Hornet's Nest

[Flying Fortress]

I am new to this game and to any other video game for that matter. I learned how to complete a lot of missions, but got stung by Hornet's Nest more times than I want to remember. Sometimes I shot down 20 planes, 25 planes, and even 30 planes. I all but concluded the mission just wasn't capable of being completed.

I just now completed the mission! For whatever it's worth, here's what happened.

I remembered I could be a "flight leader" and direct other fighters. It took awhile for me to be effective doing this.

But time and time again, I noticed early on (I think the second stream of cargo planes) that one cargo plane managed to evade me and my wingmen. I kept seeing this yellow triangle on my radar. I told my wingmen to attack all current targets (End, Page Down) and went after the evader. It took a little while to catch up with him. I shot him down, then returned to the main fray. Wonder of wonders, the mission was successful, 35 planes were shot down, and I could progress on to Sicily.

I hope you can find a way to complete this mission. So far, the Campaigns are really a lot of fun.