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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: My house
Casino cash: $-722449
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B-17 #20 – Sky Chief
Pilot DenverChief (5)
Copilot Iowanian (5)
Bombardier Sky (5)
Navigator Lzen (5)
Engineer AustinChief (5)
Radio Op. Taliswoman (Temp Replacement)
Tail Gunner DJay23 (5)
Ball Turret Gunner UMKC 1L (5)
Right Waist Gunner mlyonsd (5)
Left Waist Gunner PennyWise (5)
Target: Rouen (first raid to Rouen!)
Mid-formation horizontally, high vertically (moderate vulnerability)
Zone 1 Out: Britain
No enemy
Zone 2 Out: English Channel
No enemy
Zone 3 Out: Western Channel
2 Me109s, 1 Me110 attack
Lzen fires, misses
Austinchief fires, misses
DJay23 fires, kills Me110
Me misses, breaks off attack
Me scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to starboard wing
Me circles, attack again
Lzen fires, misses
Austinchief fires, misses
Me scores 2 hits
-pilot compartment - austinchief sustains a serious wound to his neck.
-tailplane damaged, no effect on flight
Me circles, attacks again
Lzen fires, hits Me109
Sky fires, misses
Hit Me misses, breaks off attack
Zone 4 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)
1 Fw190 driven off by fighters
Wary of leaving the powerful top turret gun unmanned, Iowanian orders Taliswoman to leave the radio room and move to the top turret station, even though she's a rookie and has not ever fired that gun. Taliswoman drags austinchief to the oxygen and heat of the radio area, then moves up.
Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak - misses
Sky notes the large railyard, and lets the bombs fly directly into the switching station – 75% score!
Zone 4 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)
4 Me109s attack
Lzen fires, misses
Taliswoman fires, misses
UMKC1L fires, misses
Mlyonsd fires, damages Me109
Pennywise fires, misses
Damaged Me misses, breaks off attack
2 Mes miss, break off attack
Me scores 1 hit
-nose – sky sustains light wound to right chest
Me circles attacks again
Taliswoman fires, misses
Pennywise fires, misses
Me scores 4 hits
-port wing aileron is destroyed
-tail – rudder is slightly damaged
-tail – djay23 loses his oxygen system, switches to his backup system
-superficial damage to tail
4 Me109s attack
Lzen fires, misses
Sky fires, misses
Mlyonsd fires, misses
Pennywise fires, misses
DJay23 fires, hits Me109
The hit Me and 1 other Me miss, break off attack
Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to nose
-superficial damage to waist
Me scores 3 hits
-pilot compartment – top turret gun is knocked out of commission (taliswoman is unhurt)
-superficial damage to bomb bay
-the previously destroyed port wing aileron is blown off the plane
2 Mes circle, attack again
DJay23 fires, misses
Pennywise fires, misses
Taliswoman fires, misses
Me misses, breaks off attack
Me barrel rolls in from 9 o’clock high, and scores 5 hits on the Sky Chief.
-nose – port cheek gun is knocked out of commission
-superficial damage to nose
-port tail root damaged
-djay23 sustains light wound to left hip
-tail – tail gun knocked out, which injures djay23 in the left upper arm
Me breaks off attack, leaves
3 Me109s attack – 1 is driven away by fighters
Lzen fires, misses
Mlyonsd fires, misses
Mes miss, break off attack
Zone 3: Western Channel
Sky Chief is making sure to stay in formation now, missing it’s top turret gun, tail gun, and port cheek gun. Taliswoman runs back, drags the wounded austinchief back to his original engineer’s position, and once again takes up her radio operator position.
2 Me 110s attack
Sky fires, hits Me110
UMKC1L fires, misses
Hit Me 110 misses, breaks off attack
Me scores 3 hits
-port wing – superficial damage to the #2 (inboard) engine
-starboard wing flap hit, no effect
-superficial damage to port wing
Me circles, attacks again
UMKC1L fires, kills Me110
Zone 2: English Channel
No enemy
Zone 1: England
Poor weather – light rain and fog
Denverchief achieves a good landing despite the weather and the loss of an aileron, and the injured are led or carried to the field hospital.
Aftereffects
Austinchief’s neck injury was bloody but not as serious as originally feared. He’ll be back aboard the next flight.
Eligible for next mission
Pilot DenverChief (5)
Copilot Iowanian (5)
Bombardier Sky (5)
Navigator Lzen (5)
Engineer AustinChief (5)
Radio Op. Taliswoman (Temp Replacement)
Tail Gunner DJay23 (5)
Ball Turret Gunner UMKC 1L (5)
Right Waist Gunner mlyonsd (5)
Left Waist Gunner PennyWise (5)
Those guns were real lead magnets on this mission.
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