Jump to content

Operation Michael


Recommended Posts

J37_Daedallus
Posted

S! all

 

There was a request to see a film of the great gathering in the South, so this is the best I could do with what I had, you nearly get to see all 30 aircraft that were due to be in that formation. Maybe next time......

 

 

cheers

  • Like 6
1PL-Husar-1Esk
Posted

Very nice footage, I like those colorful birds, you guys have a skin pack to download ?

  • Thanks 1
RNAS10_Oliver
Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, 1PL-Husar-1Esk said:

Very nice footage, I like those colorful birds, you guys have a skin pack to download ?

Rather sure I’ve seen that their skins are available on HSD.

 

EDIT: phone fat finger autocorrect 

Edited by Oliver88
  • Thanks 2
J37_Daedallus
Posted

S! Oliver is right, all J5 skins are on HSD, with more to come. :good:

 

  • Like 1
J5_Gamecock
Posted

Well done Daedallus.... as always!

  • Thanks 1
J37_Daedallus
Posted

S! all

 

Operation Michael - week 1

 

In this film, J5_Eck and J5_Wilhelm perform an heroic attack on the Outpost in sector B, escorts J5_Konnecke picks a flower as he recovers from a spin in his triplane, and I get my guns so damaged from a Bristol or Se5, I can't use them.

 

 

cheers

  • Like 3
J37_Daedallus
Posted

S! all

 

Some footage from week 2, with The Free Birds of Red flight performing a Combat Air Patrol over enemy airspace. Our orders were to engage the opposition and force them to retreat, which we did.

 

 

cheers

  • Like 4
  • Haha 1
=IRFC=Gascan
Posted

518879965_OM2-06.thumb.jpg.eebb2fa9831033270fecab704e830422.jpg

Winkleman's face is the picture of determination as he leads his flight to attack the Observation Post in Sector B

 

529271874_OM2-04.thumb.jpg.5b641e7cc1906e71ab35a243257ee4a8.jpg

I lead the charge to try and fend off the attack

 

1641936899_OM2-07.thumb.jpg.f815f7661a83d2e8c019fdb7e3a50418.jpg

The Halberstadts fly on as HBender dives in to help out.

  • Like 5
  • Upvote 1
JGr2/J5_Cremer
Posted

Who's this handsome bastard?

Daedallus.jpg

  • Haha 1
Posted

Hmm ... is he a Feldwebel?

  • Haha 1
J2_Drookasi
Posted
1 hour ago, Maqui said:

Who's this handsome bastard?

 

 This is J5_Daedallus, the master of the Albatross.

  • Thanks 1
No.23_Triggers
Posted
4 hours ago, J2_Drookasi said:

 This is J5_Daedallus, the master of the Albatross.


Either one of the bravest, or maddest, pilots at the front. Probably both...

  • Like 1
  • Thanks 1
  • Haha 1
  • Upvote 1
J37_Daedallus
Posted

S!

 

I'm honoured that such highly respected pilots took the time to leave a comment (except you ST Catchov - you were just being cheeky ?)

 

I can't get Pink Floyd's Dark side of the moon out of my head now! ?

 

cheers

  • Like 1
BMA_Hellbender
Posted (edited)
On 4/18/2021 at 8:02 PM, gascan said:

 

1641936899_OM2-07.thumb.jpg.f815f7661a83d2e8c019fdb7e3a50418.jpg

The Halberstadts fly on as HBender dives in to help out.

 

Wow you managed to make that impotent attempt on my part to stop the Schlasta look brave somehow.

 

Epic action from the J5 and Sch27b folks! This week also.

 

 

 

 

My shots from this week:

 

 

@J5_Winkelmann in good old Number 7 "RIA" drops a bomb dead on target and a pink Dolphin is caught in the blast wave!

 

It's always fun to get your wings blown off by your own creation.

 

@=IRFC=CaptDarling attacks @J5_Wilhellm in the background.

 

CFsHqtx.jpg
 

 

 

 

Wilhellm and I sliding across the floor with Darling and an unidentified Halberstadt still around.

fMzU9N5.jpg

 

 

 

 

Call off the state funeral, lads, the Pink Princelet in his Fabulous Flipper has made it out alive. There's brown skidmarks everywhere and not just on the ground.

 

R6jh9wb.jpg
 

 

 

 

The Captain covers my fruitless attempt at knocking out an advancing tank, unaware of the Albatros... -si? -sen? The Huns that lurk about.


TZOgWer.jpg
 

 

 

 

"ARGH! Aerial combat toe to toe with the Hun, my only weakness!!"

 

@J2_Jakob is in pursuit, along with a second unidentified Albatros.

hJyCU2G.jpg

 

 

 

 

The Captain manages to throw them both off but suffers critical engine damage and is forced to ditch behind enemy lines.

 

His capture is a sacrifice I was willing to make.

 

An1CErD.jpg
 

 

 



yonFwmQ.jpg

LqVBWcA.jpg

 

I'm an emotional support Dolphin, Bob. Darling is legally allowed to take me along on flights lasting more than 2 hours.

 

 

 

 

Okay, I did manage to take down one Pfalz, as the Huns were mounting a formidable point defense of the tanks in sector A (or B, I don't remember). S! @J15_Gontermann

Pictured below is @J5_Konnecke who I hopelessly bounced and who immediately turned the tables around and shot my control cables off. Good show, sir!

 

7I2Aqaz.jpg

 

 

 

 

Thankfully I managed to ditch once again.

 

Still on my first vLife after 3 weeks! I mean, it works wonders if you just run and abandon your teammates.

 

 

 

 

Bonus shot:

 

"YES! I got the recon!"

 

Wait, what's that...

 

uikyxwm.jpg

 

He gets the kill...

 

And then he waves at me!

 

The audacity of this b—

 

YWpDXPe.jpg

 

 

 

 

@US93_Larner, you can be my wingman any day.

 

Well the other one got captured, so...

 

Edited by =IRFC=Hbender
  • Haha 8
J37_Daedallus
Posted

S! all

 

Week 3 - Part 1

 

Warning, there is some nudity, Mata Hari keeps me focused on the clock.

 

Soundtrack by Talking Heads.

 

 

cheers

  • Like 3
  • Upvote 1
J37_Daedallus
Posted

S! all

 

Week 3 Part 2

 

3 interesting things in this film, 1 the Se5 goes into a turn fight with his Lewis gun tilted for those that haven't seen that before. 2 J5 Mai demonstrates how to scissor in front of a camel until help arrives. And 3, J5 just love clearing 6's

 

Soundtrack by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Joe Cocker.

 

 

 

cheers

  • Like 5
JGr2/J5_Cremer
Posted
19 hours ago, J2_Drookasi said:

 This is J5_Daedallus, the master of the Albatross.

It was intended to be a rhetorical question... Daedallus was my Kette flight leader!

 

7 hours ago, J5_Daedallus said:

S! all

 

Week 3 Part 2

 

3 interesting things in this film, 1 the Se5 goes into a turn fight with his Lewis gun tilted for those that haven't seen that before. 2 J5 Mai demonstrates how to scissor in front of a camel until help arrives. And 3, J5 just love clearing 6's

 

Soundtrack by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Joe Cocker.

 

 

 

cheers

So awesome!  And an honor to be featured in the first half of the film!  Those Lewis guns really shocked me.  I was clearly out of the gun solution when those first Lewis gun hits struck me, and it shook me!  Great to see the cavalry arrive to rescue me.  The second SE5a to drop on me hit my pilot critically, but with the help of J5, I was able to extract, and to return safely to land at our airfield.  Cheers for a great film.  What a blast!

Posted (edited)

Good squad work here from J5.

 

Shows that in air combat 4 x (1 x 4) ≠ 4 x 4.

Think Entente might have been better off staying above or dragging the Albs until enough friendlies arrived. But if not on same comms then tricky to organise. 

 

See the DM doing its thing at 3:11 !

Edited by US28_Baer
  • Like 2
  • Thanks 1
J37_Daedallus
Posted

S! all

 

Operation Michael Week 3 - Part 3

 

I was going to call it Tanks for the memory, maybe next week?

 

Soundtrack by The Who and INXS

 

I saw the Who live at Charlton's Football ground 'The Valley' with a group of friends in 1976 when I was 20 (tickets were 4£, you'd struggle to buy a pint of beer for that price now). Just a faded memory ?

 

Good to see a fellow Douglas Adams fan (So long and thanks for all the fish), Dirk Gently says not to forget to carry a towel around on 'Towel Day' next month!

 

 

 

cheers

  • Like 3
  • Upvote 1
JGr2/J5_Cremer
Posted

That SE5 bursing through the explosion on the ground was just EPIC!

 

Once again, a fantastic video of the battle over the tanks.  Sensational to watch!

  • Thanks 1
J37_Daedallus
Posted

S! all

 

The final film in the Operation Michael 2021 series - Operation Michael week 4 - The Final Countdown

 

 

cheers

  • Like 4
JGr2/J5_Baeumer
Posted (edited)

Just wanted to give a shout out to @J5_DaedallusDaedallus (and the rest of you) for your efforts documenting and promoting the Operation Michael Bloody April Campaign!  Salute!

Edited by J5_Baeumer
  • Like 1
  • Thanks 1
  • Upvote 1

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...