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B-17 #3 – Dreamsicle
Pilot Logical (11)
Copilot memyselfi (11)
Bombardier Hoover (11)
Navigator The Bad Guy (11)
Engineer BigChiefDave (11)
Radio Op. Ecto-I (11)
Tail Gunner Warrior5 (11)
Ball Turret Gunner cntrygal (11)
Right Waist Gunner JennyGump (10)
Left Waist Gunner EBOLA (4)
Target: Lorient, a U-boat base in western France. Lorient has a large flak contingent.
Mid-formation horizontally, low vertically (high vulnerability)
Distance: 6 zones
Zone 1 Out: Britain
No enemy
Zone 2 Out: English Channel
3 Me110s attack
Hoover fires, damages Me110
The Bad Guy fires, hits Me110
Cntrygal fires, misses
Warrior5 fires, hits Me110
2 Me110s miss
Despite a hit from Warrior5, an Me110 barrels up at 6 o’clock low, and barrages Dreamsicle with 8 hits!
-superficial damage to tail
-tail – warrior5 takes a serious and nasty hit to the jaw
-waist – ball turret gun is knocked out of commission (cntrygal is unhurt with a few bullet creases in her flight jacket)
-radio room – control cables are damaged but operable
-superficial damage to bomb bay doors
-superficial damage to port aileron
-superficial damage to pilot compartment
-superficial damage to nose
Me circles, attacks again
BigChiefDave fires, hits Me110
JennyGump fires, misses
Me misses, breaks off attack
Zone 3 Out: Western Channel
3 Fw190s are driven off by other B-17s
cntrygal, with some help from ebola and jennygump, drags an unconscious warrior5 from the tail to the ball turret. She hooks up his oxygen and heat and lowers him into the ball turret, then moves back and takes over the tail gun spot.
Zone 4 Out: Western Channel
No enemy
Zone 5: France (out of fighter range)
No enemy
Zone 6: France (Entering Target Zone)
No enemy.
Oddly, there are no enemy fighters coming up to greet the bombing run. In an unusual turn of events, the Germans somehow didn’t communicate to each other that Allied bombers were inbound.
Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak - misses
Boy, this just isn’t Hoover’s strength – 5% score
Zone 6: France (Leaving Target Zone)
1 Me109 is driven off by other B-17s
1 Me110 attacks
The Me is climbing vertically, and with the ball turret out of commission, none of the ship’s guns can fire at it. Fortunately, other B-17s are firing, so the Me doesn’t see this weakness.
Me misses, breaks off attack
Zone 5: France
No enemy
Zone 4 Out: Western Channel (back in fighter range)
1 Me109, 1 Me110 driven off by fighters
1 Fw190 is driven off by fighters
Zone 3 Out: Western Channel
No enemy
Zone 2: English Channel
No enemy
Zone 1: England
Good weather
Good landing
Aftereffects
Unfortunately, warrior5 is headed home for years of dental work and reconstructive surgery.
Eligible for next mission
Pilot Logical (11)
Copilot memyselfi (11)
Bombardier Hoover (11)
Navigator The Bad Guy (11)
Engineer BigChiefDave (11)
Radio Op. Ecto-I (11)
Tail Gunner cntrygal (11), promoted
Ball Turret Gunner JennyGump (10), promoted
Right Waist Gunner EBOLA (4), promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX
They got a little bonus with the surprise attack there.
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