Mission 2 - Let's test out the sophomore jinx.

[Rain Man]

Ready? Here we go...godspeed JOhn Glenn and everybody else.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by KcMizzou

I'm hoping not to get shot in the head this time. I made it through once... but I dunno if the old mellon could take another...

Fortunately, it wasn't in a serious part of your head, I guess.

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Fortunately, it wasn't in a serious part of your head, I guess.

I dunno that any part of my head is serious... I think it's mainly there to block the cranium of our ace pilot, Special Ed.

Good God. This is like taking a bullet for a tree stump. WTF?!?!?

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #14 – Lucy Quipment

Pilot Psicosis (1)
Copilot KCTitus (1)
Bombardier Clint in Wichita (1)
Navigator 2bikemike (1)
Engineer Fat Elvis (1)
Radio Op. chief52 (1)
Tail Gunner old_geezer (1)
Ball Turret Gunner chiefsfan58 (1)
Right Waist Gunner RINGLEADER (1)
Left Waist Gunner Patteeu (1)
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Target: fighter base at Abbeville
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)

2 Me109s driven away by fighters

Extreme cold is jamming guns. Guns are only 50 percent operational.

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
No Flak
Clint in Wichita deadeyes the bomb run – 30% score

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

1 Me109, 1 Me110 driven away by fighters

2 Me110s driven away by fighters

2 Fw190s, 1 Me109, 1 Me110 attack – 1 Fw190 and 1 Me109 driven away by fighters

Clint in Wichita fires, misses
2bikemike fires, misses
oldgeezer fires, misses
Fat Elvis fires, misses

1 Fw190 misses, breaks off attack

Me scores 4 hits
-damage to starboard wing root
-starboard wing flap inoperable
-waist – Ringleaders oxygen system out, turns to portable
-bomb bay – life rafts are hit and destroyed. Better not go down over water!

oldgeezer fires, misses
chiefsfan58 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 Psicosis (1)
Copilot KCTitus (1)
Bombardier Clint in Wichita (1)
Navigator 2bikemike (1)
Engineer Fat Elvis (1)
Radio Op. chief52 (1)
Tail Gunner old_geezer (1)
Ball Turret Gunner chiefsfan58 (1)
Right Waist Gunner RINGLEADER (1)
Left Waist Gunner Patteeu (1)

Cruiseville, other than a few bumps. Maybe the French are now defending France.

[KcMizzou]

Nice Bombin' Clint!!

Sack Time up next....

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #15 – Sack Time

Pilot Special Ed (1)
Copilot KcMizzou (1)
Bombardier Bearcat (1)
Navigator alanm (1)
Engineer gh4chiefs (1)
Radio Op. mcan (1)
Tail Gunner seclark (1)
Ball Turret Gunner Luzap (1)
Right Waist Gunner redhed (1)
Left Waist Gunner ChiefGator (1)
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Target: Abbeville
Mid-formation horizontally and vertically (Low vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain

For luck, Bearcat smacks kcmizzou in the back of the head.
No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

5 Fw190s attack – 1 is driven away by fighters

Chiefgator fires, misses
Gh4chiefs fires, misses
Bearcat fires, misses
Alanm fires, hits Fw190
Seclark fires, damages Fw190
Alanm fires, misses
Redhed fires, misses

2 Fws miss, break off attack

Fw scores 4 hits
-superficial damage to radio room
-rudder damage to tail
-superficial damage to radio room
-superficial damage to starboard wing

Fw scores 3 hits
-superficial damage to radio room (mcan is getting a good story for the pub when he lands)
-root damage to starboard wing
-bomb bay – bomb release mechanism is damaged – bomb run must be estimated manually

2 Fws circle, attack again

Gh4chiefs fires, misses
Alanm fires, misses
Redhed fires, misses
1 Fw misses, breaks off attack

Fw scores 1 hit
-starboard wing flap inoperable

Fw circles, attacks again

Gh4chiefs fires, misses
Seclark fires, misses

Fw scores 4 hits
-outboard starboard fuel tank hit – self-seals with no effect
-superficial damage to tail
-waist – light wound to redhed’s right shoulder
-tail – seclark’s heat out

Fw breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Light Flak - misses
Luck or skill? Despite having a damaged bomb release mechanism, Bearcat nails it – 50% score!

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

1 Me109 attacks

Gh4chiefs fires, misses
Mcan fires, kills Me109

Special Ed makes the decision to drop out of formation down to 10,000 feet in order to keep seclark from getting frostbite.

Zone 2: English Channel

2 Me110s driven off by fighters

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Special Ed (1)
Copilot KcMizzou (1)
Bombardier Bearcat (1)
Navigator alanm (1)
Engineer gh4chiefs (1)
Radio Op. mcan (1)
Tail Gunner seclark (1)
Ball Turret Gunner Luzap (1)
Right Waist Gunner redhed (1)
Left Waist Gunner ChiefGator (1)

The smack in the head must have worked.

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

For luck, Bearcat smacks kcmizzou in the back of the head.

Luck or skill? Despite having a damaged bomb release mechanism, Bearcat nails it – 50% score!

Special Ed makes the decision to drop out of formation down to 10,000 feet in order to keep seclark from getting frostbite.

The smack in the head must have worked.

WooHoo.. Sack Time. Feel free to take a shot at my head... it seems to be the key to our success. 50%??? Nice job BC! Please don't puke in the parking lot this time.

[Rain Man]

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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.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by KcMizzou

WooHoo.. Sack Time. Feel free to take a shot at my head... it seems to be the key to our success. 50%??? Nice job BC! Please don't puke in the parking lot this time.

Over time, the entire squadron may start smacking you in the head. It seems to work.

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #17 – Deep Red

Pilot Morphius (1)
Copilot EBOLA (1)
Bombardier Hydrae (1)
Navigator BrainCase (1)
Engineer nmt1 (1)
Radio Op. brent102fire (1)
Tail Gunner mmaddog (1)
Ball Turret Gunner DaKCMan AP (1)
Right Waist Gunner Chief Roundup (1)
Left Waist Gunner RednFeisty
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Target: the fighter base at St. Omer
Mid-formation horizontally, low vertically (high vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel (Entering Target Zone)

1 Me109 attacks

brent102fire fires, misses

Me scores 1 hit
-kills nmt1 with hit to left leg

Me circles, attacks again

brent102fire fires, misses
mmaddog fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

5 Me109s attack – 1 driven away by fighters

brent102fire fires, misses
mmaddog fires, misses
braincase fires, hits Me109
Chief Roundup fires, misses

2 Mes miss, break off attack

Me scores 3 hits
-superficial damage to tail
-port wing – landing gear is inoperable. Looks like Deep Red is in for a belly landing.
-superficial damage to tail

Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to radio room
-superficial damage to pilot compartment

2 Mes circle, attack again

brent102fire fires, misses
hydrae fires, misses
braincase fires, misses
rednfeisty fires, misses

Both Mes miss, break off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Heavy Flak – 5 hits
-superficial damage to starboard wing
-port root damage to tail
-starboard root damage to tail
-superficial damage to tail

The fifth hit comes in. As a note, flak was fired from an 88-mm shell, which exploded at altitude to create shrapnel.

If you were unlucky, the shrapnel hit your plane.

If you were really unlucky, the 88-mm shell hit your plane.

If you were really, really unlucky, the 88-mm shell hit a fuel tank.

An 88-mm shell hits the port wing.

It explodes in the inboard fuel tank.

The fuel tank explodes.

The left wing shears off.

The plane immediately pitches into a violent, unrecoverable roll.

Pilot Morphius survives the explosion and is conscious, but can’t get out of the plane. Killed in crash.
Copilot EBOLA is thrown out of the plane, gets parachute open, lands safely.
Bombardier Hydrae survives the explosion and is conscious, but can’t get out of the plane. Killed in crash.
Navigator BrainCase is thrown out of the plane, but his parachute is on fire. He dies by falling.
Engineer nmt1 was kia in the aircraft already.
Radio Op. brent102fire is thrown out of the plane, but his parachute was blown off in the explosion. He dies by falling.
Tail Gunner mmaddog is thrown out of the plane, but his parachute was blown off in the explosion. He dies by falling.
Ball Turret Gunner DaKCMan AP was killed in the initial explosion.
Right Waist Gunner Chief Roundup was thrown out of the plane unconscious. He dies by falling.
Left Waist Gunner RednFeisty is knocked unconscious in the plane. She dies in the crash.

Ebola lands in northern France relatively uninjured. He manages to evade the Germans for 15 hours, but is captured and sent to a POW camp, where he will spend the rest of the war.

No bombing run.

Aftereffects

None – Deep Red is no more.

Eligible for next mission

None.


Well, that stank.

[tk13]

Wow.....carnage in full blown horror now!

[Rain Man]

That had to hurt.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That had to hurt.

Just a bit.

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #18 – Fooooo Fighter

Pilot NaptownChief (1)
Copilot Tommykat (1)
Bombardier PastorMikH (1)
Navigator Mr. Christopher (1)
Engineer B2chiefsfan (1)
Radio Op. Adam (1)
Tail Gunner Amnorix (1)
Ball Turret Gunner KC Kings (1)
Right Waist Gunner el borracho (1)
Left Waist Gunner NewChief (1)
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Target: Lille
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 Fw190s driven away by fighters

1 Me109, 1 Me110 attack – Me110 is driven off by fighters

KC Kings fires, misses
amnorix fires, misses

Me scores 1 hit
-damage to port root of tail

Me circles, attacks again

Mr. Christopher fires, misses
B2chiefsfan fires, hits Me109
Pastormikh fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak – 1 hit
-superficial damage to bomb bay

Despite the flak hit, pastormikh comes through – 40% score!

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

2 Me109s attack – 1 is driven away by fighters

amnorix fires, kills Me109
KC Kings fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

3 Fw190s driven off by fighters

Zone 2: English Channel

1 Fw190, 3 Me109s attack – 1 Me109 driven away by fighters

KC Kings fires, hits Me109
PastorMikH fires, misses
B2chiefsfan fires, misses
Newchief fires, misses

Fw, 2 Mes miss, break off attack

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot NaptownChief (1)
Copilot Tommykat (1)
Bombardier PastorMikH (1)
Navigator Mr. Christopher (1)
Engineer B2chiefsfan (1)
Radio Op. Adam (1)
Tail Gunner Amnorix (1)
Ball Turret Gunner KC Kings (1)
Right Waist Gunner el borracho (1)
Left Waist Gunner NewChief (1)

I bet mundane sounds pretty good now after seeing Deep Red.

[ChiefJustice]

Poor bastards never had a chance.

[Over-Head]

MAN war is hell!