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I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:33 am
by Knavey
YES...the 1 kill in this mission killed one of my aces with 18 kills! And damaged a bunch of my planes to boot! ONE stinkin' bomber! This game is so borked it is not even playable! [:@]
Why do we even bother????
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/22/42
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Day Air attack on Akyab, at 30,29
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Blenheim I bombing at 1000 feet
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:48 am
by TIMJOT
Yes, yes Knavey, Major Takeo Kato the IJAAF first great ace was shot down and killed, by a Blenheim turret gunner Sgt. Jock McLuckie "an appropriate name if I ever heard one". He subsequently damaged and drove off 3 other attackers. The fact that the Blenheim was wave hoping didnt allow for much manuvering by the attackers, I believe.
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:37 am
by wild_Willie2
What's the problem... ?
Unarmoured and undergunned fighters going after a (fast)bomber and one gets shot down by a dorsal gunner ?
Murphy's law.....
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:30 am
by Williamb
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/ ... II-Ace.php
Group finds remains of German WWII ace shot down over Italy
The Associated PressPublished: August 14, 2007
ROME: Italian volunteers located the plane of a German ace shot down during World War II as well as the pilot's remains, including the dog tag and good luck charms he carried into combat, they said Tuesday.
The volunteers found the plane flown by Flight Sgt. Maximilian Volke — a Munich-born pilot credited with shooting down 37 enemy planes — near the site of the German defensive line that witnessed months of bloody battles as the Allies fought to liberate northern Italy.
The dig yielded artifacts including the plane's engine and the pilot's radio microphone, as well as a wallet with money, documents and images of the Virgin Mary and an African elephant.
"He probably carried the images for good luck," Venieri told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "The positive identification came from the dog tag we found in his pocket."
Volke, a veteran of campaigns in Russia and Africa, was 29 when he took off from a northern Italian air base on Sept. 5, 1944, with three other fighters to intercept a group of nine American B-25 bombers. He was shot down by gunners in one of the U.S. planes, Venieri said, citing witness accounts and the bomber squadron's logs.
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:40 am
by TheElf
don't give up...there is still hope.
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:16 am
by pauk
oh, he got you guys, once again![:D]
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:22 am
by DuckofTindalos
Aside from the very first poster to respond, methinks.
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:38 am
by Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: William Amos
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/ ... II-Ace.php
Group finds remains of German WWII ace shot down over Italy
The Associated PressPublished: August 14, 2007
ROME: Italian volunteers located the plane of a German ace shot down during World War II as well as the pilot's remains, including the dog tag and good luck charms he carried into combat, they said Tuesday.
The volunteers found the plane flown by Flight Sgt. Maximilian Volke — a Munich-born pilot credited with shooting down 37 enemy planes — near the site of the German defensive line that witnessed months of bloody battles as the Allies fought to liberate northern Italy.
The dig yielded artifacts including the plane's engine and the pilot's radio microphone, as well as a wallet with money, documents and images of the Virgin Mary and an African elephant.
"He probably carried the images for good luck," Venieri told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "The positive identification came from the dog tag we found in his pocket."
Volke, a veteran of campaigns in Russia and Africa, was 29 when he took off from a northern Italian air base on Sept. 5, 1944, with three other fighters to intercept a group of nine American B-25 bombers. He was shot down by gunners in one of the U.S. planes, Venieri said, citing witness accounts and the bomber squadron's logs.
Anything can happen (old Slavic proverb: "Even blind chick sometimes finds corn")... [:D]
Leo "Apollo11"
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:51 am
by DuckofTindalos
That's Slavic? Didn't know that...
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:07 am
by Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: Terminus
That's Slavic? Didn't know that...
You use it as well?
If yes then it's international... [:)]
Leo "Apollo11"
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:13 am
by m10bob
A law of applied combat science: Bullets are not discriminatory. If you are there, when it is there, you are somewhat diminished. No matter if the plane had a single machine gun, or ten, it is the single almighty bullet in your space which is the determining factor.
Nothing more.
I kinda like the "corn thing" though.
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:42 am
by tabpub
Anything can happen (old Slavic proverb: "Even blind chick sometimes finds corn")...
Hehe....
Over here, it's:
"Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in awhile......" or...
"Even a blind pig finds a corncob once in awhile...." or.... well, you get it...
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:54 am
by herwin
ORIGINAL: m10bob
A law of applied combat science: Bullets are not discriminatory. If you are there, when it is there, you are somewhat diminished. No matter if the plane had a single machine gun, or ten, it is the single almighty bullet in your space which is the determining factor.
Nothing more.
I kinda like the "corn thing" though.
"I'm not worried about the bullet that has my name on it; it's the ones with 'to whom it may concern' that scare me."
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:34 pm
by whippleofd
ORIGINAL: pauk
oh, he got you guys, once again![:D]
Ayup. He's good at it. Keeps 'em far enough apart that the old "rant" isn't remembered. This Nuc is good. Brings a tear to my eye everytime with the way it carrys it off. [:D]
Whipple
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:02 pm
by DuckofTindalos
ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: Terminus
That's Slavic? Didn't know that...
You use it as well?
If yes then it's international... [:)]
Leo "Apollo11"
Yup! "Even a blind hen can sometimes find corn"...
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:18 pm
by Feinder
I'm used to it.
I grew up with him.
I still remember the time that he pain-stakingly opened every Oreo in the cookie jar, and added a little Tabasco for seasoning; then waited with anticipation as I unwittingly selected one... [X(]
Lucky for him, Dad wasn't the one to try the Oreos first...
-F-
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:21 pm
by pauk
[:D]
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:57 pm
by Big B
I have to agree...I forgot what he was doing (again) until reading further down...
He is a master at his craft![:D]
ORIGINAL: Whipple
ORIGINAL: pauk
oh, he got you guys, once again![:D]
Ayup. He's good at it. Keeps 'em far enough apart that the old "rant" isn't remembered. This Nuc is good. Brings a tear to my eye everytime with the way it carrys it off. [:D]
Whipple
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:51 pm
by bradfordkay
Oh ye of short memories. I was going to google for information on that particular combat, except that my PBEM turn arrived just as I was reading Knavey's opening post of this thread. I knew that someone else would find the information while I was playing my turn...
RE: I am FINISHED...ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:20 pm
by RevRick
ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: William Amos
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/ ... II-Ace.php
Group finds remains of German WWII ace shot down over Italy
The Associated PressPublished: August 14, 2007
ROME: Italian volunteers located the plane of a German ace shot down during World War II as well as the pilot's remains, including the dog tag and good luck charms he carried into combat, they said Tuesday.
The volunteers found the plane flown by Flight Sgt. Maximilian Volke — a Munich-born pilot credited with shooting down 37 enemy planes — near the site of the German defensive line that witnessed months of bloody battles as the Allies fought to liberate northern Italy.
The dig yielded artifacts including the plane's engine and the pilot's radio microphone, as well as a wallet with money, documents and images of the Virgin Mary and an African elephant.
"He probably carried the images for good luck," Venieri told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "The positive identification came from the dog tag we found in his pocket."
Volke, a veteran of campaigns in Russia and Africa, was 29 when he took off from a northern Italian air base on Sept. 5, 1944, with three other fighters to intercept a group of nine American B-25 bombers. He was shot down by gunners in one of the U.S. planes, Venieri said, citing witness accounts and the bomber squadron's logs.
Anything can happen (old Slavic proverb: "Even blind chick sometimes finds corn")... [:D]
Leo "Apollo11"
Naw.. there's a Southern variant of that. "Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while!"