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Spoilsport! :)

But yes, they are a bit too easy to kill and while there is that famous BoB ground-to-air photo of a 109 spluttering down with its tail bent at an angle, the sim version's empennage...

Those ten rules I incorporated in my beta briefing mod (as replacements for the 'flavour' text) - you'd think I'd have paid them more attention!

Too true, alas! I had unconsciously decided that 110 was the last of them, and then I spent far too long fixated on him, waiting for him to crash or be shot down!

I circle above the developing fight between a solitary 110 and the first Spitfire to arrive. I contemplate using up the rest of my own rounds to bag another kill, but decide to stay up and let one of...

I turn back towards base, noting the Ack Ack fire has died away. Below and right, the first Spitfire is coming in to re-join. How many did we lose? Two, I think.
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The boys seem to have run out of targets so leaving them behind, I concentrate on chasing down a 110 that's trying to get away at full speed. I drop down slightly to get him against the sky and keep...

The mission has now become a matter of survival. I order the boys in and complete my own turn, to find myself nearly head-to-head with a 110 - not a great position in which to put oneself.
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609 Squadron, Hinton-in-the-Hedges, morning, 21 July 1940
　
My demise on the last show seems not to have prevented the campaign being autosaved with a live pilot, so I decide to take advantage....

Looks like it :) The Air Ministry will have to send a real stinker of a telegram to Madrid.

My Merlin has several hundred HP more than the 109's Junkers Jumo and I don't have much difficulty getting onto his tail and letting him have it.

https://i.ibb.co/dg6YhD7/Shot06-20-20-23-32-45.jpg...

For my next trick, I decide to attack a vic of Dorniers that is already receiving attention from another Spitfire. While all this is happening, as usual I'm ordering anyone who reports they are...

As I come around, the squadron claims its first victory of the day!

https://i.ibb.co/yBkR03S/Shot06-20-20-23-27-22.jpg

My first pass is a rather clumsy one. I roll out a bit too close to the...

I warp about half-way to the target area and as usual, come out just above twenty thousand. We're above the clouds but there's a lot of them around. A quick check with the Controller/TAC establishes...

609 Squadron, Hinton-in-the-Hedges, morning, 20 July 1940

The Controller has been paying attention to the numbers associated with the front-line squares and decides to have us intercept a priority...

Thanks for the comments! I hadn't thought of compiling the posts but I might do that, when I'm done...something new and it would mean I have a copy all in one place, available to anyone else who...

The aircraft I'm chasing down turns out to be a Spitfire in distress. Serious distress.

https://i.ibb.co/PGvH1WY/Shot06-16-20-20-45-49.jpg

It's not long before he too hits the deck and blows...

It looks like the answer is yes, the Hun will need attacked again. I give him another burst and he dips away, lower still...

https://i.ibb.co/XVZqGTq/Shot06-16-20-20-42-21.jpg

...but again, he...

Curving back towards the airfield after knocking down the 109, there's plenty of activity. I can't see what the Ack Ack's firing at, but closer in, there's three aircraft more of less in line astern,...

Well the Mark II campaign play-through has served this purpose and I can eventually restore the ETO to its previous state, though I will keep some possibly many features like corrected service entry...

I turn towards the developing dogfight on the right and order the boys in. By this time, the air defence people have woken up. There's still no sign of whoever it was on the R/T reporting getting...

609 Squadron, Hinton-in-the-Hedges, evening, 19 July 1940 (replay)

For some reason, resuming after the lockup (using the auto-saved campaign file not the one I created manually, IIRC) the briefing...

Thanks for that Daiwilletti. I ran CFS3 ETO again since to test out some A/C copied over from Firepower but will check that log if and when I have the same problem. The screenshots stopping before...

I spiral down and pick up on a distant, fast-moving aircraft. The TAC confirms there are many others around, but this is the only one I can see out in front and at my level.
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As is my wont, I turn off the TAC again and start scanning visually. The airfield below is I think Hendon, scene of pre-war RAF flying displays which included sundry biplanes doing aerobatics and...

Ankor's shaders really set off and showcase the fine work of everyone who contributed content to CFS3 in general and to the ETO Expansion in particular. I think it looks great.
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