Trench Maps

As part of the effort to make Bloody Betancourt feel as ‘real’ as possible, I created a series of maps. To be honest, the ground features are not really relevant to the campaign; I could just have a list of the sectors, but I do love maps and having them makes the fictional Betancourt area

The Germans

To oppose 76 Squadron in the area around Betancourt, we have Jagdstaffel (or ‘Jasta’) 85. In the Bloody Betancourt ‘universe’ Jasta 85 is a newly-minted formation of the Luftstreitkräfte, the German flying corps. Despite being relatively new, the Germans spent more time training so all pilots are regarded as experienced. Due to operational pressures, however,

76 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

The starting point for the Bloody Betancourt campaign is the arrival of 76 Squadron from Blighty, assigned to cover the Betancourt Sector. To explain why none of the squadron’s pilots have no victories, the fiction is that it is a newly reconstituted squadron, hastily put together and shipped out to France. The squadron’s commander, Major

New arrivals: Sunday, 22nd July

“Trevelyan, Sir”“Hayes, Sir” Major Stanhope nodded slowly, “Hour many hours flying time?” “Fifteen, Sir”“The same, Sir; fifteen” “Solo?”, asked Stanhope. “Two, Sir” Trevelyan lowered his eyes, “One, Sir” “One”, repeated Stanhope mechanically. He forced a weak smile, “Well, I’ve assigned you to ‘B’ Flight; Captain Osborne will look after you. See the orderly; he’ll show