Pacific Peril (A photostory/combat report)
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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:
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Ran into a few "Hamps," I failed to score any hits on the first pass, and the dogfight was on:
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My wingman and I got split up, and he ran into trouble early:
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I rushed to assist:
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I was so focused on saving my buddy's behind and bringing down his attacker that I failed to notice my own problem:
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I didn't even notice when the tracers started whizzing past:
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The other guy was still going after my wingman:
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I got off a few bursts, but no hits...
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I finally noticed the Hamp on my six, and some frantic maneuvering followed:
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I took substantial damage to my left wing and engine, but I still had control of my plane:
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I managed to force my attackers to overshoot:
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And, after several short bursts, I scored hits on his wingroot fuel tanks:
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I came under fire again, but luckily my wigman was there to distract the enemy pilot, and he scored no hits:
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A second Hamp overshot me again, and I managed to stay on his tail:
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I stayed on him, despite his friend still latched firmly onto my own tail:
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I used up my 20mm on this guy, and had to finish him off with just my .303s:
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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:
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I chopped my throttle, and just like the other two, he overshot:
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I gave him a couple of good bursts, and he too caught fire:
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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:
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Finally, as my engine was starting to sieze up, I reached the field:
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I thought I was home free, safe and sound, but came in too high, with too little airspeed:
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At the last second my fighter stalled out:
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Meanwhile, my wingman was still in trouble trying to shake off the last of the Hamps:
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Finally, the enemy pilot ran out of ammo, and gave up:
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Right about that time, my wingman's engine stopped, so He tried to belly in near the airfield:
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But he clipped a tree with his tail, and didn't make it:
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Ok, that's all... sorry for so many screens... hope you liked them!



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