Mission #1. They're off!
 

...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.

Mission 1

Plane #1 – Tequila Rose

Pilot Rausch
Copilot Gaz
Bombardier noswad
Navigator milkman
Engineer FloridaChief
Radio Op. DanT
Tail Gunner FringeNC
Ball Turret Gunner Valiant
Right Waist Gunner jettio
Left Waist Gunner chi3fs


Target: The heavily defended airfield at Abbeville

The Tequila Rose is in the middle upper portion of the bomber wave (Average vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

3 Me110s are driven away by fighter support.

Entering Bomb Zone

Good Weather
Light Flak Defense – No hits on aircraft
Noswad lines up bombsight – 30% bombing success!

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

2 Me109s driven away by fighter support

5 Me109s attack, 1 is driven away by fighter support.

Milkman fires in defense, misses
Jettio fires in defense, misses
Floridachief fires in defense, misses
fringeNC fires in defense, misses
DanT fires in defense, damages an Me109

Me misses.

Me hits B-17 twice
-Superficial damage to tail
-Radio Operator DanT hit, serious wound, Right face

Me hits B-17 twice
-Superficial damage to starboard wing
-Hit on inboard fuel tank on starboard wing – tank self-seals with no leakage, fire, or explosion.

Me sneaks in at 6 o’clock low and strafes 6 hits along entire plane! (You have to hate it when this happens.)
-Tail Gun hit, out of commission (FringeNC is uninjured)
-Left Waist Gunner chi3fs hit in right leg, killed
-Right Waist Gunner jettio hit in lower back, light wound
-Radio room hit, radio out of commission
-Superficial damage to Bomb Bay
-Copilot Gaz hit, killed by hits to the right leg, neck, and lower back
-Pilot Rausch hit, light wound to left hip
-Superficial damage to nose

3 of the Me109s circle and attack again. The damaged Me breaks off its attack.

Jettio fires in defense, misses
Floridachief fires in defense, misses
Noswad fires in defense, misses
Milkman fires in defense, hits an Me109

Me misses

Me scores one hit on B-17
-Bombardier Noswad hit, serious wound to right side of head

Me scores two hits on B-17
-Superficial damage to nose
-Superficial damage to port wing

2 of the Me109s circle again and attack a third time. One Me breaks off its attack.

Floridachief fires in defense, misses
Jettio fires in defense, kills an Me109

The surviving Me misses and breaks off its attack

(Wow! These must’ve been veteran German pilots. They obviously didn’t like you bombing their airfield.)

3 FW190s attack, 1 driven away by fighters

Milkman fires in defense, misses
Jettio fires in defense, misses
Floridachief fires in defense, misses

All 3 FWs miss and break off their attack.

Zone 2 Back: English Channel

No Enemy
FringeNC moves to left waist gun position.
Zone 1 Back: England

No Enemy
Good Weather
Pilot Rausch lands successfully despite wound.

Aftereffects

Radio Operator DanT recovers quickly, available for next mission
Noswad dies in hospital


Eligible for Next Mission

Pilot Rausch
Copilot XXX
Bombardier milkman, promoted
Navigator FloridaChief, promoted
Engineer DanT, promoted
Radio Op. FringeNC, promoted
Tail Gunner Valiant, promoted
Ball Turret Gunner jettio, promoted
Right Waist Gunner XXX
Left Waist Gunner XXX

Rain Man note: Wow, that was an absolutely brutal maiden voyage. It was very unusual too in the number of hits the crew took relative to the plane itself. Usually the plane takes the brunt of the damage.

Dead people, please let me know if you’d like to be reincarnated and reenlist by posting your request in this thread. Rest in peace.

Thread stuck. Stop

Mission accomplished. Stop

Somebody might want to run out there and tell them they are taxiing down the service road that leads to the dump, not the runway.

The Allies are in trouble.

Dear lord! The carnage, ohhh the carnage!

I'm presuming that it was caused more by the leg flying up into the radio room.

Wow!

Losing that tail gun in the first pass really opened them up to be filleted later in the bomb run.

Ouch....

I'm liking this game already. :p

That's what happens when you take too long to name your plane... ;)

Gaz, I give your death 3 hoots!

(Sorry, but humor is the only way I can come to terms with my deep grief.)

Dibs on Gaz's Betty Grable poster!

I'd like to check out B-17 #2's pulse right now after witnessing that carnage....

You don't want to know what he used to stick that to the wall....

After witnessing the mission of B-17 #1, the following crew members of B-17 #2 have died:

Pilot Phobia
Copilot siberian khatru
Bombardier ROYC75
Navigator ®®
Engineer Saggysack
Radio Op. WisChief
Tail Gunner Mi_chief_fan
Ball Turret Gunner cheeeefs
Right Waist Gunner mizzou5
Left Waist Gunner ChiefJustice

RIP

It has been brought to our attention that these are suicide missions, the point of no return ?

Our crew is MIA , somewhere off base ! :hmmm:

BTW Kevin, is this some video game you are playing at home with outr names ?

It appears that we have no say so as to what happens to us ? Almost like real life ! :banghead: