Post by KevinR on Dec 28, 2009 18:54:41 GMT -5
Lt. Flugel Borenkeizer (17-6) finally ran out of luck Saturday night at the Morgans house. We got together for some fellowship with our families and after dinner and a short praise and worship service we decided to play a game of Dawn Patrol.
The sides were Wayne, Michael, and Mike Morgan flying Sopwith Pups vs. Wesley and myself in Alb DVa's.
The setup did not go our way at all, as the altitude was low over allied lines. On the first turn, the Germans lost the numbers, and Borenkeizer made a move to get to the Front as quickly as possible (we were only 9 squares away from the front). From the very first turn, Mike attacked Wesley and Michael got on my tail. He would stay there the remainder of the game, firing bursts into me. Wesley also was unable to win numbers over his dad, while Wayne was moving first and out of the fight the first couple of turns.
The single gun Pups were not doing a lot of damage but they were mostly maxing out getting 4-5 hits into us each round and the hits started adding up.
After a few turns of this, the pivotal turn came in which Mike Morgan was being tailed by Borenkeizer and made the decision to dive 1500 feet away. Borenkeizer elected not to follow, hoping the even numbers in the higher altitude would result in a change in fortune for the Germans who had the superior firepower.
This was when Wayne finally got in and got a good shot along with Michael, and both of them score pilot hits on Borenkeizer. The first was a shot to the abdomen that was a critical and the second wound up being left shoulder and the roll was a 94, sudden death for Borenkeizer.
Borenkeizer had an extremely colorful career. Early on in his career he became known as an escape artist. Twice he crashed his plane behind enemy lines, lived, was captured as a P.O.W. and escaped. One of those times he made an incapacitation roll from a wound he had taken.
On his 12th mission Borenkeizer was flying over his own lines and his plane had taken a crit to the left wing and 11 hits. He opted to leap out with his parachute to safety. The parachute failed to work, and it appeared that Lt. Borenkeizer would never make it to Ace/Experienced status. But he fell 1,400 feet and lived, walking away once again with an incredible story to tell.
On his final mission, (his 17th) he had taken two pilot hits, and almost survived them both, but the 2nd one (from Wayne) wound up ending his life of incredible fortune.
I lost probably my favorite pilot, but I understand he probably shouldn't have made it this far. He actually had recorded 4 kills in his past 3 missions since reaching Experienced/Ace status.
The credit for the kill went to Wayne's Brit 2nd Lt. Wally Mcnugget who went to 7/3 with the kill. It's bad enough to lose an ace, but even worse to lose one of your most accomplished pilots to a guy named Mcnugget. Oh the shame!
The sides were Wayne, Michael, and Mike Morgan flying Sopwith Pups vs. Wesley and myself in Alb DVa's.
The setup did not go our way at all, as the altitude was low over allied lines. On the first turn, the Germans lost the numbers, and Borenkeizer made a move to get to the Front as quickly as possible (we were only 9 squares away from the front). From the very first turn, Mike attacked Wesley and Michael got on my tail. He would stay there the remainder of the game, firing bursts into me. Wesley also was unable to win numbers over his dad, while Wayne was moving first and out of the fight the first couple of turns.
The single gun Pups were not doing a lot of damage but they were mostly maxing out getting 4-5 hits into us each round and the hits started adding up.
After a few turns of this, the pivotal turn came in which Mike Morgan was being tailed by Borenkeizer and made the decision to dive 1500 feet away. Borenkeizer elected not to follow, hoping the even numbers in the higher altitude would result in a change in fortune for the Germans who had the superior firepower.
This was when Wayne finally got in and got a good shot along with Michael, and both of them score pilot hits on Borenkeizer. The first was a shot to the abdomen that was a critical and the second wound up being left shoulder and the roll was a 94, sudden death for Borenkeizer.
Borenkeizer had an extremely colorful career. Early on in his career he became known as an escape artist. Twice he crashed his plane behind enemy lines, lived, was captured as a P.O.W. and escaped. One of those times he made an incapacitation roll from a wound he had taken.
On his 12th mission Borenkeizer was flying over his own lines and his plane had taken a crit to the left wing and 11 hits. He opted to leap out with his parachute to safety. The parachute failed to work, and it appeared that Lt. Borenkeizer would never make it to Ace/Experienced status. But he fell 1,400 feet and lived, walking away once again with an incredible story to tell.
On his final mission, (his 17th) he had taken two pilot hits, and almost survived them both, but the 2nd one (from Wayne) wound up ending his life of incredible fortune.
I lost probably my favorite pilot, but I understand he probably shouldn't have made it this far. He actually had recorded 4 kills in his past 3 missions since reaching Experienced/Ace status.
The credit for the kill went to Wayne's Brit 2nd Lt. Wally Mcnugget who went to 7/3 with the kill. It's bad enough to lose an ace, but even worse to lose one of your most accomplished pilots to a guy named Mcnugget. Oh the shame!
