Only if Tim is running the underworld........

Yup, kind of like getting to the good part of the book. Even got a bit excited when our plane was getting straifed, and a good deep belly laugh when Laz was taken out. And appearntly our team is well liked, because a bunch of planes dropped down to help us. Good stuff.

Dude, getting haunted by a gerbil would be more scarey.

Plane #19 – War Dog

Pilot Baby Lee
Copilot Brock Landers
Bombardier Boozer
Navigator Sure-Oz
Engineer BigOlChiefsfan
Radio Op. Gunther_Fan
Tail Gunner California Injun
Ball Turret Gunner Lightning Rod
Right Waist Gunner LegitimusGrim
Left Waist Gunner Chief Faithful


Target: the highly defended Abbeville, which is probably ticked off after the great bombing mission by those heroes in Plane #10.

Mid-formation horizontally, high vertically (moderate vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain
No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

4 Me109s attack – 3 are driven away by fighters

Boozer fires, misses
Chief faithful fires, misses
BigOlChiefsfan fires, misses

Me scores 2 hits
-radio room – radio knocked out of commission
-superficial damage to radio room (GuntherFan is not happy at the moment.)

Me circles and attacks again

Lightning Rod fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

5 Me109s are driven away by fighters

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Absolutely brutal heavy flak – 10 hits!
-waist – legitimus grim sustains light wound to lower right leg
-superficial damage to port wing
-tail – California Injun seriously wounded in right shoulder
-superficial damage to starboard wing
-damage to root of port wing
-tail – California Injun hit a second time in jaw, dies of combined wounds
-#2 engine (inboard on port side) knocked out of commission
-waist – legitimus grim hit again in forehead, dies of combined injuries
-waist – chief faithful sustains light wound to left foot
-tail – autopilot out, which means that baby lee will have to manually control the plane during the bomb run
-superficial damage to tail

Loaded with bombs, War Dog begins falling back in the formation after losing one of its four engines. Since they are already in the bombing zone, baby lee elects to complete the bombing run. Once the bombs are dropped, War Dog can keep up with the rest of the formation, which is vital since the radio is not working.

Amazingly, boozer manages to get the bombs close to the target despite the major flak barrage – 5% score

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

GuntherFan leaves the blown-up radio room and moves through the carnage in the rear of the plane to replace California Injun.

4 Me109s attack – 2 are driven off by fighters

BigOlChiefsfan fires, misses
GuntherFan fires, misses

1 Me misses, breaks off attack.

Me scores 2 hits
-nose – boozer sustains light wounds to the right side of his head and his stomach.
-nose – Sure-Oz sustains light wound to the left upper arm
-superficial damage to bomb bay doors

Me circles and attacks again

Boozer fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

From the rear of the plane, GuntherFan reports smoke increasing from damaged #2 engine. All crew prepare to bail out. Baby Lee finds alternate airfield, lands without warning since radio was inoperative.
Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Baby Lee
Copilot Brock Landers
Bombardier Boozer
Navigator Sure-Oz
Engineer BigOlChiefsfan
Radio Op. Gunther_Fan
Tail Gunner Lightning Rod, promoted
Ball Turret Gunner XXX
Right Waist Gunner Chief Faithful, promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX

Ah, our first engine hit. Engine hits are bad, bad things. I’m surprised it took 19 flights to see one.

So will we get through the entire first mission without losing a plane? Nineteen down, one to go.

War Dog just got all shot up. Lucky they didn't lose more. Good to see the plane I named make it home safe.

RM - For the next set of missions, can you put thumbnail logos with the posts?

I'm glad you boys made it okay, sorry to hear about the ones that didn't. I will raise a toast to all lost on this mission. You will be sorely missed.

Hot tamales gentlemen! Three hits on my first mission! I knew tail gunner Geezer still had it. I knew Clint would be a great bombadier also.
PBJ PBJ PBJ

Plane #20 – Sky Chief

Pilot DenverChief
Copilot Iowanian
Bombardier Sky
Navigator Lzen
Engineer AustinChief
Radio Op. Michael Michigan
Tail Gunner DJay23
Ball Turret Gunner UMKC 1L
Right Waist Gunner mlyonsd
Left Waist Gunner PennyWise

Target: the railhead at Amiens
Lead plane in formation horizontally, high in formation vertically (very vulnerable)

Zone 1 Out: Britain
No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

2 FW190s, 1 Me109, 1 Me110 attack – 1 FW190 driven off by fighters

Djay 23 fires, misses
UMKC1L fires, kills Me110
Lzen fires, misses
Austinchief fires, misses

Me scores 1 hit
-denverchief sustains light wound to stomach
-iowanian sustains light wound to right chest

Fw scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to port wing
-superficial damage to starboard wing

Me and Fw circle and attack again

Sky fires, misses
Austinchief fires, misses
UMKC1L fires, kills Me109

Fw misses, break off attack

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

3 Me110s attack

Djay 23 fires, kills Me110
Mlyonsd fires, misses
Lzen fires, misses
Djay 23 fires, misses

Both 110s miss, break off attack

2 Me109s driven away by fighters

1 Fw190 driven away by fighters

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak – 2 hits
-superficial damage to waist
-denverchief’s oxygen supply hit – Denverchief must switch to portable oxygen bottles to stay at altitude.

Excellent bomb run by Sky despite flak hits – 40% score

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

Iowanian takes over flight despite wound, so Denverchief can maintain oxygen supply and tend to own wound. Iowanian stays at altitude to maintain place in formation.

3 Me110s attack

Lzen fires, misses
Djay 23 fires, damages Me110
Austinchief fires, misses
UMKC1L fires, misses

Zone 2: English Channel

3 Me110s attack

Austinchief fires, misses
UMKC1L fires, hits Me110
Sky fires, misses

All 3 Mes miss, break off attack

Zone 1: England

The base has fog and low visibility.
Good landing by Iowanian

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot DenverChief
Copilot Iowanian
Bombardier Sky
Navigator Lzen
Engineer AustinChief
Radio Op. Michael Michigan
Tail Gunner DJay23
Ball Turret Gunner UMKC 1L
Right Waist Gunner mlyonsd
Left Waist Gunner PennyWise

Cheers erupt from the ground crews as the dinged up Sky Chief drops out of the cloud cover and becomes the 20th bomber to land.

You guys did great!! :clap:

Good idea. Let me see if I can dig them all up. Does every plane have a logo?

Can we use that "Queen of the Strip" one for #12? Va va va voom.

Hot damn, Sky Chief killed two!! Cheers, all the planes have made it back!! Damn you guys are awesome!! I can't wait to shoot some s.o.b.'s down!!

UMKC1L kills two Me and hits another! Great shooting!

War dog doesn't have a logo.