P 40 versus the Luftwaffe AAR

 Roger arrived with his Luftwaffe, we set up a small mission for his HE111's , covered by ME110's. I scrambled my P-40 squadron to meet his raid. 

I played my theater card calling for one of his fighters to not appear. This left 5 ME110's with an ace, two 4 experienced and two 3 level experienced pilots. 

Worse yet, both Roger, who took the bombers, and Greg,taking the fighters, were ready to rumble.

He111's escorted by ME110's

 

 

 

P40's scramble. Yes that's a cloud. 

The Luftwaffe sets up for the run. 

The photos can't all have captions.

The P40s form up to attack. Some ineffectual maneuvering led to poor angles of attack.

The elements get involved.  I received the sixth hit marker which is the equivalent of a failed morale check.

My P40's were led by an experienced level 4 rated pilot, followed by 2 level threes and 3 level experience 2 pilots.

Since bombers do not count in creating mission totals. So 400 points of pilots, versus amazingly enough 400 points for the Luftwaffe pilots.

I found it hard to close with the P40's and the bombers were able to get through to the target. Roger had turned the fighters over to Greg for the game, Greg took the agile multiple engine layout for the 110'S, making them hard to shoot down.

The squadron suffered a lot of boom chips,  getting hit even with making saves.

Next time I  must get to the tail position to fire. Deflection shots are low reward, head on shots are likely the boom chip problem,  especially against multiple engine craft. 

 We do enoy the Blood Red Sky  mechanics and the layer of coming airplanes and rules. 

 We are switching era's for Jun,e. My terrain contributions are very monumental. 

 

 Ruins, gates, and sphinx and wave are coming soon.

If you have  any Blood red Sky questions please let me know.