drdart wrote:
I would have to think that every group had a good night. I know there are a few that we lost trying to complete the goals but that number is low in comparison to what we accomplished. Jabo reported that we killed about 1/2 of the human bombers. This may be true and we will see when the stats come out.
To the 475th, I am not sure how you seen the initial pass on the buffs but from where I was sitting I think I got you to them a little early. I think LF6 was about 5 miles north when you merged. I hope this didn't hurt your group on the way through the first pass. Also great work on the AI bombers on you second / third sorties.
Overall everyone had a great night.
AE / HAZE / JG127 ... I am not to sure of your numbers and kill / loss ratio but you did and outstanding job from what I was able to follow in the buffer.
I Salute ..
Yes, we were slightly early but we put rounds in human bombers and drew a lot of escort attention. We lost 5 and killed 3 escorts in that first engagement but there were at least 20 escorts there, probably more.
We killed 21 AI bombers in following sorties and they werent as easy to get down as they have been in the past.