My very short, but well aimed burst caused one explosion at the bottom side of the fuselage. I didn't see any other damage before I pulled up from my high speed dive, so I thought the bomber would still be flying towards it's target. I made a wide turn until I had the bomber back in my sights. My eye found it again just in time to see it's left engine come off in a big ball of fire. The bomber itself was smoking badly. My short pass had been more effective than I initially thought...
Only moments later the right engine gave up as well. The left engine fire probably had spread to the left wing fuel tank, as there were big flames coming from almost the full length of the wing now.
The bomber was rapidly losing altitude. I kept following it at a safe distance. Suddenly the right wing catched on fire too and now the whole bomber was engulfed by huge flames. The sight was as great as it was terrible.
Seeing it like this, I decided to put the bomber out of it's misery and I dived down on it again, aiming for the left wing.
With another short burst, the entire wing came off and the bomber crashed into the sea.
In the mean time, other fighters had arrived. They, and the naval AAA, had taken care of all the other bombers! We had lost some ships, but at least the Germans wouldn't come back soon to try this again!
