[Airhog]

1/24/1944 Battle For Survival

We take off headed for germany. It isnt long before we are greeted by some enemy aircraft. 4 109's turn and burn through our group, hitting flying crawfish hard. They lose their number 1 engine and even after their bombs are dropped, they must return to base. We proceed further into germany and meet another group of 109's. This time Rust Bucket takes damage to their number 3 engine. They are unable to hold formation, so they drop their bombs early and pull back into the group. We make it over the target and prepare for the bomb run. Flak is very heavy here so we do our best to concentrate. We drop out bombs and start to pull away. Suddenly, The Four horsemens nose points towards earth and it starts to turn to the left. I notice that a big chunk of its left wing is missing along with part of its tail. It doesnt look as though they will pull it back level, and a short time later we see some parachutes. WE only are able to see 4 of them, and hope the rest of the crew was able to bail out. The rest of the flight group is able to fly home safely. Later we learn that all 10 crewmen from The Four Horsmen were captured. With a little luck some of them might actually make it back home alive.