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Mission 12: The Burning of Atlantaburg - Tara! Tara! Tara!
Let's see who makes it to a dirty dozen.
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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. |
I hope Warrior5 likes mashed potatoes and pudding!
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B-17 #4 – Red, White, and Blew by You Pilot Lattimer (11) Copilot go bo (11) Bombardier KCJohnny (11) Navigator Redcoats58 (11) Engineer voyager (11) Radio Op. munkey (11) Tail Gunner TheFly (11) Ball Turret Gunner cdcox (11) Right Waist Gunner headsnap (10) Left Waist Gunner kcfanintitanhell (2) Target: La Rochelle, a very distant U-boat base in southwest France. Better fuel up! La Rochelle has beefed-up flak defenses. Mid-formation horizontally and vertically (low vulnerability) Distance: 8 zones Zone 1 Out: Britain No enemy TheFly radios up from the tail that he has something to tell the crew, but then changes his mind. Zone 2 Out: English Channel 2 Fw190s attack KCJohnny fires, damages Fw190 Cdcox fires, damages Fw190 TheFly fires, hits the same Fw190 that cdcox just hit 2 Fws miss, break off attack and limp away Zone 3 Out: Western Channel No enemy Zone 4 Out: France No enemy Zone 5 Out: France (out of fighter range) 1 Me110 is driven off by other B-17s Zone 6 Out: France No enemy Zone 7 Out: France 1 Fw190 is driven off by other B-17s Zone 8 Out: France (Entering Target Zone) 3 Me110s attack KCJohnny fires, misses Voyager fires, misses Redcoats58 fires, damages Me110 TheFly fires, misses Cdcox fires, hits Me110 2 Mes miss, break off attack 1 Me, obviously flown by a veteran, hammers in from 6 o’clock low and pounds Red, White, & Blew By You with 11 hits! -superficial damage to tail -superficial damage to tail -waist – kcfanintitanhell takes a serious wound to the back of the neck. He drops like a rock. -waist – headsnap fares a little better, taking only a light wound to the right hip. -waist – never mind. Headsnap takes a serious wound to the middle of the chest. He lingers for a few minutes, but dies from blood loss. -superficial damage to radio room -bomb bay – PING! A bomb is hit, but doesn’t explode. -port wing root is slightly damaged -#4 engine takes a big hit and seizes up. The B-17 is running on three engines for the rest of the mission. -pilot compartment – lattimer and gobo lose their oxygen system and switch quickly to backup -superficial damage to nose Me circles, attacks again KCJohnny fires, misses Voyager fires, misses TheFly fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Entering Bomb Zone Good Weather Heavy Flak – 3 hits -nose – redcoats58 takes light wounds to the back of the head and the jaw. He temporarily blacks out. -nose – KCJohnny takes a grazing light wound to the neck from the same flak burst -nose – redcoats58 takes one more as he drops to the deck, a light wound to the left hip. Bomb run off target due to flak hit and bombardier injury – 0% score Zone 8: France (Leaving Target Zone) Despite running on three engines, the B-17 is keeping up fine. It’s just further back and slightly lower in the formation. 1 Me109 attacks KCJohnny fires, misses TheFly fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack 1 Me109 attacks KCJohnny fires, misses Voyager fires, misses TheFly fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Zone 7: France No enemy In a bit of bad luck, kcfanintitanhell lost his oxygen when he was injured. He quietly succumbs to oxygen loss while unconscious. Zone 6: France No enemy Zone 5: France No enemy Redcoats58 is conscious again and groggily takes his position. Zone 4: France (back in fighter range) 2 Me110s attack KCJohnny fires, kills Me110 Voyager fires, hits Me110 Cdcox fires, misses Redcoats58 fires, misses Me scores 1 hit -superficial damage to bomb bay doors Me circles, attacks again KCJohnny fires, misses TheFly fires, hits Me110 Voyager fires, misses Zone 3: Western Channel 1 Me109 attacks KCJohnny fires, misses Redcoats58 fires, damages Me109 TheFly 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 Lattimer (11) Copilot go bo (11) Bombardier KCJohnny (11) Navigator Redcoats58 (11) Engineer voyager (11) Radio Op. munkey (11) Tail Gunner TheFly (11) Ball Turret Gunner cdcox (11) Right Waist Gunner XXX Left Waist Gunner XXX It wasn’t a bad mission except for twenty minutes of hell in the target zone. Redcoats58 will have to sit out the traditional trip to the pub afterward, too. (Game note: bummer for kcfanintitanhell. He had a lucky rabbit’s foot that let him reroll the dice when he took his serious injury. The reroll was a KIA.) |
And now the missions start to get fun
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B-17 #5 – El Duderino Pilot ENDelt260 (11) Copilot SNR (11) Bombardier philfree (11) Navigator Talisman (11) Engineer AJKCFAN (11) Radio Op. Radar Chief (11) Tail Gunner hawaiianboy (11) Ball Turret Gunner PennyWise (11) Right Waist Gunner tk13 (2) Left Waist Gunner Mile High Mania Target: La Rochelle’s distant U-boats Mid-formation horizontally, low vertically (high vulnerability) Distance: 8 zones Zone 1 Out: Britain No enemy Zone 2 Out: English Channel No enemy Zone 3 Out: Western Channel 2 Me110s attack philfree fires, misses pennywise fires, misses Talisman fires, misses Hawaiianboy fires, kills Me110 Me misses, breaks off attack 2 Me109s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters Ajkcfan fires, misses Hawaiianboy fires, misses pennywise fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Zone 4 Out: France 5 Fw190s attack philfree fires, misses pennywise fires, misses Talisman fires, misses Ajkcfan fires, hits Fw190 Radarchief fires, kills Fw190 Milehighmania fires, hits Fw190 2 Fws miss, break off attack Fw scores 1 hit -superficial damage to starboard wing Fw scores 2 hits -superficial damage to tail -port wing – aileron destroyed 2 Fws circle, attack again Ajkcfan fires, hits Fw190 Talisman fires, misses Tk13 fires, hits Fw190 philfree fires, misses 2 Fws miss, break off attack It is becoming obvious to the crew and the rest of the bombing flight that this mission has been compromised. Fighters are waiting for them at every opportunity, and additional German fighters have come up to pull away the fighter cover. Someone knew about this mission. 2 Fw190s attack philfree fires, misses pennywise fires, misses Tk13 fires, misses Fw misses, breaks off attack Fw scores 1 hit -superficial damage to bomb bay Zone 5: France (out of fighter range) 1 Me109 attacks Ajkcfan fires, misses Me scores 1 hit -superficial damage to pilot compartment Me circles, attacks again philfree fires, misses Ajkcfan fires, misses Talisman fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack 2 Me109s, 1 Me110 attack philfree fires, misses Tk13 fires, misses Hawaiianboy fires, hits Me109 Ajkcfan fires, misses Me110 misses, breaks off attack Me109 sweeps in and plants 8 hits into El Duderino! -superficial damage to nose -pilot compartment – SNR takes a serious wound as a shell goes through an artery in his left thigh and then shatters his right knee. He loses consciousness from blood loss as he works to tie a tourniquet around his leg. -superficial damage to bomb bay -superficial damage to bomb bay -radio room – the radio is knocked out of commission -waist – tk13 is seriously wounded by a shot to the stomach -waist – mile high mania is killed instantly by two shots that remove the left side of his chest -tail – Hawaiianboy’s oxygen system is knocked out, and he switches to his backup system Me circles, attacks again Ajkcfan fires, kills Me109 Zone 6: France 5 Fw190s attack philfree fires, misses pennywise fires, misses Talisman fires, misses Radarchief fires, hits Fw190 Ajkcfan fires, hits Fw190 Hawaiianboy fires, kills Fw190 Fw misses, breaks off attack Fw scores 2 hits -superficial damage to starboard wing -superficial damage to nose Fw scores 1 hit -pilot compartment – Enddelt loses his oxygen and switches to his backup system. Fw scores 5 hits -superficial damage to bomb bay -pilot compartment – the control cables are damaged but still operable -port wing - #1 engine is hit and dies. Unfortunately, the propeller is windmilling, and Enddelt can’t feather it. -port wing - #1 engine’s oil tank is hit. Oil begins streaming out of the engine. -waist – control cables to the rudder are severed. There will be no more controlled yawing on this trip. Enddelt is having trouble up front. The #1 engine won’t feather, which means that the plane yaws left at high speed. Enddelt has to slow down to a very low speed to maintain control, and the busted rudder isn’t helping. Combined with the loss of the #1 engine and both waist gunners, El Duderino is going to be a sitting duck at the target. “We’re aborting,” Enddelt decides, and is about to announce it over the intercom as the 3 Fw190s circle around for another attack. philfree fires, misses pennywise fires, misses Talisman fires, misses Ajkcfan fires, kills Fw190 Radarchief fires, kills Fw190 Hawaiianboy fires, misses Fw scores 1 hit -pilot compartment – BZZBZZBZZBZZTTTTTT – All of the gauges in the cockpit drop to zero. The cockpit’s electrical system has been knocked out. Enddelt hears philfree say, “Hey, my elec-“ and then remembers the hiss of the damaged oxygen system. Ripping off his seat belt, he’s a step too slow as an electrical spark ignites the leaking oxygen. The cockpit explodes into flames, engulfing an unconscious SNR. Flames momentarily engulf Enddelt, and AJKCfan leaps forward with an extinguisher to put them out as the plane begins a slow, unmanned bank right. A stunned and injured Enddelt stumbles toward the back of the plane as chaos erupts. Ed Duderino slowly turns onto its back and points nose first toward the ground. AJKCfan is the only one who knows the situation and yells, “Bail Out! Bail Out!” as the other crew members simply yell in surprise. It’s every man for himself at this point. Rookie Left Waist Gunner Mile High Mania was already KIA aboard the plane, and is buried with it. Copilot SNR (11), well, we won’t talk about it. It was ugly. Burning cockpit, unconscious with a serious wound, diving plane. Right Waist Gunner Tk13 (2) was seriously wounded already, and despite his best efforts, can’t make it to the escape hatch. He rides the plane down and dies in the crash. Pilot ENDelt260 (11) was grabbed by Radio Op Radar Chief and hauled to an escape hatch. The two jump out together, and Radar Chief pulls Enddelt’s rip cord for him before kicking away to open his own. Enddelt, painfully burned, floats to the ground where he’s mercifully met quickly by German troops. He spends the rest of the war convalescing in a German POW camp. Engineer AJKCfan hoped to run through the plane to give the bailout order, but ended up being thrown down into the nose when the plane nosed down. He gives the order to philfree and Talisman, who had both already figured it out, and the three bail out together. AJKCfan hits the ground in the middle of a vineyard, and huddles amongst the vines for an hour as German troops sweep the area. With no chance of escape, he can do nothing but wait as they draw near, and then surrenders. Tail Gunner hawaiianboy (11) heard philfree’s initial message about losing electricity, then ended up facing straight up with smoke billowing into his pod. Putting two and two together, he sends a bailout message over the now-dead intercom and clambers out his escape hatch. Floating to the ground, he ends up in an open field. He hides in a small barn for most of the next day, then makes a break for it, having no idea where he is. He is captured without incident, dirty and hungry, walking down a dirt road seven days later, heading north toward the coast. Bombardier philfree (11) gets the unenviable task of bailing out underneath a burning, diving plane. After a near miss evading the port wing, he floats to the ground near a small village. Debating his options, he heads to a house and knocks on the door. The family hustles him in, and soon a platoon of villagers descends. He is hustled to a different home in the village, but after a door to door search, the Germans find him hiding in a root cellar almost exactly 24 hours after the crash. He surrenders. Ball Turret Gunner PennyWise (11) has been here before, having been thrown out of an exploding plane over the Netherlands in Mission 9 and making his way back. The ball turret is a different game, though, since there’s no parachute there. With no electrical system, he hand cranks his turret into position as the plane accelerates into a vertical dive, and opens up the hatch into the plane. Smoke is filling the fuselage, and his parachute is nowhere to be found. However, there’s a body dangling from its tether at the left waist gun position. PennyWise makes his way to milehighmania and quickly decides that he won’t be needing his chute any more. After a painstaking and interminable struggle to remove the chute, he puts it on himself and dumps out of the plane at a scant 3,000 foot altitude. Floating to the ground, he watches El Duderino nail a home in a small village in a massive explosion. Pennywise makes a smooth landing, throws away his chute, and starts to find the nearest home in the village. However, he notes that the streets are crawling with Germans and instead ducks back into the woods. No help there. He walks the other direction…and walks...and walks. The next day he locates a road, and follows the road for another day. Finally locating a farmhouse, he knocks on the door, but the farmer, his eyes wide, shakes his head and slams it. Now paranoid, Pennywise decides to just head north. Nine days after the crash, he is surrounded by German soldiers as he steals apples from an orchard on his way to the coast. He surrenders. Navigator Talisman (11) and Radio Op. Radar Chief (11) hit the ground near each other and take off running together. They locate the same village nearby, and an elderly woman runs out and motions them into her home. Once inside, she pries a board loose from the floor and frantically motions them to it. For the next several hours, they hide in the spiderweb-infested crawl space as jackbooted German footsteps come in and out of the house, cringing at the yelling they can’t understand. The next day, some bread, cheese, and wine is hurriedly passed down to them. That evening, a trio of men and a woman pull them out, and they take a quick bath and change into civilian clothes. In halting English, one of the men explains the plan. He will accompany them by train to Paris, where they will then transfer and take another train to the coast. Since the train is full of German soldiers, the Frenchman will portray their caretaker and they will portray two mentally challenged mutes named Renfrew and Jacques. After another day of delay buying train tickets, the trio sets out, the two Americans convincingly playing their roles. Despite sharing a train car with three German officers and half a dozen enlisted men, they make the six hour ride to Paris without incident, and then successfully transfer to the coastal train. At Normandy, they disembark, hide out in another safe house, and the following night, they wade out in the moonless dark to a small dinghy dispatched by a British spy vessel. The next night, they’re raising a toast to their fallen crew in the British town of Rye. No bombing run. Aftereffects Since two crew members will report for duty, El Duderino will fly again. Eligible for next mission Pilot XXX Copilot XXX Bombardier Talisman (11), promoted Navigator XXX Engineer Radar Chief (11), promoted Radio Op. XXX Tail Gunner XXX Ball Turret Gunner XXX Right Waist Gunner XXX Left Waist Gunner XXX Cripes. They’d been attacked by 19 planes, and still weren’t even close to the target. That flight was doomed. |
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:eek: Wow. Can't believe I made it out of that one. Now that I'm promoted to Bombardier, at least my wife will stop bragging about having a higher rank.
But then again, I always liked her on top. |
Yeah, I got a chuckle out of the fact that the Replacement Crew HR officer managed to make it out. If we get any complaints of favoritism, I may have to drown you in a tragic "slip in the bathtub" accident, but at least you made it out of France fair and square.
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B-17 #7 – Flyin’ Doublewide Pilot htismaqe (11) Copilot Bwana (11) Bombardier jAZ (11) Navigator 58Forever (11) Engineer fbal4lif32 (11) Radio Op. SDChiefsfan (11) Tail Gunner KC Dan (11) Ball Turret Gunner ExtremeChief (11) Right Waist Gunner tweak6 (4) Left Waist Gunner joesomebody (4) Target: the large railyard at Hamm, in central Germany. Mid-formation horizontally and vertically (low vulnerability) Distance: 7 Zones The mission will fly through the Netherlands as far as possible to avoid German airspace. Zone 1 Out: Britain No enemy Zone 2 Out: English Channel No enemy Zone 3 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 4 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 5 Out: Netherlands – out of fighter range No enemy Zone 6 Out: Netherlands No enemy Zone 7 Out: Germany (Entering Target Zone) 3 Me109s attack 58forever fires, misses fbal4lif32 fires, misses tweak6 fires, hits Me109 kcdan fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Me scores 2 hits -superficial damage to radio room -superficial damage to waist Me scores 1 hit -superficial damage to port wing 2 Mes circle, attack again 58forever fires, misses fbal4lif32 fires, misses jAZ fires, misses 2 Mes miss, break off attack 1 Fw attacks sdchiefsfan fires, misses Fw scores 2 hits -waist – Extremechief takes a light wound to the right thigh as a bullet penetrates through the entire plane from the top -pilot compartment – control cables take a hit, but are still functional Fw circles, attacks again kcdan fires, hits Fw190 fbal4lif32 fires, misses Fw misses, breaks off attack Entering Bomb Zone Good Weather Medium Flak – 4 hits -starboard wing – outboard fuel tank is hit, but self-seals without leakage, fire, or explosion -radio room – radio is out of commission -starboard wing – outboard fuel tank is hit, but self-seals without leakage, fire, or explosion -starboard wing root takes minor damage Despite the flak hits, jAZ does a serviceable job – 20% score Zone 7: Germany (Leaving Target Zone) 2 Me109s are driven off by other B-17s Zone 6: Netherlands 1 Fw190, 2 Me109s attack 58forever fires, misses fbal4lif32 fires, misses kcdan fires, misses extremechief fires, hits Me109 2 Mes, 1 Fw miss, break off attack Zone 5: Netherlands No enemy KC Dan is minding his own business back in the tail, when suddenly a huge noise startles him. The plane tilts giddily, but straightens up as htismaqe and bwana fight to right it. “What the heck happened?” htismaqe calls out over the intercom. “Did we lose an engine?” calls up ball turret gunner Extremechief. “There’s an engine falling away from us.” KC Dan looks to his right. The outboard port section of the horizontal tail has been sheared off. “I think a falling engine hit us,” he reports, and describes the damage. It’s not fatal, so Flyin’ Doublewide continues on its way, the crew shaking their heads at the near miss. Zone 4: North Sea – back in fighter range 4 Me109s attack – 3 are driven off by fighters jAZ fires, misses 58forever fires, misses Me scores 1 hit -nose – jAZ is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He takes a bullet to the right thigh, another to the left upper arm, and a third one that deftly removes most of his nose. He goes down in a heap with these serious wounds. Me circles, attacks again 58forever fires, misses fbal4lif32 fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Zone 3 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 2: English Channel No enemy Zone 1: England Good weather Good landing Aftereffects jAZ is sent home to heal and get fitted for a newfangled plastic nose. Eligible for next mission Pilot htismaqe (11) Copilot Bwana (11) Bombardier 58Forever (11), promoted Navigator fbal4lif32 (11) , promoted Engineer SDChiefsfan (11) , promoted Radio Op. KC Dan (11) , promoted Tail Gunner ExtremeChief (11) , promoted Ball Turret Gunner tweak6 (4) , promoted Right Waist Gunner joesomebody (4) , promoted Left Waist Gunner XXX Flyin’ Doublewide brings the war home to Germany, at the cost of their bombardier. |
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B17 #10 – Gunther’s Thunder III – Rise of the Machine Pilot JOhn (5) Copilot KC Jones (11) Bombardier Taliswoman (6) Navigator Dartgod (5) Engineer Mohillbilly (5) Radio Op. roger (5) Tail Gunner Bug (5) Ball Turret Gunner 4th and Long (5) Right Waist Gunner Dave Lane (4) Left Waist Gunner bowser Target: Kiel, a distant U-boat base in northern Germany. It’s a long haul, but fortunately much of that route is over the North Sea. It’s got extra flak defenses Mid-formation horizontally and vertically (low vulnerability) Distance: 8 zones Zone 1 Out: Britain No enemy Zone 2 Out: English Channel 1 Fw190 attacks Roger fires, misses Fw misses, breaks off Zone 3 Out: North Sea 4 Fw190s attack Mohillbilly fires, damages Fw190 dartgod fires, damages Fw190 Dave Lane fires, misses bug fires, misses taliswoman fires, misses 4 Fws miss, break off attack Zone 4 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 5 Out: North Sea – out of fighter range No enemy Zone 6 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 7 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 8 Out: Germany (Entering Target Zone) 1 Me109 attacks Roger fires, misses bug fires, misses Mohillbilly fires, misses Me blows in at 6 o’clock high and strafes 6 hits up and down the B-17 -tail – tail gun is knocked out of commission -superficial damage to tail -superficial damage to radio room -starboard wing – inboard fuel tank is hit, but self-seals -bomb bay – life rafts are destroyed -superficial damage to starboard wing flap Me circles, attacks again dartgod fires, damages Me109 Dave Lane fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Entering Bomb Zone Bad Weather – the u-boat pens are socked in by fog Heavy Flak – 5 hits -superficial damage to tail -port wing flap is destroyed -tail – tail gun pod is broken open as the tail gun is hit again. Bug is unhurt, but nervous. -superficial damage to radio room -tail – tail gun pod is destroyed. In the blink of an eye, Bug’s position disappears and he is dangling behind the plane by his tether. Unable to call for help, he whips around in the slipstream, hoping his harness will hold. Taliswoman doesn’t stand a chance between the fog and the flak – 0% score Bowser and Dave Lane abandon their positions and sprint back to the howling wind at the rear of the plane. Bracing themselves against the plane’s ribs, they haul Bug back into the plane foot by foot. Patting them on the back in thanks, he moves up with jelly legs to the heated radio room and gloms off of roger’s backup oxygen supply. Bowser and Dave Lane return to their positions, and radio gunner roger and ball turret gunner 4th and Long are extra watchful at the B-17’s 6 o’clock position. Zone 8: Germany (Leaving Target Zone) 2 Me110s are driven off by other B-17s. Zone 7: North Sea No enemy Zone 6 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 5 Out: North Sea 5 Me109s attack Mohillbilly fires, hits Me109 dartgod fires, kills Me109 taliswoman fires, misses 4th and Long fires, misses Dave Lane fires, misses 2 Mes miss, break off attack Me scores 1 hit -#3 engine is hit in the oil tank. It begins to leak, but then self-seals. Me scores 3 hits -superficial damage to radio room -superficial damage to radio room -superficial damage to radio room, and the two men crowded in there are dodging frantically 2 Mes circle, attack again dartgod fires, damages Me109 Mohillbilly fires, kills Me109 Roger fires, misses taliswoman fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Zone 4 Out: North Sea – back in fighter range No enemy Zone 3: North Sea 3 Fw190s attack Roger fires, misses Mohillbilly fires, kills Fw190 dartgod fires, misses taliswoman fires, misses 2 Fws miss, break off attack Fw scores 3 hits -tail – control cables are damaged, but functional -radio room – Continuing his unlucky streak, Bug takes a light wound to the left thigh -superficial damage to bomb bay Fw circles, attacks again Mohillbilly fires, misses bowser fires, damages Fw190 Fw misses, breaks off attack Zone 2: English Channel No enemy Zone 1: England Good weather Good landing Aftereffects None Eligible for next mission Pilot JOhn (5) Copilot KC Jones (11) Bombardier Taliswoman (6) Navigator Dartgod (5) Engineer Mohillbilly (5) Radio Op. roger (5) Tail Gunner Bug (5) Ball Turret Gunner 4th and Long (5) Right Waist Gunner Dave Lane (4) Left Waist Gunner bowser Good thing Bug had that rabbit’s foot to re-roll the dice once. Otherwise, he’d be dead. |
I finally hit something, but then I died yet again... on to my 4th crew I believe... my motto should be "Well, no luck is still luck, even if it isn't luck."
Heaven forbid I get paired with morphius... we'd end up getting assigned to the Enola Gay then watch as the bomb hatch jammed and the atomic bomb blew up inside the plane... |
Why do I always gotta be the co-pilot with the mortal wound to the thigh who is rederred unconscious after massive bleeding, only to be engulfed in flames in the pilot compartment on a flight that all the German pilots knew about?
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I think i want back in the ball..............
Thanks to Bowser and Dartgood for hauling me back in, I think they were scared of the family recipe falling into german hands, but that is okay, the Germans will spend years trying to figure out what that long, smelly brown cloud that was behind the our B-17. I have come to the conclusion that the enemy pilots are trying to kill me! I know, I know, it's a bit of a shock to me also, they must want the 'shine...umm first aid tonic recipe awful bad. |
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My God! I made it through a mission! And I actually HIT a German fighter! With more than just harsh language!
Hey Bug, the pints at the pub are on you! :thumb: |
Speedy recovery to my partner Warrior5!
I'm not so sure about this promotion though. :eek: |
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Well, son of a bitch...
I get split apart back in my co-pilot days, then come back as a friggin gunner and I lose half my chest in a mission that was 'leaked'. They killed Mile High Mania (again) ... YOU BASTARDS! ...feeling so much like Kenny at this point... |
Hey Kevin, Not that I'm in any hurry to die or anything. But I was wondering if you were going to get the rest of the missions in this week? Or can we head into town and get drunk, pillage and get into bar fights with the Navy guys when they call us "Fly Boys"? :thumb:
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Hey its Dave Lane!! Who's your buddy! Dave |
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B-17 #13 – Throw Bomba from the Plane III – Bomba with a Vengeance Pilot ndbbm (6) Copilot JimNasium (3) Bombardier Slayer Diablo (6) Navigator Saggysack (3) Engineer Simplex3 (11) Radio Op. mikey23545 (11) Tail Gunner theultimatekcchiefsfan (11) Ball Turret Gunner Bunnytrdr (11) Right Waist Gunner DaKCMan AP (3) Left Waist Gunner ChiefJustice (3) Target: The U-Boat pens at Vegesack, complete with beefed-up flak. Mid-formation horizontally, low vertically (high vulnerability) Distance: 7 zones Zone 1 Out: Britain No enemy Zone 2 Out: English Channel 1 Fw190, 1 Me110 attack Simplex3 fires, misses Theultimatekcchiefsfan fires, misses Saggysack fires, misses Bunnytrdr fires, misses Fw, Me miss, break off attack Zone 3 Out: North Sea 2 Fw190s are driven off by other B-17s Zone 4 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 5 Out: North Sea – out of fighter range 1 Me109 attacks Mikey23545 fires, kills Me109 Zone 6 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 7 Out: Germany (Entering Target Zone) 1 Me109 driven off by other B-17s Entering Bomb Zone Poor weather – rain and low cloud cover Medium Flak – 5 hits -superficial damage to port wing -nose – saggysack takes a light wound to the mid-chest -waist – dakcman ap takes a light wound to the left calf -starboard wing root damaged -superficial damage to tail Bomb run off target due to flak and weather – 0% score Zone 7: Germany (Leaving Target Zone) 3 Me110s driven off by other B-17s 1 Fw190 attacks Mikey23545 fires, misses Fw misses, breaks off attack Zone 6: North Sea 4 Me109s attack Slayer Diablo fires, misses Simplex3 fires, misses Dakcman ap fires, kills Me109 Chiefjustice fires, misses Theultimatekcchiefsfan fires, misses Saggysack fires, misses 2 Mes miss, break off attack Me scores 5 hits -nose – navigation equipment destroyed -radio room – mikey23545 takes light wounds to the right shoulder and stomach. -port wing root damaged -port wing outboard tank hit – self-seals with no fire, leakage, or explosion -port wing root badly damaged Me circles, attacks again Slayer Diablo fires, misses Simplex3 fires, kills Me109 Theultimatekcchiefsfan fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Zone 5: North Sea 2 Fw190s attack Slayer Diablo fires, misses Bunnytrdr fires, damages Fw190 Simplex3 fires, misses Theultimatekcchiefsfan fires, misses 2 Fws miss, break off attack 2 Fw190s attack Simplex3 fires, misses Dakcman ap fires, misses Saggysack fires, misses Fw misses, breaks off attack Fw scores 2 hits -superficial damage to waist -superficial damage to nose Fw circles, attacks again Simplex3 fires, misses Slayer Diablo fires, misses Theultimatekcchiefsfan fires, misses Fw misses, breaks off attack Zone 4: North Sea – back in fighter range 1 Me109 attacks Saggysack fires, damages Me109 Simplex3 fires, hits the same Me109 Theultimatekcchiefsfan fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Zone 3: North Sea 1 Fw190, 3 Me109s attack – 1 Fw190 is driven off by fighters Chiefjustice fires, kills Me109 Simplex3 fires, damages Me109 Mikey23545 fires, misses Bunnytrdr fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Me scores 3 hits -nose – saggysack sustains a light wound to the left thigh -port wing – the #2 engine sputters and dies. Throw Bomba will have to finish the mission on three engines. -superficial damage to pilot compartment Me circles, attacks again Bunnytrdr fires, misses Slayer Diablo fires, misses Simplex3 fires, misses Me scores 2 hits -superficial damage to pilot compartment -superficial damage to pilot compartment Me circles, attacks again Simplex3 fires, kills Me109 Theultimatekcchiefsfan fires, misses Chiefjustice fires, misses Zone 2: English Channel No enemy Zone 1: England Good weather Good landing Aftereffects None Eligible for next mission Pilot ndbbm (6) Copilot JimNasium (3) Bombardier Slayer Diablo (6) Navigator Saggysack (3) Engineer Simplex3 (11) Radio Op. mikey23545 (11) Tail Gunner theultimatekcchiefsfan (11) Ball Turret Gunner Bunnytrdr (11) Right Waist Gunner DaKCMan AP (3) Left Waist Gunner ChiefJustice (3) Other than the bombing and a few wounds, this was a good mission. |
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B-17 #14 – Lucy Quipment II – Lucy Reloaded Pilot Clint in Wichita (11) Copilot Loki (6) Bombardier chief52 (11) Navigator old_geezer (11) Engineer chiefsfan58 (11) Radio Op. Patteeu (11) Tail Gunner FloridaChief (6) Ball Turret Gunner JazzzLovr (3) Right Waist Gunner KS Smitty (3) Left Waist Gunner Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan Target: The U-boats at Willhelmshaven, in northern Germany Mid-formation horizontally, high vertically (moderate vulnerability) Distance: 7 zones Zone 1 Out: Britain No enemy Zone 2 Out: English Channel No enemy Zone 3 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 4 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 5 Out: North Sea – out of fighter range No enemy Zone 6 Out: North Sea 1 Me109 attacks Old_geezer fires, misses Chiefsfan58 fires, misses Zone 7: Germany (Entering Target Zone) 3 Fw190s attack Chief52 fires, misses Old_geezer fires, misses Floridachief fires, hits Fw190 Chiefsfan58 fires, hits Fw190 Fw scores 1 hit -port wing – landing gear brake is out Fw scores 3 hits -superficial damage to tail -tail – starboard elevator is destroyed -bomb bay – PING! A bomb is hit, but doesn’t explode. Fw scores 2 hits -superficial damage to pilot compartment -nose – chief52 is killed instantly by fatal shots to the right chest, face, and stomach. 3 Fws circle, attack again Chiefsfan58 fires, misses Floridachief fires, misses Jazzzlovr fires, misses KS Smitty fires, misses Old_geezer fires, misses Fw scores 1 hit -superficial damage to port wing Fw scores 1 hit -superficial damage to port aileron Fw scores 2 hits -superficial damage to starboard wing flap -superficial damage to radio room 3 Fws circle, attack again Floridachief fires, hits Fw190 Chiefsfan58 fires, misses Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan fires, misses Old_geezer fires, misses 3 Fws miss, break off attack Entering Bomb Zone Bad Weather – Low cloud cover Light Flak - misses Bomb run off target due to weather – 0% score Zone 7: Germany (leaving target zone) 4 Me109s attack Old_geezer fires, misses Chiefsfan58 fires, misses Floridachief fires, misses Jazzzlovr fires, misses Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan fires, misses 2 Mes miss, break off attack Me scores 1 hit -superficial damage to nose Me scores 3 hits -radio room – radio knocked out of commission -tail – rudder is damaged -superficial damage to waist 2 Mes circle, attack again Chiefsfan58 fires, misses Floridachief fires, misses Old_geezer fires, misses Me scores 2 hits -superficial damage to #3 engine -superficial damage to starboard wing 2 Mes, circle, attack again Chiefsfan58 fires, kills Me109 Jazzzlovr fires, misses Old_Geezer fires, misses Me scores 1 hit – port wing root damaged Me breaks off attack 2 Fw190s attack Old_geezer fires, kills Fw190 Chiefsfan58 fires, misses Floridachief fires, kills Fw190 Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan fires, misses Zone 6: North Sea No enemy Zone 5: North Sea Clint in Wichita joins other B-17s in tightening the formation, which prevents an attack by 1 Me109 Zone 4 Out: North Sea – back in fighter range No enemy Zone 3 Out: North Sea No enemy Zone 2: English Channel 1 Fw190, 1 Me110 attack Chiefsfan58 fires, misses Floridachief fires, damages Fw190 KS Smitty fires, misses Fw misses, breaks off attack Me scores 2 hits -#1 engine is hit and fails. Lucy Quipment is running on three engines now. -superficial damage to radio room Me circles, attacks again Old_Geezer fires, misses Chiefsfan58 fires, misses Jazzzlovr fires, kills Me110 Zone 1: England Good weather Clint makes a good landing despite the lack of a left brake, starboard elevator, and #1 engine. Aftereffects None Eligible for next mission Pilot Clint in Wichita (11) Copilot Loki (6) Bombardier old_geezer (11) , promoted Navigator chiefsfan58 (11) , promoted Engineer Patteeu (11) , promoted Radio Op. FloridaChief (6) , promoted Tail Gunner JazzzLovr (3) , promoted Ball Turret Gunner KS Smitty (3) , promoted Right Waist Gunner Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan, promoted Left Waist Gunner XXX The weather is a bit of a problem here. |
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i was sitting in that seat last mission... and here i was thinking a move to the co-pilot seat would be my death. how ironic. Quote:
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You can't kill me kevin. I'm superman.
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I was kinda hoping to see if the Sack Time was going to get off the ground before Saturday morning. Not that I'm in any hurry to die mind you:grovel::D But I'm heading out to Lincoln to catch the Red/White spring game(football) on Saturday afternoon. :thumb:
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B-17 #15 – Sack Time Pilot Special Ed (11) Copilot alanm (11) Bombardier gh4chiefs (11) Navigator seclark (11) Engineer KC2003 (11) Radio Op. redhed (11) Tail Gunner Hydrae (7) Ball Turret Gunner Fat Elvis (1) Right Waist Gunner Zebedee DuBois (2) Left Waist Gunner Iowanian (1) Target: Amiens (drew a short one here) 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) 2 Me109s attack – 1 is driven away by fighters Kc2003 fires, misses Hydrae fires, misses Gh4chiefs fires, misses Me scores 1 hit -waist – Zebedee DuBois loses his heating unit. Me circles, attacks again Seclark fires, misses Kc2003 fires, misses Gh4chiefs fires, misses Me scores 2 hits -superficial damage to tail -nose – navigation equipment is destroyed Me circles, attacks again Kc2003 fires, misses Hydrae fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Entering Bomb Zone Good Weather Medium Flak - misses Gh4chiefs does it by the book – 30% score Zone 3 Out: France (Leaving Target Zone) 1 Fw190, 3 Me109s attack Seclark fires, misses Zebedee Dubois fires, misses Kc2003 fires, misses Hydrae fires, kills Me109 Gh4chiefs fires, misses Fat Elvis fires, misses Fw, 2 Mes miss, break off attack Zone 2: English Channel Special Ed drops out of formation so that Zebedee won’t get frostbite. This is somewhat problematic since the plane doesn’t have navigation equipment. To make it worse, a weather front has come in, and visibility is dropping fast. Seclark is working furiously to keep track of the plane’s position and use dead reckoning to get back to base. 3 Me109s attack – 1 is driven away by fighters Hydrae fires, misses Kc2003 fires, misses Gh4chiefs fires, misses 2 Mes, miss, break off attack Zone 1: England Bad weather – rain and clouds Seclark has tried to keep track of the plane’s position, but without navigation equipment and visual sightings he’s relying only on radio contacts via redhed. With visibility near zero, the B-17 has no choice but to stay at altitude, flying north to attempt to get out of the storm front. The flight home drags on as the plane heads north, communicating with invisible radar stations to estimate its position. Two hours later, a runway near Edinborough reports moderate visibility, and Special Ed heads toward it. Dropping to only 500 feet, Sack Time finally finds an opening through the clouds, and buzzes Scotland until seclark can find the base. After that, it’s easy, and Special Ed slides the plane to a smooth stop. The crew relaxes for the night at a naval base before ferrying Sack Time back home two days later. Aftereffects None Eligible for next mission Pilot Special Ed (11) Copilot alanm (11) Bombardier gh4chiefs (11) Navigator seclark (11) Engineer KC2003 (11) Radio Op. redhed (11) Tail Gunner Hydrae (7) Ball Turret Gunner Fat Elvis (1) Right Waist Gunner Zebedee DuBois (2) Left Waist Gunner Iowanian (1) You can’t kill this crew. They’re supermen. |
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B-17 #18 – Fooooo Fighters Pilot NaptownChief (11) Copilot Tommykat (11) Bombardier PastorMikH (11) Navigator B2chiefsfan (11) Engineer Adam (11) Radio Op. Amnorix (11) Tail Gunner KC Kings (11) Ball Turret Gunner el borracho (11) Right Waist Gunner NewChief (11) Left Waist Gunner mlyonsd Target: the railyards at Hamm in north-central Germany Mid-formation horizontally, low vertically (high vulnerability) Distance: 7 zones Zone 1 Out: Britain No enemy Zone 2 Out: English Channel No enemy Zone 3 Out: North Sea 2 Fw190s attack B2chiefsfan fires, misses Adam fires, hits Fw190 Pastormikh fires, misses Kckings fires, misses Fw misses, breaks off attack Fw scores 7 hits from 130 high -nose – pastormikh takes a light wound to the left forearm -pilot compartment – naptown chief and tommykat lose their oxygen, and switch to their backup systems -pilot compartment – the propeller feathering system is knocked out. If an engine is hit, the plane will be moving pretty slowly. -bomb bay – PING! Bombs are hit, but don’t explode -superficial damage to radio room -superficial damage to waist -tail – rudder control cables are hit and damaged Fw circles, attacks again Adam fires, misses Kckings fires, hits Fw190 Fw misses, breaks off attack 2 Me109s attack El borracho fires, misses Kckings fires, misses Newchief fires, misses 2 Mes miss, break off attack Zone 4 Out: North Sea 3 Fw190s attack Pastormikh fires, hits Fw190 Adam fires, damages Fw190 Kckings fires, misses B2chiefsfan fires, misses El borracho fires, misses 3 Fw190s miss, break off attack Zone 5 Out: Netherlands – out of fighter range 1 Me109, 1 Me110 attack Pastormikh fires, misses B2chiefsfan fires, misses Adam fires, kills Me109 Kckings fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack It’s becoming apparent that this mission was compromised. German fighters are waiting everywhere for the mission to pass through. Zone 6 Out: Netherlands 3 Fw190s attack Adam fires, hits Fw190 Kckings fires, misses B2chiefsfan fires, misses Newchief fires, misses El borracho fires, misses 3 Fws miss, break off attack Zone 7 Out: Germany (Entering Target Zone) 1 Me109 attacks B2chiefsfan fires, misses Adam fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Entering Bomb Zone Good Weather No Flak Despite his wound, pastormikh nails the target – 40% score Zone 7 Germany (Leaving Target Zone) 2 Fw190s attack Adam fires, kills Fw190 Kckings fires, misses El borracho fires, misses Pastormikh fires, misses B2chiefsfan fires, hits Fw190 Fw scores 3 hits -superficial damage to starboard wing -nose – pastormikh takes a serious wound to the right hip. With the other wound to his arm, he bleeds out and dies. -nose – b2chiefsfan takes a serious wound to the stomach Fw circles, attacks again Kckings fires, misses Newchief fires, misses Adam fires, misses Fw misses, breaks off attack With the two nose gunners out of commission, engineer Adam and ball turret gunner el borracho have to concentrate their weaponry toward the front of the aircraft. 1 Me109, 1 Me110 attacks Kckings fires, kills Me109 El borracho fires, misses Adam fires, misses Newchief fires, misses Mlyonsd fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack 1 Me109 attacks Amnorix fires, misses Newchief fires, kills Me109 Kckings fires, misses Zone 6: Netherlands 2 Me109s attack Adam fires, damages Me109 Kckings fires, misses Newchief fires, kills Me109 Me misses, breaks off attack Zone 5: Netherlands No enemy Zone 4: North Sea – back in fighter range 3 Me109s attack Kckings fires, damages Me109 El borracho fires, misses Newchief fires, hits Me109 Mlyonsd fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Me scores 1 hit -superficial damage to port wing Me circles, attacks again Adam fires, damages Me109 Kckings fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Kckings reports that he’s getting low on ammo. Amnorix is placed on the ready to leave his position and transfer some from el borracho if necessary. 4 Fw190s attack Adam fires, misses Mlyonsd fires, hits Fw190 Newchief fires, misses Kckings fires, hits Fw190 El borracho fires, hits Fw190 3 Fws miss, break off attack Hit Fw scores 3 hits -radio room – radio knocked out -superficial damage to nose -superficial damage to tail Newchief reports that he’s getting low on ammo. Mlyonsd quickly transfers some of his over. Fw circles, attacks again Adam fires, damages Fw190 Kckings fires, misses Fw scores 1 hit -superficial damage to radio room Damaged Fw breaks off attack Adam reports that he’s getting low on ammo. Amnorix is once again placed on the ready to leave his position and transfer some from el borracho if necessary. Zone 3: North Sea 2 Me110s are driven off by other B-17s Zone 2: English Channel 3 Me110s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters Kckings fires, kills Me110 Newchief fires, misses Mlyonsd fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Zone 1: England Good weather Good landing Aftereffects B2chiefsfan goes to the hospital, then is sent back to the U.S. to treat his gut wound. Eligible for next mission Pilot NaptownChief (11) Copilot Tommykat (11) Bombardier XXX Navigator Adam (11), promoted Engineer Amnorix (11) , promoted Radio Op. KC Kings (11) , promoted Tail Gunner el borracho (11) , promoted Ball Turret Gunner NewChief (11) , promoted Right Waist Gunner mlyonsd, promoted Left Waist Gunner XXX 29 enemy planes encountered? That might be a record. |
Nice bombing Pastor! Too bad they got their revenge though. :deevee:
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I suppose the fact that the plane returned AT ALL after dealing with 29 planes is a sign that we're still a somewhat lucky flight, but we're starting to lose crew members left and right. :shake::shake: Hell, the last flight that was "apparently compromised" went down in a big ball of flames. Not sure if that flight even made it to the target zone beforehand. RIP Pastor. Your bombardier skills and in-flight sermons will be missed... |
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You know, my occupational situation hinders me in using the smiley that really fits what I think of this statement. Actually, I didn't even bother reading on down to see what happened to the Plane. Once I saw I was dead, I put up a post, then got distracted and never when back. |
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B-17 #19 – War Dog Pilot Baby Lee (11) Copilot Brock Landers (11) Bombardier Boozer (11) Navigator Sure-Oz (11) Engineer Gunther_Fan (11) Radio Op. Lightning Rod (11) Tail Gunner chi3fs (10) Ball Turret Gunner Chief Faithful (11) Right Waist Gunner Braincase (5) Left Waist Gunner Big Chief Homer Target: La Rochelle (a tough one – extra flak, extra fighters) Mid-formation horizontally, low vertically (high vulnerability) Distance: 8 zones Zone 1 Out: Britain No enemy Zone 2 Out: English Channel No enemy The weather is particularly cold at altitude today, so baby lee orders each crew member to fire their weapons once to ensure that none are frozen. All of the weapons are fine. Zone 3 Out: Western Channel 1 Fw190, 3 Me109s attack – 1 Me109 is driven off by fighters Gunther_fan fires, kills Fw190 Boozer fires, misses Chi3fs fires, misses Chief Faithful fires, misses Big Chief Homer fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Me scores 2 hits -superficial damage to bomb bay -radio room – the radio is knocked out of commission Me circles, attacks again Braincase fires, hits Me109 Gunther_fan fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack 4 Me109s attack – 2 are driven off by fighters Sure-oz fires, misses Chief Faithful fires, misses Chi3fs fires, misses Big Chief Homer fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Me scores 2 hits -port wing root slightly damaged -waist – braincase curses as he takes a light wound to the left thigh. It’s going to be a long few hours on the rest of the flight with that. Me circles, attacks again Braincase fires, misses Gunther_fan fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Zone 4 Out: France 3 Me109s are driven off by other B-17s Zone 5 Out: France – out of fighter range 5 Fw190s attack Sure-oz fires, damages Fw190 Boozer fires, misses Gunther_fan fires, kills Fw190 Chi3fs fires, kills Fw190 Big Chief Homer fires, misses Braincase fires, hits Fw190 After that onslaught of B-17 fire, 3 Fws miss, break off attack Zone 6 Out: France 1 Fw190 attacks Lightning rod fires, misses Gunther_fan fires, misses Big Chief Homer fires, misses Fw scores 1 hit -superficial damage to radio room Fw circles, attacks again Chief Faithful fires, kills Fw190 Big Chief Homer fires, misses Chi3fs fires, misses Zone 7 Out: France 4 Me109s attack Sure-oz fires, damages Me109 Gunther_fan fires, misses Chi3fs fires, damages Me109 Chief Faithful fires, misses Big Chief Homer fires, misses 3 Mes miss, break off attack Damaged Me barrels in at 12 o’clock even and scores 3 hits -pilot compartment – baby lee takes a light wound to the neck -superficial damage to pilot compartment -pilot compartment – brock landers takes a fatal “guy on the beach in Private Ryan” hit to the stomach. It’s ugly. Me circles, attacks again Gunther_fan fires, kills Me109 Baby lee, applying pressure to the bloody wound on his neck, continues flying with one hand. He lets Gunther_Fan know the situation in case he gets hit again. Zone 8: France (Entering Target Zone) 4 Me109s attack Boozer fires, damages Me109 Sure-oz fires, misses Gunther_fan fires, kills Me109 Lightning rod fires, misses Chi3fs fires, misses 3 Mes miss, break off attack Entering Bomb Zone Bad Weather – A thunderstorm has rolled in. No Flak The good news is that the weather is keeping the flak from firing, so boozer takes his time on the aiming. Even in the bad weather, he connects – 20% score Zone 8 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone) 1 Me110 is driven off by other B-17s Zone 7: France No enemy Zone 6: France 2 Me110s attack Gunther_fan fires, misses Boozer fires, misses Lightning rod fires, misses Chi3fs fires, kills Me110 Chief Faithful fires, misses Me misses, breaks off attack Zone 5: France 1 Fw190, 3 Me109s attack Big Chief Homer fires, misses Chi3fs fires, kills Me109 Gunther_fan fires, kills Me109 Sure-oz fires, hits Me109 Boozer fires, damages Fw190 Me, Fw miss, break off attack 2 Me109s attack Gunther_fan fires, misses Chi3fs fires, misses Chief Faithful fires, misses Boozer fires, kills Me109 Me scores 2 hits -port wing root damaged again. It would be a bad idea to try any violent maneuvers. -superficial damage to starboard wing Gunther_Fan and chi3fs simultaneously call out that they’re running low on ammo. Me circles, attacks again Gunther_fan fires, misses Braincase fires, misses The Me strafes in from 9 o’clock high and plants 8 hits into War Dog! -superficial damage to bomb bay doors -superficial damage to nose -pilot compartment – Brock Landers’ lifeless body takes what would’ve been a light wound to the hand as his left index finger is shot off. -superficial damage to bomb bay doors -superficial damage to radio room -waist – Big Chief Homer sees the tracer come in, but can’t avoid it. As with his copilot, he takes a fatal wound to the stomach and drops to the deck. -tail – chi3fs loses his heating system -superficial damage to port wing aileron Me circles, attacks again Chi3fs fires, damages Me109 Gunther_fan fires, kills the same Me109 Zone 4: France – back in fighter range No enemy Zone 3 Out: Western Channel 3 Fw190s attack Gunther_fan fires, hits Fw190 Sure-oz fires, misses Braincase fires, misses Chief Faithful fires, misses Chi3fs fires, damages Fw190 2 Fws miss, break off attack Fw scores 1 hit -waist – the shell creases braincase with a light wound to the right thigh (giving him matching bloody spots with his earlier left thigh wound), and then imbeds itself in Big Chief Homer’s body, in what would’ve been a serious wound to the stomach if it wasn’t already spilled out onto the deck. Braincase ends up sitting on the deck, looking for fighters coming in from high positions. He lets Chief_Faithful know that he can’t help cover the area below the plane’s waist any more. Fw circles, attacks again Chi3fs fires, misses Gunther_fan fires, hits Fw190 Boozer fires, misses Fw scores 3 hits -starboard elevator is destroyed -superficial damage to tail -pilot compartment – in a fluke shot, the Fw puts a shell into the pilot compartment from the back and nails baby lee in the left side of the head. Baby lee instantly loses consciousness, and dies within minutes from the blood loss. Gunther_Fan jumps from his post as the plane begins nosing down and grabs the yoke. As a veteran, he has received some basic lessons, but not much. Fw circles, attacks again Lightning rod fires, misses Chief Faithful fires, misses Fw misses, breaks off attack Zone 2: English Channel No enemy Gunther_Fan yells back to Lightning Rod about the troubles in the cockpit, and Lightning Rod lets the rest of the crew know. Boozer and lightning rod convene in the cockpit, and boozer takes over the copilot seat as lightning rod helps pull the bodies of baby lee and brock landers out of the seat. Chi3fs reminds them that he has no heat and hasn’t been able to feel his hands for a while, but the new leadership isn’t comfortable dropping out of formation with no pilot, no copilot, and no radio. Instead, lightning rod moves back to the tail gun and the half-frozen chi3fs comes up to the heated radio room to thaw out and man that gun. With numbed hands, he pats the bloody braincase on the back as he goes, and grimaces at what’s left of Big Chief Homer. Zone 1: England Good weather In safe air over England, the B-17 formation begins descending. Gunther_Fan and boozer figure out how to descend, but don’t want to land just yet. With no radio, they can’t signal their intentions, so boozer goes to the top turret to keep an eye out for descending planes above them. As the rest of the formation descends, War Dog stays higher and begins a great sweeping circle. Back in the tail, lightning rod tries to give hand signals to other nearby B-17s, but isn’t sure that anyone saw him. With no enemy to worry about, the crew begins exiting from their positions. Chief Faithful cranks himself up from the ball turret, and lightning rod comes up and helps him open the hatch. Up in the nose, sure-oz calls out that he’s got a good bead on the air base. Chi3fs comes out of the radio room and attempts to help braincase treat his wounds, but it’s becoming apparent that he’s got frostbite. Despite the damaged elevator and port wing root, the plane is relatively easy to keep on the straight and level. The problem is landing, though. With no radio, Gunther_Fan and boozer aren’t sure about the landing procedures, and they aren’t confident landing the plane anyway with no training. For another thirty minutes, they circle while Chief Faithful and Lightning Rod confirm that baby lee, brock landers, and Big Chief Homer are dead. At long last, the two officers (boozer and sure-oz, along with Gunther_Fan, make their decision. Remembering other flights where engineers were unable to land B-17s, they decide that it’s not worth losing another crew member to attempt a landing. They’ll just point the plane toward Germany, and then everyone will bail out over England. War Dog will merely become an American buzz bomb. The B-17 circles again while lightning rod and chief faithful put parachutes onto the three dead crew members. Slowing the plane as much as possible, Gunther_Fan positions near a mid-sized city that sure-oz identifies as Cambridge, and the three dead crew members are parachuted out so their bodies can be recovered. The three chutes open without incident, and baby lee, brock landers, and Big Chief Homer are later recovered by villagers. Next out are the live crew members. Lightning Rod and Chief Faithful drag Right Waist Gunner braincase toward the door and unceremoniously dump him out while deploying his chute. The groggy braincase, ever the lucky guy, floats to earth and is dismayed to see a river rising up before him. Attempting to maneuver the parachute doesn’t work, despite his frantic efforts. Saddled with two leg wounds, he hits the water hard, and then is covered by the parachute. Struggling and sinking, he gets entangled in his chute cords and cant’ fight clear of the fabric, either. He later awakens on shore, coughing and spitting, a soaked Englishman on top of him pumping the water out of his lungs. The factory worker had seen him go in, and pulled him out as he was on the verge of drowning. Braincase begifts him with his flight jacket, and promises to become his butler after the war. Tail Gunner chi3fs (10) is next. Lightning rod and Chief Faithful position him near the door and, since his hands are still useless, they pull his cord as he jumps out, too. Chi3fs hurtles toward earth, and notices quickly that the chute is tangled. Falling, falling, falling, he desperately tries to work the chute free from itself, but can’t get a grip on the cords. In a stroke of bad luck, he just got a poorly packed chute and can’t get it straightened out. 5,000 feet later, he destroys a farmer’s tractor, doing himself in in the process. Tough break. With all of the dead and injured out the door, Radio Op. Lightning Rod (11) and Ball Turret Gunner Chief Faithful (11) give each other the thumbs up and dive out the hatch. Both land safely and have nothing worse than a short walk as a result of their efforts. Navigator Sure-Oz (11) salutes the two erstwhile pilots and somersaults out the door. 5,000 feet later, he’s being dragged across a wheat field until he can disengage his chute. Boozer and Gunther_Fan stay with the plane another 30 minutes until it reaches the coast. They then circle once so they can make a bailout over land. Bombardier Boozer (11) works with Gunther_Fan to figure out how the autopilot works, but they can’t find it. Gunther therefore mans the yoke as is his duty, and boozer’s the next one out. He leaves Gunther_Fan at the helm and wishes him luck. Boozer makes his jump, and ends up dangling from a 600 year-old oak tree until the rescue teams can get him down. No harm done. Engineer Gunther_Fan (11) has a bit of a tricky task. Since he can’t figure out the autopilot, he can’t get the plane to stay straight and level while unmanned, since the bad elevator keeps forcing a bank. Making sure he’s got all his ducks in a row, Gunther_Fan ties off the yoke with a bootlace, then makes a run for the exit. Hoping that the plane won’t circle back and kill people on the ground, Gunther_Fan clambers toward the exit and makes his escape, just a little too late. Instead of dropping onto land, he finds himself parachuting over the ocean about a quarter-mile out. Hitting the water, he treads water as he ditches his parachute and heavy clothing, then watches as War Dog circles overhead. During the next 10 minutes, he paddles toward shore in the chilly water as War Dog slowly banks further and further into a death spiral. Once he reaches shore, the chilled Gunther_Fan watches as War Dog eventually noses down and slams into the North Sea. Mission over. Aftereffects Since multiple crew members survived, War Dog will fly again, albeit with a lot of new faces. Eligible for next mission Pilot XXX Copilot Boozer (11) Bombardier Sure-Oz (11) Navigator Gunther_Fan (11) Engineer Lightning Rod (11) Radio Op. XXX Tail Gunner Chief Faithful (11) Ball Turret Gunner Braincase (5) Right Waist Gunner XXX Left Waist Gunner XXX Is it worth it? Is war really worth it? |
That concludes our flights on Mission 12. Please gather your belongings, exit to the right, and enjoy the rest of your day in World War II England.
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well that sucks! first mission and i got all shot to hell.
please put me on the re-enlist list please,my next life has gotten be a better shot. |
The first mission is usually the hardest. Or in your case, the first and last mission.
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what are the chances that anybody will actually live through the entire game? they don't seem too good right now... :( |
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egads!! i better get started on my partying... :BLVD: [gulp][gulp] looks like there might not be much time left... :( |
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I'm ALIVE!!!
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