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Didn't I tell you this was going to be a story? Well, I lied. What I have just described to you is something which I hope will become a none-to-regular, but nonetheless fascinating feature of WW2OL. "Is this not team killing, Nigel" I hear you say. Well, I will forgive you for your ignorance.

This is different. During the Second World War, Kampfgeschwader 200 was formed. A secret group using captured Allied aircraft. KG 200 was so secret that the men who served in it were unknown to each other. What did they call each other? Why, it's Bill and Jim to you...

The mess rooms of KG 200 were identical to those of the RAF or USAF; English language magazines, posters of Hollywood stars, they even talked to each other in American or English accents. From secret bases in Norway through to France these special, captured aircraft, would infiltrate Allied formations, often returning after a bomb run. Sometimes they would let loose at point-blank range; other times Allied B-17s would be led away from the formation, duped into landing in France or Germany.

"Surely this is team killing, team killing is bad, this idea is bad."

No. My proposal is that only the very, very best of Luftwaffe servicemen would be able to take part in KG 200 operations during WW2OL. Those with the highest rank points. Indeed your toes would curl if you heard how many flight hours they had.

"I still don't see the difference between what you are saying and team killing; surely this is just a weird form of the latter."

Wrong. Imagine the skill it would take to bring your KG 200 procured B-17 into an Allied formation. You would run the risk of being shot down by your own 109s; but this is something faced in the real war. My suggestion is that from late 1943, the Rats allow these operations. Of course, only a couple would be allowed each month. If you have enough rank points and you are at an Axis air base, you have a choice. Are you sceptical that a plane join an existing formation. Well I mostly certainly am not. Remember, WW2OL is 2:1 scale, airfields shall be close together. These dark operations will be too rare to figure in the mind, yet they will be a possibility. You can't have your eyes everywhere now, can you?

If you still can't tell the difference between what I propose and team killing, consider this; at the end of the mission you will be told if you have been shot down by friendly or by KG 200 fire. please do not give me any whinging arguments about a KG 200 kill being an unfair kill - there will be plenty of such occurances during WW2OL, admittedly through bad luck of course.

To fly in KG 200 a pilot must be the creme de la creme of the Luftwaffe. From my point of view, you would be honoured to be shot down by such a professional, even if it is a cowardly, easy kill.

But then this is what happened in real life. And reality is the name of The Game, is it not?

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