The Tank was protected by a I-15 bis and I-153 with an armed Autogyro spotting for the Tank's big gun.
As the Communists moved a French heavy tank (a Char B1) into position to shell Wembley, the Royalist Airforce responded with an attack by two light bombers protected by two biplane fighters. An Avia B-534 (that's me) guarded an Osprey. While a Gloster Gladiator escorted an A-8 Shrike. The Tank was protected by a I-15 bis and I-153 with an armed Autogyro spotting for the Tank's big gun. While the Osprey descended towards the Tank the Avia shot up the I-15 bis. The I-153 began descending to follow the Osprey. The I-15 bis elluded the Avia and descended in pursuit of the Osprey. The Osprey missed the tank with its bombs. The Shrike came in low from the side and knocked out the Tank by machinegunning the side mounted radiators, then blew it up with an accurate bombing run. This was followed by a general furball in which everyone but the Autogyro took part. The end result was the I-15 bis got on the tail of the Gladiator and it began to smoke from the damage inflicted. Meanwhile, the Avia shot down the I-153. The I-15 bis and the Gladiator went head to head, resulting in the Gladiator breaking out in flames. The Shrike ran for home while the Osprey bravely, but foolishly, stuck around for more dogfighting. While pushing the plane at minimal altitude, the Opsrey pilot lost control and spun into the ground. Th Avia and I-15 bis continued to dogfight with little result. Note the Osprey on the left sprialling into the ground. The Gladiator attempted to flee the battle, but smoke begat fire, fire begat more fire. And down it went in flames. This left the Avia to face the I-15 bis and the Autogyro by itself. Fortunately, they collided after ending up in the same hex. The I-15 survived, the Autogyro (which had been badly damaged earlier in the game) didn't. The two surviving planes fought for another turn or so. Then I pushed my Avia, and ended up in a spin that I didn't recover from until the last minute. Deciding that discretion was the better part of valor, I sprinted for home, as did my last opponent (who I hadn't realized was out of ammo). After surviving a landing with damaged landing gear (the only damage I took the whole game) the Royalist survivors toasted their victory (we got the tank and I shot down a plane and survived) and their dead. The people running the game had planned on using Canvas Eagles for rules, but decided that the four machineguns on each fighter made Warbirds a better set of rules for the fight.
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