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B17 #10 – Gunther’s Thunder

Pilot Rain Man (1)
Copilot tk13 (1)
Bombardier ChiTown (1)
Navigator whoman69 (1)
Engineer Pitt Gorilla (1)
Radio Op. KC Jones (1)
Tail Gunner Duck Dog (1)
Ball Turret Gunner DrNick (1)
Right Waist Gunner Cormac (1)
Left Waist Gunner The Rick (1)

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)

4 Me109s attack – 1 Me109 driven away by fighters

Chitown fires, misses
Whoman69 fires, misses
Pitt Gorilla fires, misses
Duck Dog fires, misses
Cormac fires, misses

3 Mes miss, break off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Heavy Flak – 8 hits
-waist – Cormac’s oxygen hit, moves to portable oxygen
-tail – Duck Dog’s oxygen hit, moves to portable oxygen
-tail – port tailplane root damaged
-superficial damage to tail
-starboard wing root damaged
-pilot compartment – Pitt Gorilla killed by hit to face
-tail – tail wheel damaged – we’re going to drag the tail when we land.
-nose – whoman69 sustains light wound to right hip

Bombs run off target due to flak – 0% score

Zone 2: English Channel (Leaving Target Zone)

Cormac moves to the top turret, takes over top turret guns

2 Me109s attack – 1 driven away by fighters

Cormac fires, misses
Whoman69 fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

5 Me109s attack – 2 are driven away by fighters

Duck Dog fires, misses
KC Jones fires, misses
The Rick fires, misses
Cormac fires, misses

2 Mes miss, break off attack

Me scores 4 hits in strafe from 6 o’clock high

-superficial damage to tail
-starboard wing root hit again, severely damaged. No more evasive actions
-bomb bay – control cables damaged (not severed)
-superficial damage to nose

Me circles, attacks again

Duck Dog fires, misses
Chitown fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing despite some big chunks out of the tail and a bad starboard wing. The tailwheel collapses upon landing and there are some fancy sparks, but Gunther’s Thunder is repairable.

Aftereffects

B-17 is repaired for next mission.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Rain Man (1)
Copilot tk13 (1)
Bombardier ChiTown (1)
Navigator whoman69 (1)
Engineer KC Jones (1), promoted
Radio Op. Duck Dog (1) , promoted
Tail Gunner DrNick (1) , promoted
Ball Turret Gunner Cormac (1) , promoted
Right Waist Gunner The Rick (1) , promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX

Hey, we walked away from it. Well, except for Pitt Gorilla. RIP, engineer.

Alrighty pilot let's get our act together next time. No more fantasizing about your women in apricot bikinis next time..