Bomber dogfight

AltarBoy · Post by **AltarBoy** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:48 am

I was reading 'The Hurricats' by Ralph Baker and in one of the chapters related a 'dogfight' between a patrolling B-24 and a German FW-200 which was about to attack a convoy. The Liberator shot down the enemy but after a brief S.O.S. disappeared twenty miles away from the convoy and was lost. The convoy couldn't turn back and pick up any survivors from the B-24 due to the harsh economics of convoy protection. Which was kind of tragic but I guess necessary. What a sight that must've been to see four engine bombers having a go at each other. The book also gives a detailed account on how to shoot down a FW-200 with a ship-catapulted Hurricane.

:FI:WillieOFS · Post by **:FI:WillieOFS** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:58 am

TB-3's at 8X game speed. THAT is a bomber doggy fight..

AltarBoy · Post by **AltarBoy** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:05 am

Willie are you having a senior moment?

:FI:WillieOFS · Post by **:FI:WillieOFS** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:14 pm

Try it against 3 ACE AI..

AltarBoy · Post by **AltarBoy** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:49 am

You're definitely having a senior moment!

Prune juice anyone? Better lay off the sauce Willie Boy!

:FI:Murph · Post by **:FI:Murph** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:23 am

Don't knock it if you have'nt tried it- it's a gas, actually. We used to do it occasionally on Snoop's Sunday Server.

AltarBoy · Post by **AltarBoy** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:59 am

Hot Space (a member of the HGs and a seldom member here) used to fly the B-17 like a fighter. He used an app to make the AI flyable.

:FI:Igor · Post by **:FI:Igor** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:43 am

We actually did some 'duelling TB-3's' in a session, lots of fun.

Igor

:FI:Heloego · Post by **:FI:Heloego** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:29 am

Snoop's gunners shot out two of my engines and one of my ailerons.

Once I was out of ammo he flew over me and bombed me mid-air!

Hilarious!!!

Nightcat · Post by **Nightcat** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:08 am

I dogfight B25's all the time, I just don't understand why more people don't

AltarBoy · Post by **AltarBoy** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:11 am

That reminds me of that girl that shot me down in a bomber. And I was in a fighter and she was behind me. The shame never left me.

Bomber dogfight

Bomber dogfight

I was in that fight!