Mission #1

[Rain Man]

...and the planes begin their takeoff roll!

I've only completed the first plane so far, but will do a bunch of them this weekend. Talisman has graciously agreed to assist with portions of the paperwork (pause for round of applause), so either he or I will be posting the other planes as they fly. I expect to finish many of them this weekend.


A note for you gunners:

1. If you "hit" an enemy plane, it means that you caused damage that will affect its attack ability, but not enough to make it break off and leave.

2. If you "damage" an enemy plane, it means that you caused enough damage that the plane will leave as soon as it makes one run at you, but you also severely affected its ability to hit your plane.

3. If you "kill" an enemy plane, it's a confirmed shootdown and you can paint a swastika on your flight jacket.


Ready? The Tequila Rose is cruising toward the first U.S. bombing mission in Occupied France.

[RedNFeisty]

Originally Posted by morphius

Morphius must resist urge to take the beers place...

Maybe Jenny will show up and we can just have a wet beer t-shirt game!!

[RedNFeisty]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Do you think we should wait 3 days just to be sure?

You hush! I am legit now!

[morphius]

Originally Posted by RednFeisty

Maybe Jenny will show up and we can just have a wet beer t-shirt game!!

I guess it is a start.

[RedNFeisty]

Originally Posted by morphius

I guess it is a start.

Well, we could always start without her!

[Rain Man]

Plane #18 – Fooooo Fighter


Pilot NaptownChief
Copilot Tommykat
Bombardier PastorMikH
Navigator Mr. Christopher
Engineer B2chiefsfan
Radio Op. Adam
Tail Gunner Amnorix
Ball Turret Gunner KC Kings
Right Waist Gunner el borracho
Left Waist Gunner NewChief

Target: Cherbourg, in sunny western France
Mid-formation both horizontally and vertically (low vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain
No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

1 Me109, 1 Me110 attack – Me 110 driven away by fighters

Pastormikh fires, misses
B2chiefsfan fires, misses
Mr. Christopher fires, misses

Me scores 2 hits
-hit to waist knocks out the heating element on newchief’s flight suit. Newchief is uninjured but can only fly another half-hour at altitude before the risk of severe frostbite sets in.
-superficial damage to nose

Me circles and attacks again

Adam fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

At this point, Naptownchief must make a decision. If he remains in formation for the entire flight, newchief is likely to suffer severe frostbite. However, the plane is in good shape otherwise and has no other inflight problems. Naptownchief makes the decision to fly to the target zone and then decide. If a crew member is lost en route, newchief can move to their position.

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

3 FW190s attack – 1 is driven away by fighters

B2chiefsfan fires, damages FW190
Newchief fires, misses
Pastormikh fires, hits FW190

1 FW misses, breaks off attack

Despite being damaged by b2chiefsfan, a diving FW scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to port wing
-hits top turret – puts the top turret gun out of commission and b2chiefsfan sustains light wound to left eye.

Both FWs break off attack

4 Me109s are driven away by fighters

2 FW190s are driven away by fighters

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium flak – 1 hit
-superficial damage to radio room
Despite the flak hit and the cursing of b2chiefsfan, pastormikh makes a great bomb run – 30% score

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

Naptownchief makes the tough decision to drop the Fooooo Fighter out of formation and down to 10,000 feet to save newchief. Since the plane is still over flak this will expose it to occasional flak and also means that any fighters that find the Fooooo Fighter will sustain attacks against it as long as possible. Since the radio is still working, though, some fighter support is still available.

Light flak attacks miss

6 FW190s attack – 2 driven away by fighters

Amnorix fires, damages FW190
Mr. Christopher fires, misses
El borracho fires, misses
KC Kings fires, misses
Newchief fires, hits FW190

3 FWs miss.

FW scores 4 hits
-starboard wing root damaged
-superficial damage to radio room
-superficial damage to waist
-starboard wing root heavily damaged – No evasive action will be possible without risking ripping the wing off

The damaged FW breaks off, and the other 3 FWs circle and attack again.

Adam fires, misses
Amnorix fires, hits FW190
Newchief fires, misses
El borracho fires, misses

2 FWs miss

FW scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to pilot compartment

All 3 FWs circle and attack again, though 2 appear to be limping.

Pastormikh fires, misses
Amnorix fires, kills FW190
KC Kings fires, misses

Both surviving FWs miss, break off attack.

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

Newchief is fine – no frostbite at all.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot NaptownChief
Copilot Tommykat
Bombardier PastorMikH
Navigator Mr. Christopher
Engineer B2chiefsfan
Radio Op. Adam
Tail Gunner Amnorix
Ball Turret Gunner KC Kings
Right Waist Gunner el borracho
Left Waist Gunner NewChief

Plenty of high fives for amnorix, who scored hits on three enemy fighters. Newchief gives naptown a case of beer.

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

Sounds like things got a little chilly back there for NewChief. He was probably firing off some excess ammo and hanging onto the warm gun barrels there for a while....

[Raiderhater]

Damn, I haven't been keeping up with this thread. Sub-forums suck ass.

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Plane #6 – Wrath of Zod

Pilot frazod
Copilot raiderhader
Bombardier headsnap
Navigator KC-CHIEFS-FAN-TX
Engineer JazzzLovr
Radio Op. Alphaman
Tail Gunner CosmicPal
Ball Turret Gunner redbrian
Right Waist Gunner Chief Henry
Left Waist Gunner kcfanintitanhell

Target: the fighter airbase at Abbeville

Tail bomber in formation, middle in vertical (High vulnerability)

Wrath of Zod draws the tail position, which usually draws a lot of enemy fire. That’s not good news headed to Abbeville.

Zone 1 Out: Britain
No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel
No enemy

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

4 FWs driven away by fighters

3 Me110s driven away by fighters

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Light flak defense - misses
Bombs run off target – 0% score

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

6 FW190s attack – 3 driven away by fighters
Headsnap fires, misses
Alphaman fires, misses
Jazzzlovr fires, kills FW190
Redbrian fires, hits FW190

1 FW misses, breaks off attack

1 FW parks at 6 o’clock high, and puts 6 hits into the Wrath of Zod
- Superficial damage to port wing
- Left flap knocked out
- raiderhader hit in left shoulder, serious wound
- superficial damage to bomb bay
- superficial damage to waist
- headsnap killed by hit to right upper back
- kc-chiefs-fan-tx hit in left forearm and left hip, serious wound

1 FW circles and attacks again

Kcfanintitanhell fires, hits FW190

FW misses, breaks off attack

3 FW190s attack – 1 driven away by fighters
Jazzzlovr fires, misses
Cosmicpal fires, misses

Both FWs miss, break off attack

2 Me110s are driven away by fighters

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

No enemy
Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

Raiderhader died in hospital
Kc-chiefs-fan-tx sent home

Eligible for next mission

Pilot frazod
Copilot XXX
Bombardier XXX
Navigator JazzzLovr, promoted
Engineer Alphaman, promoted
Radio Op. CosmicPal, promoted
Tail Gunner Redbrian, promoted
Ball Turret Gunner Chief Henry, promoted
Right Waist Gunner Kcfanintitanhell, promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX

So…everyone within ten feet of frazod gets torched and he walks away unscathed. Lucky or good?

Good. I'm quite sure he's been planning my death since the other night. Finally deciding to play nice and accept me. It was all an act. fucker.

[RedNFeisty]

Great job Foo Fighters! You killed one!

[PastorMikH]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Despite the flak hit and the cursing of b2chiefsfan, pastormikh makes a great bomb run – 30% score

[Elvis]Thank You, Thank You Very Much[/Elvis]

[PastorMikH]

Originally Posted by raiderhader

I haven't been keeping up with this thread. .

Yeah, I even put up somewhat of a memorial of words on your behalf and you missed it.

[cdcox]

Damn, this bit of rolling dice is more exciting that craps!

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

I am curious as to how a bullet can fly through the cockpit, miss Frazod and hit Jamie who is like a fourth Fraz's size? That must be some real bad luck!

Jamie was a good kid, went way before his time. We will miss him (well everyone except Fraz who was getting sick of Jamie trying to tell him how to fly).

That would be because he was flying my side of the plane towards the flak. I'm telling you he was conspiring to take me out and make it look like a casualty of war......

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Damn, this bit of rolling dice is more exciting that craps!

I will admit that after waiting for the last couple of days, my blood got pumping a little bit just reading about our run. This is some great fun and will only get better. Huge props to Rainman for all of this!

[RedNFeisty]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

I will admit that after waiting for the last couple of days, my blood got pumping a little bit just reading about our run. This is some great fun and will only get better. Huge props to Rainman for all of this!

I agree Rain Man deserves huge props!

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by frazod

I never liked him anyway.....

I will haunt your murderous ass Frazee, mark my words.