I guess I'd better consider removing what's left of that "lucky" bullseye my mom sewed on the back of my flight jacket.... :rolleyes:

wow. no one got wasted this time out, but the plane got shot to sh*t... the ground crew is going to be busy patching our bird up. we need some SERIOUS gunnery practice. not a single enemy fighter hit. :banghead:

man 30% bomb run? better than last time but that STILL SUCKS. back to polishing the norton bombsights.... <sigh> :rolleyes: </sigh>

*edit*
ooops. old_geezer nailed an enemy fighter. sorry i missed your score dude.

I still think you just copy and paste this:

ExtremeChief fires, misses


at least I'm still alive...

Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, misses

Dang! I'm a lousy shot!

Yeah I can't believe I have survived 9 missions. And I have been promoted twice.

Damn, I'm dead again.

Uh, could we get a little reincarnation over here?

And as the fog of night rolls in. The Sack Time sits on the tarmac. The mission scrubbed for the evening. The crew decides to get wasted at the local pub.:thumb:

Oy Vey! I'm still alive and hit a plane! 50% hit ratio so far. I knew that radar guided activation system I installed on my guns would be helpful.

Dave

Well, screw me! What part of me didn't see a bullet...

Hey! Can we please get someone up here to clean the donkey blood off the co-pilots seat for me...Thank you..

:) :) Tough break MHM..Hopefully you'll be reincarnated soon..

Well, look at the bright side. At least you haven't died yet. ;)

Whew! 13 evening focus groups in the past two weeks, and shorthanded as well. I'm through my crunch period, so I hope to finish up this mission tonight or tomorrow, and then maybe get a good jump on Mission 10 on Sunday. Central command is back in the saddle.

Yeah Dave our crew put them guns to good use, lots of hits and acouple kills.Cheers to the living,salute to the dead.

I guess the Sack Time can stand down again for the night. We're in no hurry to die. May as well head back on into town to the pub again. :thumb:

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B-17 #15 – Sack Time

Pilot Special Ed (8)
Copilot KcMizzou (8)
Bombardier Bearcat (8)
Navigator alanm (8)
Engineer gh4chiefs (8)
Radio Op. seclark (8)
Tail Gunner Luzap (8)
Ball Turret Gunner redhed (8)
Right Waist Gunner Hydrae (4)
Left Waist Gunner Rain Man (2)

Target: Rouen
Mid-formation horizontally, high vertically

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: Western Channel

2 Me110s are driven off by fighters

Zone 4 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

2 Me 109s are driven off by fighters

1 Me109 attacks

seclark fires, misses

Me scores 1 hit
-pilot compartment – landing gear controls destroyed. Neither landing gear will deploy.

Me circles, attacks again

gh4chiefs fires, misses
alanm fires, hits Fw190

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Bad Weather – Thunderstorms in the area
Medium Flak - misses
Bomb run off target due to weather – 0% score

Zone 4 Out: France (Leaving Target Zone)

4 Fw190s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters
bearcat fires, misses
gh4chiefs fires, misses
hydrae fires, misses
redhed fires, misses

2 Fws miss, break off attack

Fw scores 5 hits from 3 o’clock low.
-port wing - #2 engine is hit and the throttle breaks. The engine roars out of control at full power.
-superficial damage to bomb bay
-bomb bay – life rafts hit and destroyed
-superficial damage to starboard wing
-pilot compartment – kcmizzou is killed instantly by a hit to the left chest.

Special Ed is in trouble with his copilot dead and the #2 engine out of control. Sack Time begins yawing to the right and enters a flat spin.

Fw circles, attacks again

luzap fires, kills Fw190 despite entering into a slow spin.

Gh4chiefs runs up to the cockpit and helps Special Ed cut off the fuel to the #2 engine. Fortunately it works, and Special Ed is able to regain control of the plane while it drops through the formation and other B-17s veer to avoid it. Despite the loss of one engine, Special Ed rights the plane and puts it back into formation.

Zone 3 Out: France Belgium Western Channel North Sea (Leaving Target Zone)

Gh4chiefs goes back to his station.
2 Me110s are driven off by fighters

Zone 2: English Channel

3 Me109s are driven away by fighters.

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Despite a lack of landing gear, Special Ed skids the plane to a stop in a belly landing.

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Special Ed (8)
Copilot Bearcat (8), promoted
Bombardier alanm (8) , promoted
Navigator gh4chiefs (8) , promoted
Engineer seclark (8) , promoted
Radio Op. Luzap (8) , promoted
Tail Gunner redhed (8) , promoted
Ball Turret Gunner Hydrae (4) , promoted
Right Waist Gunner Rain Man (2) , promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX

Another day, another belly landing.