[Rain Man]

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B-17 #15 – Sack Time

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

Target: St. Omer
Mid-formation horizontally and vertically (low vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel (Entering Target Zone)

1 Fw190 driven off by fighters

1 Me109, 1 Me110 driven off by fighters

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak – 4 hits
-tail – luzap’s heat is knocked out.
-starboard tail root is damaged
-superficial damage to waist
-superficial damage to radio room

Bearcat thrives on chaos – 20% score

Zone 2: English Channel (Leaving Target Zone)

3 Fw190s attack – 2 are driven off by fighters

alanm fires, damages Fw190
Chiefgator fires, misses
Gh4chiefs fires, hits Fw190
Chiefgator fires, misses

Badly damaged Fw190 misses, breaks off attack

1 Fw190 attacks

Gh4chiefs fires, misses
Seclark fires, misses

Fw scores 1 hit
-tail – tailwheel is damaged (looks like a taildragging landing

Fw circles, attacks again

Redhed fires, damages Fw190
Gh4chiefs fires, misses

Damaged Fw misses, breaks off attack

Zone 1: England

Good weather

Special Ed drops down below 10,000 feet so Luzap won’t freeze. Since the tailwheel is damaged, redhed leaves the ball turret and sits up with the waist gunners. Special Ed doesn’t fail, though, bringing the plane in for a solid landing amidst a shower of sparks.

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

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

Milk run.