SoWC:BoB Multisquad Campaign Starting

[bw_wolverine]

No.401 fared particularly well yesterday!

All five of us got at least one full bomber kill and some of us got more than one. Only lost one pilot when his parachute didn't open. Quite pleased with the result.

There were certainly plenty of targets for us to take on. Lost a wing to a cannon round from a sneaky 109 on my second attack run, but parachuted down quite happily.

Bring on the next one!

Also, has anyone had any success with .net repair / dxsetup thing in removing the frame rate drop when attacking the big groups? I started to get hit with the frames dropping until I pulled away from the main group and attacked a few of the smaller formations which made it playable. I guess I'm just wondering if this is still an issue for people?

[JTDawg]

71st , did ok , we held the line as long as we could, So many 109s ,I gut shot 3 of them with no joy ., Glad to see 401 claim so many Bombers!!! We were lacking 4 seats this week ,but think we can fill them up for next week . SALUTE TO ALL INVOLVED!! Cya sunday thanks Dawg

[Osprey]

Yeah I don't mind flying but it's pretty much a joke with these FM's for the Hurricane. Out dived, out turned, out climbed, much slower and with weaker guns.

I jumped a 109 over Eastchurch with 6kft advantage but once the first bounce is spotted and evaded then it's advantage 109. This was where, I think, we had several Hurricanes jumping 3 109's. We were all shot down after a few minutes of fighting.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by Osprey

Yeah I don't mind flying but it's pretty much a joke with these FM's for the Hurricane. Out dived, out turned, out climbed, much slower and with weaker guns.

I jumped a 109 over Eastchurch with 6kft advantage but once the first bounce is spotted and evaded then it's advantage 109. This was where, I think, we had several Hurricanes jumping 3 109's. We were all shot down after a few minutes of fighting.

was my Schwarm 3. 2 Bf109 E1's and a E3... Hardly out gunned...

[macro]

Well out perfomed tho, 109 has clear advantage. Only way i can compare is flying g.50 against the spit. Got no chance. Think reds need chane of tactics and escort the hurri's

[notafinger!]

Originally Posted by Osprey

I jumped a 109 over Eastchurch with 6kft advantage but once the first bounce is spotted and evaded then it's advantage 109. This was where, I think, we had several Hurricanes jumping 3 109's. We were all shot down after a few minutes of fighting.

Here is that mission from my perspective. Available in 1080p on youtube.

http://youtu.be/vELVYK_1G_A?hd=1

The combat you describe begins at 1:50. Salute to 501 & 56, it was a really intense fight.

Also, salute to No.401_Aborted Man, he gave us a hell of a fight and was the reason we were low in that area to begin with.

[Osprey]

Yeah he's a good pilot. You probably caught my crappy spin in at 0 feet which led to my death - not enough practice - but really, should I be unable to keep a turn with a 109?

@Farber, you have 1min with the E-1, the E-3 has more firepower anyway. I'd be happier with 1 gun if I had an FM capable in a fight rather than this Ilya-butchered embarrassment.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Less than 1 min in the wings. 1 min in the nose. I would swop for the hurri/spit set up rather than the E1 setup - suppose the grass is always greener on the other side... Maybe this is why Galland asked for spitfires... Pehaps he was flying an E1?

Thing is with the spit and hurri is you get all your fire power at once so you have to make the shot count and not waste any. With the E1 you can afford to be wasteful but you never really get the 1 burst destruction, at least I dont.

[Osprey]

You do really, those MG can cause a lot of problems very quickly. The important thing is getting guns on the enemy, I could carry 10 cannon but If I don't get to fire them they aren't much good. I would swap your FM for 4 guns if you like? You're going to lose some friends in combat though

Galland flew an E4, Steinhilper whined about it in his book, complaining that 'the Spaniards' got all the best stuff. I'm pretty sure Galland complained about losing a cannon for the F model and refused it, preferring the E4. In his book he says he asked for Spitfires to wind up Goering but was clear he preferred the 109.

Let's face it, 1C are doing a terrible job.

[Pitti]

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

Lost a wing to a cannon round from a sneaky 109 on my second attack run, but parachuted down quite happily.

The sneaky 109 was me.
(Btw. I've got no credit for this kill in the campaign statistics)

Sadly I wasn't able to attack more of the hurricanes which were attackig the bombers since my wingman got into trouble and called for help.

But it was a pretty immersive sight when all the hurricanes started their attacks on this big bomber formation.