[Jaypack44]

Hi all, I always enjoy seeing people's "photostory" combat reports, so I thought I'd do one of my own. This also showcases RONNCO's Amazing P-400 skin, as well as my almost-finished A6M3 generic skins. Anyway, enough intro, here's the pics:

My flight took up a couple of P-400s for a patrol:


Ran into a few "Hamps," I failed to score any hits on the first pass, and the dogfight was on:




My wingman and I got split up, and he ran into trouble early:



I rushed to assist:



I was so focused on saving my buddy's behind and bringing down his attacker that I failed to notice my own problem:


I didn't even notice when the tracers started whizzing past:




The other guy was still going after my wingman:


I got off a few bursts, but no hits...


I finally noticed the Hamp on my six, and some frantic maneuvering followed:




I took substantial damage to my left wing and engine, but I still had control of my plane:



I managed to force my attackers to overshoot:


And, after several short bursts, I scored hits on his wingroot fuel tanks:



I came under fire again, but luckily my wigman was there to distract the enemy pilot, and he scored no hits:




A second Hamp overshot me again, and I managed to stay on his tail:



I stayed on him, despite his friend still latched firmly onto my own tail:


I used up my 20mm on this guy, and had to finish him off with just my .303s:



By that time, my engine had ceased to run smoothly, so I knew I had to get home ASAP. Unfortunately, the two remaining Hamps were between me and home:




I chopped my throttle, and just like the other two, he overshot:


I gave him a couple of good bursts, and he too caught fire:


This same pilot had been chasing me pretty much the entire fight, so I gave him a little "nice try" wag of my wings as he floated by:


Finally, as my engine was starting to sieze up, I reached the field:



I thought I was home free, safe and sound, but came in too high, with too little airspeed:


At the last second my fighter stalled out:



...




Meanwhile, my wingman was still in trouble trying to shake off the last of the Hamps:





Finally, the enemy pilot ran out of ammo, and gave up:


Right about that time, my wingman's engine stopped, so He tried to belly in near the airfield:


But he clipped a tree with his tail, and didn't make it:


Ok, that's all... sorry for so many screens... hope you liked them!



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[jak24610]

nice tracer mod for the p400 mahcine guns, where u get it?

[Jaypack44]

I'm not sure, actually... I think the Spit XVI came with a .303 tracer mod, I also have a mod that was posted here for about 20 minutes and then removed awhile ago that adds smoke to the .50 and some .30 cals, as well as bullet ricochet effects from the ground. I'm pretty sure it's "illegal" though, so I can't really discuss or redistribute it. I only play offline, so I figured it was ok if I kept it for personal use. The actual textures from the smoke trails are from ghostfiles, I think you can get them here, or on his site.

[HolyGrail]

What a great story documented by screenshots Jaypack44 !!
Nicely done !! and there is some serious fire effect damage going on !!
I love these screenshots !! they caught aerial combat in action very well !
Thank you for posting these .

S! HG