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Who's fighting?..I'm just saying, that I feel a little like a low hanging left nut is all :( Kinda hanging there all wide open waiting to get kicked :doh!:

:LOL: Might happen.

Have we flown a mission yet?..HAven't been around in a few days, and I skimmed threough all the mission pages. Perhaps Kevin could make a "Clean" thread with ONLY the missions in it, then poor schmucks like me wouldn't have to sift through so many pages to find stuff :hmmm:

Nope, we haven't flown yet that I've seen. That "Missions Thread" is a good idea.

Fire Below was the name, but Fire Down Below works fine. Thanks C.J.!

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/attac...id=21474&stc=1

Plane #16 – Fire Below

Pilot BIG_DADDY
Copilot Skip Towne
Bombardier RedNeckRaider
Navigator CHIEF4EVER
Engineer jcroft
Radio Op. Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan
Tail Gunner Cannibal
Ball Turret Gunner Over-Head
Right Waist Gunner bishop_74
Left Waist Gunner CanadaKC

Target: Another bomber heads to Cherbourg
Mid-formation horizontally, high vertically (moderate vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain
No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel
No enemy

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

3 FW190s attack – 2 are driven away by fighters

Bishop74 fires, misses
Chief4ever fires, misses
Jcroft fires, misses

FW misses, breaks off attack

2 Me110s attack – 1 is driven away by fighters

Canadakc fires, misses
Over-head fires, misses
Jcroft fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Heavy flak defense – 5 hits on B-17
-superficial damage to tail
-cannibal hit, light wound, loses half of right thumb (ouch).
-left port flap knocked out of commission
-starboard wing root damaged
-port wing root damaged (Root damage to both wings will make a lot of noise, but nothing else)

The multiple flak hits make it impossible for redneckraider to keep the bombsight on target – 0% score

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

3 FW190s attack – 2 are driven away by fighters

Chief4ever fires, misses
Bishop74 fires, misses

FW misses, breaks off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

4 Me 109s attack – 2 are driven away by fighters

Jcroft fires, misses
Bishop74 fires, misses
Redneckraider fires, hits Me109
Cannibal fires, misses
Canadakc fires, misses

Both Mes miss, break off attack

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

Cannibal can only hitchhike in one direction from now on.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot BIG_DADDY
Copilot Skip Towne
Bombardier RedNeckRaider
Navigator CHIEF4EVER
Engineer Jcroft
Radio Op. Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan
Tail Gunner Cannibal
Ball Turret Gunner Over-Head
Right Waist Gunner bishop_74
Left Waist Gunner CanadaKC

What a marksmanship display there, fellas. Redneckraider barely broke up the no-hitter.

Well at least we all survived. You gunners better get your chit together :cuss: we look like the Todd Blackleges of the sky.

Well if I hadn't run out of ammo, i'da got em real good! :mad:

Our SECOND mission :thumb:

B-17 #16 – Fire Below

Pilot BIG_DADDY (1)
Copilot Skip Towne (1)
Bombardier RedNeckRaider (1)
Navigator CHIEF4EVER (1)
Engineer Jcroft (1)
Radio Op. Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan (1)
Tail Gunner Cannibal (1)
Ball Turret Gunner Over-Head (1)
Right Waist Gunner bishop_74 (1)
Left Waist Gunner CanadaKC (1)
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Target: Amiens
Mid-formation horizontally and vertically (low vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

3 Me109s attack – 2 are driven away by fighters

Redneckraider fires, damages Me109
Chief4ever fires, misses
Cannibal fires, misses

Damaged Me misses, breaks off attack

2 Me109s are driven off by fighters

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Light Flak - misses
Redneckraider puts the bombs in the pickle barrel – 30% score

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

1 Fw190, 2 Me109s attack – 1 Fw190 driven off by fighters

Chief4ever fires, misses
Jcroft fires, misses
Cannibal fires, misses

1 Me109 misses, breaks off attack

Me scores 2 hits
-skip towne takes light wound to mid-chest
-starboard wing root damaged

Me circles, attacks again

Chief4ever fires, misses
Jcroft fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

1 Me109 attacks

Cannibal fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot BIG_DADDY (1)
Copilot Skip Towne (1)
Bombardier RedNeckRaider (1)
Navigator CHIEF4EVER (1)
Engineer Jcroft (1)
Radio Op. Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan (1)
Tail Gunner Cannibal (1)
Ball Turret Gunner Over-Head (1)
Right Waist Gunner bishop_74 (1)
Left Waist Gunner CanadaKC (1)

The pounding of the Nazis continues.

Well, our bombing run went much, much better than the first time.

However, our shooting percentages are still not too good. 1 hit per run isn't going to get it cut once we start drawing more attention.

I recommend a little less time in the pub and a little more time on the practice range.

And no more rippers before the run. :bong:

Aw crap. :cuss:

Hey skip, I was sorry to hear about your extraneous third nipple being shot off. I hope you're healing well.

Both times we have taken flight I have been dog shit hung over! however I am 2 for 2 on the machine gun, and the only chance I have had to drop a payload I hit 30%. If you would like to talk it over, me and Big Daddy will be at the bar!