Excalibur Squadron OOC Thread

[Monfrox]

DID I ASK YOU, NEWBIE?!

DID I ASK YOU IF YOU ASKED ME!?

You need to learn your place.

*smacks*

[Len Hyet]

DID I ASK YOU, NEWBIE?!

DID I ASK YOU IF YOU ASKED ME!?

You are a special kind of stupid

[Grenartia]

DID I ASK YOU IF YOU ASKED ME!?

You need to learn your place.

*smacks*

My place is here.

*blocks*

[Monfrox]

You need to learn your place.

*smacks*

My place is here.

*blocks*

Obviously not.

[The Tiger Kingdom]

Oh, both you guys should be nicer. I know Monday can get down on you, but you don't have to let it make you a sourpuss!
Like me! I'm so hyped on 5-Hour that I can barely see straight - and I feel amazing! I feel like I could tear my own face off!
I've never wanted to fight the police more than I do right now!
WOOO

[Monfrox]

Oh, both you guys should be nicer. I know Monday can get down on you, but you don't have to let it make you a sourpuss!
Like me! I'm so hyped on 5-Hour that I can barely see straight - and I feel amazing! I feel like I could tear my own face off!
I've never wanted to fight the police more than I do right now!
WOOO

For you

[The Tiger Kingdom]

Oh, both you guys should be nicer. I know Monday can get down on you, but you don't have to let it make you a sourpuss!
Like me! I'm so hyped on 5-Hour that I can barely see straight - and I feel amazing! I feel like I could tear my own face off!
I've never wanted to fight the police more than I do right now!
WOOO

For you

That carrier exploding in flame is important to me in a way that I can't even convey to you in words.

[Monfrox]

For you

That carrier exploding in flame is important to me in a way that I can't even convey to you in words.

Yay

Also Stalinwood

[Goram]

For you

That carrier exploding in flame is important to me in a way that I can't even convey to you in words.

That was certainly...something. A bad day for Hiryu in all regards, anyway.

[Morrdh]

Tiger, want me to RP the Beaufighters?

[The Tiger Kingdom]

Tiger, want me to RP the Beaufighters?

I'd be cool with it.
Just don't be surprised if a few of them get shot down.

[Morrdh]

Tiger, want me to RP the Beaufighters?

I'd be cool with it.
Just don't be surprised if a few of them get shot down.

Not a problem, well aware of the Beaufighter's limitations.

[The Tiger Kingdom]

I'd be cool with it.
Just don't be surprised if a few of them get shot down.

Not a problem, well aware of the Beaufighter's limitations.

I'm going to be honest with you - I basically introduced them into the op so we could have somebody to kill, as our inactives either decided to turn up or made it clear when contacted they wanted to come back at some point.

[Morrdh]

Found some stuff on RAF squadron structure.

Typically a squadron of two flights split into smaller sections with six aircraft to each flight and two to each section.

'A' Flight consisted of Red, Yellow and White Sections.
'B' Flight consisted of Blue, Green and Black Sections.

Also aircraft coded A to L were allocated to 'A' Flight and that those coded M to Z were allocated to 'B' Flight.

Oh and the ground crew of a RAF Brewster Buffalo squadron as of June 1941.

488 Squadron Establishment.
Note, all ranks and classifications as they appear in original document. Acs = Aircraftmen, which includes LAC, AC1, AC2.

As signalled 6th June 1941, provisional establishment for Brewster Buffalo squadron (16 IE) WAR/FE/121 approved as follows. (Note, this establishment applicable to both 488 RNZAF and 453 RAAF Squadrons, and was probably very similar to 67 Squadron RAF as well as later squadrons such as 21 RAAF, 243 RAF, etc. However as RAAF and RNZAF had slightly different trade structures as compared to RAF, some amendments had to take place, and the RAF was obliged to consider posting RAF personnel to fill a few vacancies, although in the event this may never have eventuated.) Also RNZAF was promptly advised by RAF that pilot strength should in fact comprise nine P/Os and eleven Sergeants rather than ten of each, and that the CO and flight commanders to be provided from RAF sources although would be New Zealanders. The RNZAF was further advised that the pilots provided would be in addition to New Zealand’s standing commitment to provide twelve new pilots to Far East per month. To get around the problem of differences in RNZAF versus RAF trades, the RNZAF undertook to provide the following: Fitter 2A, 19; Fitter 2E, 19; Flight Mechanics, 18; Flight Riggers, 18; Fitter Armourers, 7; Armourers, 16; Electricians, 6; Wireless Mechanics, 8; Wireless Operators, 14; Carpenters, 1; Coppersmith & Metal Workers, 2; Fabric Workers, 1; Instrument Makers, 1; Instrument Repaiers, 2. “Assumed Cooks and Aircraft hands will be provided locally”. However the RNZAF soon voiced concern about the numbers of Fitter 2Es and 2As required (19 of each) as these experienced tradesmen were in very short supply in New Zealand. A reply on 5/8/41 that in fact only 10 of each were required, the figure of 19 was incorrect.

Squadron Headquarters.
Adjutant, 1 F/O.
Flying, 1 S/L.
Intelligence, 1 F/O.
Aircraft Hands (General Duties), 1 F/S, 2 Acs.
Clerks (General Duties), 1 Cpl, 1 Ac.
Total, 8 HQ.

Servicing Party.
Engineer (G), 1 F/O or P/O.
Aircraft Hands (Armament Assistants), 16 Acs.
Armourers, 1 Sgt.
Armourers (Guns), 2 Cpls, 12 Acs.
Clerks (General Duties), 1 Ac.
Clerks (Equipment Accounting), 1 Ac.
Electricians, one F/S, 2 Cpls, 1 Ac.
Equipment Assistants, 1 F/S, 1 Cpl, 2 Acs.
Fitters One, 1 F/S, 1 Sgt, 2 Cpls.
Fitters 2A, 10 Acs.
Fitters 2E, 10 Acs.
Fitters (Armourer), 1 F/S (Qualified instructor).
Fitters (Armourer Guns), 1 Cpl, 4 Acs.
Instrument Makers, 1 Cpl.
Instrument Repairers, 1 Ac.
Wireless Mechanics, 1 F/S, 2 Cpls.
Total, 77 Servicing Party.

Two Flights (including 4 spare pilots).
Flying, 2 F/L, 8 F/O or P/O.
Airman pilots, 10 Sgts.
Aircrafthands (Maintenance Assistants), 2 Cpls, 2 Acs.
Electricians 2, 4 Acs.
Fitters One, 2 F/S, 4 Sgts, 8 Cpls.
Flight Mechanics A, 16 Acs.
Flight Mechanics E, 16 Acs.
Instrument Repairers, 2 Acs.
Radio Telephony Operators, 4 Acs.
Labourers, 12 civilians.
Total 20 flying, 60 technical, 12 civilian labourers = 92.
Grand total (HQ, Servicing, Flights) = 177.

Airframes and Engines.
Brewster Buffalo 16 I.E., 8 I.R. Wright (Cyclone GR-1820-G105A)16 I.E., 8 I.R.

[Monfrox]

This needs to happen.

[Kassaran]

This needs to happen.

You. Are. Despicable. I love it, but most Russian planes are UFO's, especially the Ishaak in War Thunder... I do not approve of their usage by anyone and when given the choice, I always frak them up. Them and their bull-honey stalinwood. You know how many times in that game I have been rammed by Russian planes, and they just fail to give a frak? 37 times, I keep a record... *had to check it actually*. I only started keeping track after a dozen other unrecorded instances. I have only witnessed three other aircraft that weren't Russian (originally) and survive ramming me, intentionally or otherwise. All three were PBY-5a's. I love Cats. ^-^

[The balkens]

Oh, both you guys should be nicer. I know Monday can get down on you, but you don't have to let it make you a sourpuss!
Like me! I'm so hyped on 5-Hour that I can barely see straight - and I feel amazing! I feel like I could tear my own face off!
I've never wanted to fight the police more than I do right now!
WOOO

Enough bath salts for you.

[The balkens]

Worst day on world of tanks ever.....

T-1 heavy pushing around a grille in a fucking shallow lake in sand river. Calls me the "retard" for telling him to stop being a jackass.

Then he team kills me.

[Goram]

So, I've got this German character in some of my one shots (one Hauptmann Willi Bauers, an experienced night fighter pilot). Was wondering if anyone would object if I brought him into IC posting at some point?

[Len Hyet]

Worst day on world of tanks ever.....

T-1 heavy pushing around a grille in a fucking shallow lake in sand river. Calls me the "retard" for telling him to stop being a jackass.

Then he team kills me.

World of Warplanes is being stupid. We all got reset to Tier 1, and I just got back to Tier 4 American (P-36). I'm saving up for an A6M1.

[Morrdh]

Worst day on world of tanks ever.....

T-1 heavy pushing around a grille in a fucking shallow lake in sand river. Calls me the "retard" for telling him to stop being a jackass.

Then he team kills me.

World of Warplanes is being stupid. We all got reset to Tier 1, and I just got back to Tier 4 American (P-36). I'm saving up for an A6M1.

War Thunder is so much more better.

[Len Hyet]

World of Warplanes is being stupid. We all got reset to Tier 1, and I just got back to Tier 4 American (P-36). I'm saving up for an A6M1.

War Thunder is so much more better.

I never really got into that.

[Morrdh]

War Thunder is so much more better.

I never really got into that.

Give it another shot, none of WoWP's nonsense of not being able to exceed a plane's max speed in a dive and ill thought out tech trees.

[Len Hyet]

I never really got into that.

Give it another shot, none of WoWP's nonsense of not being able to exceed a plane's max speed in a dive and ill thought out tech trees.

But... P-36, A5M

[Morrdh]

Give it another shot, none of WoWP's nonsense of not being able to exceed a plane's max speed in a dive and ill thought out tech trees.

But... P-36, A5M

You get like twelve dozen different P-36s in War Thunder.