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Suicide Squadron Balloon Busters - WWI air combat - Albatros DVa vs S.E.5a - Air Combat Video 82 

Patrick O'Kelley
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This one was pretty much a suicide mission. A flight of eight Albatros aircraft had to fly behind enemy lines to take out an enemy balloon. The balloon was covered by fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft guns. Only three of the eight Albatros make it back alive. I should have named this one "Escape from Verdun!" due to the pursuit of four S.E.5a aircraft on my tail as I try to get back home.

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@thejetfighter
@thejetfighter 5 месяцев назад
Nice video, in WWI there was no computer, no missiles, no radio. Just you and a pretty much fragile plane against everything. Nice video 😀
@Irish_Pirate
@Irish_Pirate 5 месяцев назад
Thanks
@patsmith8523
@patsmith8523 5 месяцев назад
Balloon Busting in WW1 was considered no small feat. A pilot had to fly through the defending fighters and AA batteries set up in concentric rings around the balloons. Few volunteered and of those that survived, even fewer volunteered to do it again. One pilot who was credited with 15 balloon kills was named Frank Luke, an American pilot who flew for the French Escadrille. Balloon kills were credited as two kills by the Allies.
@Irish_Pirate
@Irish_Pirate 5 месяцев назад
I wish that the AA around the balloons was even more intense, to make it more realistic.
@patsmith8523
@patsmith8523 5 месяцев назад
@@Irish_Pirate From my understanding of the tactics used, the most prevailing one was to dive on the target, fire, then run like hell to avoid counter fire. If the balloon did not burst, the attacker would climb and try again. The French had something like rockets (think large bottle rockets) which were not very effective. Others tried different methods, like flare guns at close range. It wasn't used much due to the closeness the pilot had to fly to the balloon.
@Irish_Pirate
@Irish_Pirate 5 месяцев назад
@@patsmith8523 Yes, diving from above, trying to get a part of the AA in between you and the balloon, was the preferred method. Since the AA is not that thick in the game I can attack it pretty much level.
@CharlesConover
@CharlesConover 6 месяцев назад
nice editing fun dogfight
@Irish_Pirate
@Irish_Pirate 5 месяцев назад
Thanks. I try to make it more like a movie, with all the different viewpoints and angles.
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