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Originally Posted by Rain Man
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B-17 #15 – Sack Time
Pilot Special Ed (5)
Copilot KcMizzou (5)
Bombardier Bearcat (5)
Navigator alanm (5)
Engineer gh4chiefs (5)
Radio Op. seclark (5)
Tail Gunner Luzap (5)
Ball Turret Gunner redhed (5)
Right Waist Gunner ChiefGator (5)
Left Waist Gunner Hydrae (1)
Target: Antwerp
Mid-formation horizontally and vertically (low vulnerability)
Zone 1 Out: Britain
No enemy
Zone 2 Out: English Channel
No enemy
Zone 3 Out: Belgium
No enemy
Zone 4 Out: Belgium (Entering Target Zone)
3 Fw190s attack – 2 are driven away by fighters
Luzap fires, misses
Bearcat fires, misses
Alanm fires, misses
Fw misses, breaks off attack
Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
No Flak
Bearcat is murderous behind the Norden bombsight – 95% score!!!
Zone 4 Back: Belgium (Leaving Target Zone)
3 Me109s attack
Bearcat fires, kills Me109
Hydrae fires, misses
Luzap fires, misses
Gh4chiefs fires, misses
Me misses, breaks off attack
Me scores 2 hits
-pilot compartment – gh4chiefs sustains serious wound to lower right leg
-superficial damage to starboard wing
Me circles, attack again
Alanm fires, misses
Chiefgator fires, misses
Bearcat fires, damages Me109
Damaged Me misses, breaks off attack
4 Me109s attack
Luzap fires, kills Me109
Hydrae fires, damages Me109
Luzap fires, misses
Chiefgator fires, misses
Damaged Me misses, breaks off attack
Me scores 3 hits
-superficial damage to tail
-superficial damage to radio room
-port wing root damaged
Me scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to port wing
2 Mes circle, attack again
Luzap fires, misses
Alanm fires, misses
Me misses, breaks off attack
Me lines up at 12 o’clock high and strafes the length of the aircraft with 7 hits!
-superficial damage to tail
-superficial damage to nose
-superficial damage to bomb bay
-superficial damage to radio room
-waist –chiefgator is killed by hit to neck
-tail – rudder is slightly damaged
-WHOOSH – A shell hits the oxygen system in the pilot compartment and blows up special ed’s oxygen system. A fire billows out of the instrument panel on his side. KCmizzou takes over the flying while special ed grabs the fire extinguisher and attacks it. Fortunately, the fire goes out. With a damaged control panel, special ed heads back and takes over the top turret spot for the injured gh4chiefs.
Me circles, attacks again
Hydrae fires, misses
Special Ed fires, misses
Me misses, breaks off attack
Zone 3 Back: Belgium
Since special ed has no oxygen, kcmizzou dives out of formation and down to 10,000 feet to keep him from suffering oxygen deprivation. Sack Time is now out of formation and vulnerable flying over Belgium
Surface flak attacks miss
1 Me110 driven away by fighters
2 Me109s driven away by fighters
1 Fw190, 1 Me 110 attack
Bearcat fires, damages Fw190
Alanm fires, kills the damaged Fw190
Redhed fires, kills Me110
Special Ed fires, misses
Zone 2: English Channel
No enemy
Zone 1: England
Good weather
Good landing
Aftereffects
Despite a noticeable limp, gh4chiefs will be ready to go for the next mission.
Eligible for next mission
Pilot Special Ed (5)
Copilot KcMizzou (5)
Bombardier Bearcat (5)
Navigator alanm (5)
Engineer gh4chiefs (5)
Radio Op. seclark (5)
Tail Gunner Luzap (5)
Ball Turret Gunner redhed (5)
Right Waist Gunner Hydrae (1), promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX
4 fighters killed, 3 damaged, and a 95 percent bombing run. The ground crew cheers the plane as it comes in under the control of copilot kcmizzou.
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