London's Burning

Punched out and started a game of this tonight. I bought it, oh I don't know, about 6 or 7 years ago. Better late than never.

London's Burning is a solitaire game depicting the Battle of Britain. I will be playing as the British defending England against the German Luftwaffe. You can also play this two player but for now I'm playing solo.

I figured I'd keep a little diary going of how the game goes. So...

August 13. Clear weather. At 7am radar picks up a German raid flying at 10,000 feet, approaching the coast a little to the west of Dover. I scramble my Hurricane and leave my Spitfire on the ground for now. The raid bypasses the airfields on the coast and heads inland. The Hurricane intercepts in Sussex. There are four German aircraft. The bombers, a Ju-87 Stuka, Dornier Do 17, and a Messerschmitt Me 110 configured as a dive bomber are at 10,000 feet, while the fighter cover, a Messerchmitt Me 109, is flying top cover at 15,000 feet. The Hurricane goes after the Do 17, but only gets off one burst which does damage the engine. The Do 17 jettisons his bombs and turns tail and heads back to France. However, the Me 109 dives out of the sun and gets off three bursts, of which two go into the Hawker's engine and the other hits the pilot. Even though he was wounded, he manages to bail out and lands safely. However, a 20mm cannon shell blew his leg off below the knee, so his flying days are over. Meanwhile, the remaining bombers reach Biggin Hill and do a fair amount of damage to the runways and a hangar. Their bombs dropped, the raid turns south towards France. But now the Spitfire is in the air and intercepts over Kent. He flys directly at the the Me 109, sending four bursts into it and the German fighter explodes. Next the Spitfire empties its guns into the Me 110, knocking out both of its engines. The crew bails out before the plane crashes. The remaining Stuka luckily passes over the cliffs of Dover and heads back to its airfield unmolested since the Spitfire was forced to return to its airfield and re-arm. The rest of the day passes uneventfully as there were no further raids. On the night of the 13th a new Hurricane and its ace pilot report for duty.