Captain Mic Cloud (ret.)

Pilot, North American flight

Joined Royal Air Corps in December 2002

Medal & Citation Dates:

Bronze Star Red Baron World League IV - 2003

Two Aerial Achievement Medals (fighter) RBWL IV - 2003

Personal History:

Captain Mic Cloud (AKA "Ace London") writes: "Now there was a time that Dogbreath, Questions, Horrido, Lil' Sparrow, and Shnoze Shmon were sitting at the poker table with London Mic Cloud while they all were serving scramble duty.  It was an ordinary day like any other, and the enemy hadn't been sighted for days now.  The mood was relaxed,
the beer was good, and the poker game was competitive.  The others just couldn't figure why London was winning most of the hands: 'beginners luck' they figured."

"Suddenly the forward air sirens went off, and the communications officer ran out and yelled, 'A flight of four Fokker DVIIs escorting three DIIs sighted justnorth of Nancy, SCRAMBLE! SCRAMBLE! SCRAMBLE!' "

"All six pilots threw their cards and rushed to their planes, each with their own weakness and strengths.  The flight leader today, Questions, yelled out, 'Watch Mic's back, he's a new one and I want him alive more than 17 hrs!'.  Since the young fellow had already 15 hrs flight time, they felt his number was up!"

"While in flight they broke off into two teams, one to go further up the front, and the other to head the other direction down the Front.  These DVIIs were tricky, and close teamwork was needed.  When the flight of Huns and the bombers were sighted, not exactly where the communication said, they fired flares to reel back in the rest of the team.  Once together, the engaged the enemy.  The fight was intense and evolving into a stalemate, the pilots
decided to try some 'unorthodox' tactics.  Their way of saying, Bait 'n' Hook!"

"Questions yelled out to Mic, 'I want you to take your Camel, and get infront of the lead plane, and get him to fixate on you, trust me you'll live!'   Looking at his Purple Heart and thinking to himself, 'I've heard that before,' Mic follows Q's orders and dives infront of the DVII.  Of course, the DVII pilot sees what he thinks is an easy kill, and starts to unload the cannons.  Questions, behind the DVII, starts to fire...only to have his guns jam up!  In a scramble for a solution Mic remembers how weak those DVII engines are, pulls out the four Ace cards he'd been hiding in his flight jacket sleeve, and tosses them at the DVII.  Luckily, the card flys right through the props, and lodges straight in the carburator!  The DVII's engine chokes up and dies, causing the DVII to enter into a glide.  The whole time trying to unjam his guns, Questions sees London pull the Aces and toss em at the D7, 'That little b****r, I knew he knew how to play poker!'."

"London then dives on the D7, and puts a bullet into the pilots head, thus ending the fight.  While back on the ground, Questions runs up to Mic and yells 'Ace!  Gimme back my money,' and slugs him in the noggin.  The others run up and separate the two, Lil' pipes up 'What's goin on here!'  Q explains what he saw, and the others start to advance towards him."

"Lil' stops them and calmly asks 'Mic, you'll give the money back right?'  'Yessir' he says quickly.  'You'll never do that again will you?'  'No sir.'  ' I see only one alternative then, you're stuck with Ace so every can remember that move you pulled on the DVII and not to play poker with you, not for money anyway'."

"And that is how London Mic Cloud got the nickname 'Ace'."

Captain Mic Cloud is now retired following a short but successful tour of active service as a fighter pilot.

(last updated December 2006)