Beating the odds, exciting survival stories

[David198502]

ok i think i have a story.....i flew a sortie this week on atag in the evening at around 6pm.
i think there were about 30 people online.i fired up my 109 at coquelle and recoginzed already on the ground, that flak puffs above me were slowly making their path towards the channel.so i took a more closer look into the bright blue sky and sighted a formation of wellingtons heading for home.
so i gave full throttle with a cold engine, and my 109 elevated quickly.soon i reached best climbing speed, so i trimmed out my crate and made a slow turn into the direction of the enemy.as i reached the same altitude as the bombers, i noticed another contact, which was certainly 1k above me and the wellingtons.as i was still near the coastline of france, i assumed it to be one of ours, though i had a strange feeling, when i saw the small dot not engaging the bombers, but turning away dissapearing in the dust.so i engaged the bombers with a mixed feeling.my cannons did well, and i got two of them down in one approach.but while climbing away, to come back again, i could almost smell that i wasnt alone up there.though i observed my six every few seconds, i didnt see the hurri which eventually got a few bullets on both my ailerons.though i reacted immediately and pushed the stick hard to dive away, his shots were enough to make my ailerons completely useless.though i didnt notice that yet, cause i was watching the hurri following the dive.that was what i was hoping to see.as he half rolled, i pulled the stick slightly, to level out again, and go into a shallow climb with WEP enabled.
i was still watching my six to look if he was still closing up on me, or if my manouver did its trick.i was a bit reliefed as i saw the hurri completing another half roll to follow my climb, but now a good hundred meters below me.now i could check my gauges.nothing seemed to be damaged and i didnt lose any liquid either. but the ailerons looked like swiss cheese now.so i tried to make a turn and noticed, that the stick was stuck.
fortunately my rudder was still working, and thx to katharina my girlfriend, my 109 now had ch rudder pedals!
normally without ailerons and with the hatswitch of my fighterstick controlling the rudder, i would have tried to disengage completely and look for the next safe airfield.
but with the new rudder pedals, i decided to give it a try, and looked for revenge.
i eventually gained e advantage to the hurri, and then boomed and zoomed it.the fight certainly lasted 15minutes, because he broke away several times, and as my roll rate was non existent anymore, i couldnt follow him.but i tried to be patient and just maintain e advantage.with every attak i only got a few,if any bullets on him, and it didnt seem to make any serious damage.but eventually with my last bullets remaining in the belts i dived on him again for the last time.i knew that this would be my last approach, so i tried this time to aim well.i have never been a good shot neither in 1946 nor in clod.
i watched the hurri slowly turning left as i closed up.i just hoped that he would tighten his left turn instead of breaking to the right. so i gave fully left rudder and pushed negative g to get into a lead shot.and this time it really came altogether.i somehow could feel the speed of my bullets and the travel distance to the target, and therefore the one and only right moment to pull the trigger. the cannon shells impacted on his left wing and the engine.i was somehow astouned, as i watched the wing breaking off the fuselage.only had that once offline i think with the e3.
it was really satisfying when i watched the hurri tumbling down in flames and only one wing left from 3k straight into the channel in front of the french coast.
i finished my sortie with a smooth landing.
thx katharina for the rudder pedals,...i love you.