GMT-West April 2008 DIF Event De

GMT-West April 2008 DIF Event Debriefing Report

Here is the DIF recap and results:

A total of 29 participants (with 6 rookie players) at various times took part in 38 aerial matches from Thursday-to-Saturday. We played 8 missions on Thursday, 13 on Friday, 12 on Saturday, and 5 on Sunday. During the 4-day aerial mayhem fest the Axis Air Forces defeated the Allied Air Forces, 21-to-16 with 1 tie, with a combined score of 989-to-845. The Axis Air Forces shot down 71 fighters, 11 light bombers, 10 medium bombes, and 11 heavy bombers. The Allied air forces shot down 83 fighters, 1 light bomber, and 3 medium bombers. Total loses from all nations were 154 fighters, 11 light bombers, 12 medium bombers, and 11 heavy bombers shot down from all nations.

Missions by Campaigns Theaters:

West Front '41 - 11 missions with the Luftwaffe & RAF tied with 5 wins, 5 losses & 1 tie. The RAF outscored the Luftwaffe 133-to-120 with each side losing 19 fighters.
North Africa Front '41 - 1 mission played with Luftwaffe defeating the RAF 21-to-0.
West Front '43 - 8 missions with the Luftwaffe over the US 8th AF, 7-to-1, with the Luftwaffe out scoring the US 8th AF 404-to-268.
East Front '43 - 10 missions with the Luftwaffe & VVS stalemated at 5-5, with the Luftwaffe out scoring the VVS 238-to-202.
Pacific '44 - 8 missions with the 5th AF & USN over the combined Japanese Army & Navy Services 5-3, with the Americans outscoring the Japanese 242-to-206.

HIGHLIGHTS:

8 new aces were created but 1 of the new aces was lost in the same mission of his fifth kill. Also, 7 returning aces from other events were lost.
First timer John Baker (AZ) had the top pilot for the weekend. His Japanese Naval George pilot, Yamo Ito, achieved 8-kills in only two missions with 7 medium bombers. His second mission was a record setting 5-kills in a 6-turn mission, shooting down all 4 B-25Js on turns 2-to-5 and a P-47D escort on turn 6. Ito also became the third became to achieve the Bomber-killer ace ability in the Down in Flames Aces' Campaigns and the first Japanese player to achieve this ability.
Lucky Chris Lefevre (AZ) pulled of the perfect killer hand of the "Exploding Fuel Tank" backed up by an "Ace" TWICE by his WINGMEN in the 1944 Pacific campaign, once as the Americans and once as the Japanese.
Five players won the "I Made An Ace Pilot AT GMT" t-shirt: John Baker, Rachel Billingsley (CA), Mike Lam (CA), Kevin Lefevre (AZ), & Mark Yoshikawa (CA).

SPECIAL BOMBER MISSION:

No special bomber mission was run this weekend.

TEAM DOUBLES TOURNAMENT:

There was no 2-player tournament this weekend. The Tournament will return in October with the defending champions Nick Markevich & Charles Ryder as the top-seed to defend their crown.

COMING THIS OCTOBER:

The 1941 Western Front, the 1941 North Africa, the 1943 East Front, the 1943 West Front campaigns will be offered. This is a possibility the 1944 Pacific campaign will take rest. There will be the 2-player team tournament. And the a special bomber mission is TBD at this time.

I hope all who participated had fun and a good time and I plan to continue the aerial mayhem at next October's GMT-West Weekend, scheduled sometime for mid-October 2008 in Hanford.

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