Pilot Error, fuel problem or bug...

Alpha Von Burg · 06-11-10, 04:07 AM

Okay, here's the thing...

I believe it was early January 1940, I was in grid AM02 ( I think ). We were minding our own business when all of a sudden 2 British fighter bomber came in sight...

Now, the first plane flow right past us and the second one came in for a nose dive, Ihadn't ordered crash dive yet ( by the way, it was a windy day ) and as we were sailing the second plane just suddenly hit the water ???

No one was in manning the AA gun and the plane just hit the water ???

Has anyone experienced this and can anyone explain...

Thanks in advance...

ryanglavin · 06-11-10, 06:27 AM

Whenever that happened to me, it was under completely different circumstances. I just called it a bug.

Mittelwaechter · 06-11-10, 07:41 AM

- It rarely happens that aircraft collide in mid air and down a wingman.

- There may have been a friendly unit around that did the job.

- Your 1WO is Chuck Norris' grandpa - staring at the fighter pilot.

papa_smurf · 06-11-10, 11:02 AM

Wonder if Bernard has a British cousin

Alpha Von Burg · 06-11-10, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter

- There may have been a friendly unit around that did the job.

Thats what I first thought, but then the other plane came in for a nose dive and dropped its bomb...

It was also close enough for me to see that it was a RAF craft...

Oh and they didn't collide in mid air, they were clearly far apart keeping a constant distance from each other...

Dissaray · 06-12-10, 01:57 AM

You said it was windy, right? So that would mean that there were high waves, yes? The AI for the planes may not be all that sofisticated and may not be able to account for changes in surface elivation and missjudged the ground. Sounds to me like a wave reached up and grabed your attacker. Ether that or it was the Kraken!

Rhodes · 06-12-10, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Dissaray

You said it was windy, right? So that would mean that there were high waves, yes? The AI for the planes may not be all that sofisticated and may not be able to account for changes in surface elivation and missjudged the ground. Sounds to me like a wave reached up and grabed your attacker. Ether that or it was the Kraken!

Or Davy Jones! Well, it's better this bug that the planes attacking and sinking you!

06-11-10, 04:07 AM	#1
Alpha Von Burg Engineer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Unknown Posts: 202 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	Pilot Error, fuel problem or bug... Okay, here's the thing... I believe it was early January 1940, I was in grid AM02 ( I think ). We were minding our own business when all of a sudden 2 British fighter bomber came in sight... Now, the first plane flow right past us and the second one came in for a nose dive, Ihadn't ordered crash dive yet ( by the way, it was a windy day ) and as we were sailing the second plane just suddenly hit the water ??? No one was in manning the AA gun and the plane just hit the water ??? Has anyone experienced this and can anyone explain... Thanks in advance... __________________ -Kapitänleutnant Richard L. Römer

06-11-10, 06:27 AM	#2
ryanglavin Samurai Navy Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Evading that Hunter/Killer Group on my Tail Posts: 584 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Whenever that happened to me, it was under completely different circumstances. I just called it a bug. __________________

06-11-10, 07:41 AM	#3
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	- It rarely happens that aircraft collide in mid air and down a wingman. - There may have been a friendly unit around that did the job. - Your 1WO is Chuck Norris' grandpa - staring at the fighter pilot. __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

06-11-10, 11:02 AM	#4
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Wonder if Bernard has a British cousin __________________

06-12-10, 01:57 AM	#6
Dissaray 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 280 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	You said it was windy, right? So that would mean that there were high waves, yes? The AI for the planes may not be all that sofisticated and may not be able to account for changes in surface elivation and missjudged the ground. Sounds to me like a wave reached up and grabed your attacker. Ether that or it was the Kraken!