Talk:AIF/@comment-24142455-20160326024303/@comment-10905876-20160330044750

Squadron Leader: "Ice Bandits, climb high and dive on the bombers. Do not engage enemy fighters, we've only got D model Spits. Leave the fighters to the newer birds to deal with..."

Johnson pulled back on the control stick, bringing his P-99D in to a vertical climb with the rest of his squadron. Other squadrons also were climbing, many composed of E model Spitfire IIs fitted with higher powered weapons for anti-bomber work. Soon, the fighters were at altitude, while below the more modern fighters charged in to fight the German escorts.

A large force of P-99Fs, P-114s, and P-117s fly towards the escorting fighters, prepped for a head to head engagement. The P-99s and P-114s go high, while the P-117s go low. The fighters launch a salvo of missiles, and prepare to enter a gunfight.

Above the unfolding dogfight between fighters, the anti-bomber squadrons go for the kill. Johnson selects a bomber, while his wingman Robert Jones selected another.

Johnson: "Here goes nothing..."

He pushes his aircraft in to a dive, rolling his ailerons to reorient his aircraft to pull out level after his attack. He lined up his sites, and fires, peppering the wing of a German bomber with laser fire...