Jasper laid in his bed. All he could think about was the mission that he had just done. He drifted off into a sleep for about 10 minutes when Terry came barging in.
"They're back! They're here!" yelled Terry shaking his friend.
Jasper crawled out of bed and ran to his plane as the air sirens screamed in the air. Jasper took off as fast as he could.
The enemy bombers were close, Jasper and his squad were able to catch them before they were in the dropping zone.
Jasper saw that Rick was already engaging with the enemy.
Jasper flew over to Rick's plane. Terry then came in right next to Jasper.
"We need to take out those bombers first!" yelled Rick.
"I agree." said Terry "They are getting too close to the airbase.
"I will try to deal with the fighter planes while you guys go for the bombers." said Jasper.
Without saying anything else, the three zoomed in towards the enemy.A Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter came firing at Jasper. Jasper pushed his control stick forward, causing his plane to dip down into a nose dive. He then pulled up, flying right by the enemy plane. Jasper turned his plane tightly around, intercepting the Messerschmitt and started firing at the enemy plane. However, the enemy pilot had made the same move avoiding Jasper's line of fire. Now they were head to head firing at each other.
Jasper's guns hit their mark first, and as he pulled up, Jasper narrowly missed the ball of fire.
"I'm hit too! Exclaimed Jasper looking at his plane's wings.
"I got one!" said Terry "How much damage did you take?"
"I can't tell the full extent of the damage, but it looks like my wings got shot up and I think my engine is damaged." said Jasper still looking at his wings. "Alright, we can..." Terry was cut off when another enemy plane came zooming at him, firing. "Hold on." said Terry turning his plane.
"Arg! I can't shake this one!" said Terry. "I can help." said Rick turning his plane towards Terry.
Rick began firing at the enemy plane chasing Terry.
"Got him!" yelled Rick with excitement.
"Thanks Rick." said Terry turning towards Jasper.
"We got more company!" yelled Jasper looking up at the squad of enemy fighters.
The three flew up towards the enemy squad of planes.
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter shot first.
"My engine...it's giving up on me!" yelled Jasper panicked "I need to start a slow decent time keep my airspeed up and not stall."
As Jasper descended he saw an enemy fighter fly right by him.
"I'm hit!" said Rick.
"I'm bingo fuel and we need to get back to base!" yelled Terry.
The three began to make their way back, trying to deal with the enemy fighters.
"I'm hit!" said Terry "I'm going down!"
Jasper looked to see Terry's plane zooming towards the ground in smoke. He then saw Terry eject from his plane and began to float down under a parachute.
Jasper looked next to him and saw an enemy fighter flying right towards Terry!
Jasper flew at the plane at an angle, making sure not to hit Terry in the shot. He then began firing, sending the plane to spiral.
"Got him!" yelled Jasper.
"I'm almost at base." said Rick.
Jasper was unable to maintain altitude and keep his airspeed up so he was now flying low. "Good, we can get Terry later." said Jasper beginning to turn towards the airbase.
Just then, enemy fire came, tearing up Jasper's engine finishing the inevitable as there was no way he would make it back to base.
Jasper yelled at the radio, "I'm going down!"
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World War II: Fighting in the Skies
Historical FictionA World War II story about a British pilot who joins the Royal Air Force (RAF) and has to protect his country from constant bombings coming from the German Luftwaffe. Disclaimer I don't own any of the artwork or photos