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| #Post#: 14017-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Mission results week 47 | |
| By: larsresult Date: November 15, 2020, 4:04 pm | |
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| Player Larsresult | |
| Version Vpmodpack | |
| Date 15 Nov 2020 | |
| Results 2 AA destroyed 120 points Survived. | |
| Debrief | |
| My wingmen used the catapult but I chickened out and made my | |
| high speed run down the deck. I will probably be docked some pay | |
| for disobeying orders. I was worried I would hit the catapult | |
| but I lifted off okay. It was very hard to see in the dark but I | |
| managed to keep my leader in my gunsight all the way to the | |
| target. I could not see anything but saw and heard the flak from | |
| both sides on the way there. I wasn't sure if it was the USN | |
| shooting at the USMC at first lol. As we swept in the green flak | |
| intensified. I missed with the bombs and circled around to | |
| locate the flak guns. Fired rockets at what I hoped were guns | |
| and claimed one destroyed. Pulled away and was informed of an | |
| enemy bomber nearby. I circled back to try and catch him. | |
| Briefly saw an H8K then lost him in the clouds. The flak was | |
| starting to hit me as I looked for him so I made one strafing | |
| run and destroyed a second flak gun. Both claims were more luck | |
| than judgement as it was so dark down there. By now my engine | |
| was running rough and fuel was leaking so I headed home. Engine | |
| quit as I reached friendly territory so I bailed. | |
| #Post#: 14020-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Mission results week 47 | |
| By: E69_Haukka Date: November 15, 2020, 10:56 pm | |
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| You have done an extraordinary mission, Lars, because you have | |
| hit the mark in conditions that were not planned. Let me | |
| explain: the same thing happened to you that happened to me on | |
| that occasion when everything was dark for me, and that was due | |
| to flying in VP Modpack, where the dawn light does not | |
| correspond to the stock installation or to others, except with | |
| Ypack, who shares the same degree of illumination, at least on | |
| the same map, on the same mission. It's very dark there too, and | |
| it wasn't the command's intention for you to fly in such adverse | |
| conditions. Now I have edited the mission in VP Modpack, and I | |
| have adjusted the time so that the luminosity corresponds to | |
| that of other versions. Maybe now it's too daytime. I invite you | |
| to fly it again, if you like. The mission has a name that | |
| differentiates it from the previous one. If any of you want to | |
| fly this mission in Ypack, this is the version that corresponds. | |
| Anyway, Lars, I think you've achieved an excellent result. | |
| Congratulations. | |
| VP Modpack version of this week's mission: | |
| https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gUlo35RNbafrhlNfD0-WsO9UkFudFZ2C/view?usp=shar… | |
| https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gUlo35RNbafrhlNfD0-WsO9UkFudFZ2C/view?usp=shar… | |
| #Post#: 14024-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Mission results week 47 | |
| By: larsresult Date: November 16, 2020, 4:52 am | |
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| Thanks Haukka. I may leave it as I survived at least. I must | |
| admit I was mostly firing blind, trying to hit the origins of | |
| the green flak tracer. | |
| Von and I found that dusk or dawn settings change abruptly from | |
| dark to light or light to dark with no gradual inbetween. | |
| #Post#: 14045-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Mission results week 47 | |
| By: vonofterdingen Date: November 16, 2020, 2:37 pm | |
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| Player Von | |
| Version Vpmodpack | |
| Date 16 Nov 2020 | |
| Results 4 AA destroyed and 2 vehicles for 29 pts | |
| Debrief | |
| [img width=1024 | |
| height=536] | |
| https://i.postimg.cc/prmMFqf7/Screen-Hunter-547.png[/img] | |
| Target fixation was my undoing. I took off ok, and followed my | |
| leader as Haukka suggested. Like Lars said, it was very dark and | |
| I could not see any targets, though I could identify the AA | |
| positions based on their tracers. I dropped my bombs in the | |
| general area of the leader and got a couple trucks. Sheer luck | |
| and nothing more. I came back for another pass and was using the | |
| rockets on the AA positions. I got fixated on one of the targets | |
| and was too low to pull up. | |
| #Post#: 14058-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Mission results week 47 | |
| By: E69_Haukka Date: November 17, 2020, 9:51 am | |
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| Debrief week47 | |
| Pilot: E69_Haukka | |
| Mission: Assault on Angaur | |
| November 17, 2020 | |
| Thank you Lars and Von for the willingness to fly into that dark | |
| hell. As I said, I have stopped flying VPmodpack for these | |
| missions due to the problem with the lack of light. In stock | |
| that does not happen. Since I have seen that Von also flew the | |
| normal version in VP, I did too. So we were all in the same | |
| conditions. | |
| It was really dark. I waited for everyone to take off, and then | |
| I did. I went flying low towards the shots. I took height over | |
| Angaur, until the AAA began to mark me. I dropped my bombs and | |
| my rockets in the dark. I managed to eliminate two artillery. I | |
| attacked a third, my rockets missed the target, I was very low, | |
| I pulled the lever very hard to avoid hitting the trees, my | |
| plane lost control and I crashed. End of this sad mission. | |
| I invite you to fly the specific version for VP, so you will see | |
| the difference between one and the other. If some other brave | |
| dare, the missions are there to be flown. Be good. | |
| https://i.postimg.cc/nzBGX6zM/il2fb-2020-11-17-15-33-34-21.jpg | |
| #Post#: 14059-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Mission results week 47 | |
| By: larsresult Date: November 17, 2020, 11:11 am | |
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| I think if you change the timing of the raid on VPmod you should | |
| get a lighter mission. I feel very lucky that I survived this | |
| one considering what you guys did. | |
| Let there be light! | |
| #Post#: 14063-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Mission results week 47 | |
| By: E69_Haukka Date: November 17, 2020, 2:21 pm | |
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| Exact! That's what I have done with this mission so that it can | |
| be flown in VP Modpack, I have delayed the mission start by an | |
| hour. You can download that version only for VP modpack in reply | |
| 1 of this conversation. ;) | |
| #Post#: 16480-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Mission results week 47 | |
| By: Beowolff Date: March 13, 2021, 6:08 am | |
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| [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Player: | |
| Beowolff[/font] | |
| [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Version: 4.12/5.30 | |
| mod-act[/font] | |
| [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Date: 3/13/21[/font] | |
| [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Results: 2 AA | |
| destroyed 12 points, died.[/font] | |
| [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Debrief: as | |
| follows... | |
| Successful cat launch from carrier, flew to target, took some | |
| light machinegun AA going in with minor damage, dropped my bombs | |
| successfully and scored hits on a couple of Japanese AA units | |
| then suddenly took a DIRECT enemy AA hit and exploded into a | |
| flaming fireball...no chance to bail out and of course died | |
| instantly. Bad luck there! | |
| I continue to be dogged with some bad luck on these Pacific | |
| Carrier missions...g'ah! | |
| [/font] | |
| https://i.postimg.cc/50MKQsHH/2021-03-13-11-53-10.jpg | |
| #Post#: 16486-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Mission results week 47 | |
| By: E69_Haukka Date: March 13, 2021, 7:18 am | |
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| Good morning Beowolff! I agree with you that the attack on | |
| Angaur has been one of Peleliu's most difficult missions. Our | |
| results are identical there: two antiaircraft destroyed and | |
| twelve points. Nice try! And a good flight next time! | |
| #Post#: 16488-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Mission results week 47 | |
| By: Beowolff Date: March 13, 2021, 7:53 am | |
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| For sure my friend these are HAIRY missions... and mostly due to | |
| the poor lighting/vision, I guess the time of day and the smoke | |
| haze all around (maybe some natural fog too, dunno!). Very hard | |
| for me to SEE the island even, and especially hard to find and | |
| fire upon enemy targets! | |
| And the enemy AA is vicious! Like screaming demons they fight | |
| to the death with multiple gun positions/spewing deadly | |
| ammunition in all directions and the occasional enemy fighter | |
| cover makes matters even worse when they decide to show up. | |
| Hellish! | |
| Though I have enjoyed the intensity of these missions so far, | |
| perhaps I can honestly say I am about good and ready to be | |
| transferred to another campaign somewhere ELSE. LOL! | |
| :D | |
| Beo | |
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