed
by some escort, and there is more in front of me. t=1:40
I get in a fight with some escort, end up low 6 to some bombers and decide to go for an attack.
The bomber gunner is too accurate for my taste, starting to land hits at
800-1000 yards. I fire a burst at him from long range and break off.
t=1:41
I get jumped by a P-47 and have to dive out. I outrun him, then come back and tangle with some escort, but don't get any kills or hits, then get chased out again. I go back up, joining with SEbaker and a couple other guys looking for stragglers to engage. I'm at 28k, and I don't see a P-47 come screaming in on my tail. My first knowledge of him is tracers racing by and the sound of hits on my plane. I whip it into a split s, but . . .
Too late. t=1:52
I got no kills, no assists, and died twice. That was a horrible frame for me.
JG26 did escort the bomber destroyers successfully to the bombers, though, and the other folks did well.
-- Brooke, XO and JG26