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B-17 #3 – Dreamsicle

Pilot Logical (6)
Copilot memyselfi (6)
Bombardier Hoover (6)
Navigator The Bad Guy (6)
Engineer JimNasium (6)
Radio Op. BigChiefDave (6)
Tail Gunner Ecto-I (6)
Ball Turret Gunner Warrior5 (6)
Right Waist Gunner cntrygal (6)
Left Waist Gunner JennyGump (5)

Target: Rotterdam
Mid-formation horizontally, low vertically (high vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy, but the ball turret gun is jamming. Warrior5 is working to get it back in order.

Zone 3 Out: North Sea

3 Fw190s attack

Ecto-I fires, damages Fw190
Hoover fires, misses
Jimnasium fires, misses
The bad guy fires, misses

3 Fws miss, break off attack

Zone 4 Out: Netherlands (Entering Target Zone)

1 Me110 attacks

Cntrygal fires, misses
Bigchiefdave fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

5 Fw190s attack

Hoover fires, misses
The bad guy fires, misses
Jimnasium fires, misses
Cntrygal fires, misses

Fw scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to nose

Fw scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to pilot compartment
-starboard flap hit – no effect

Fw scores 6 hits from 6 o’clock level.
-starboard wing root damaged
-superficial damage to radio room
-superficial damage to radio room
-superficial damage to Engine #1
-superficial damage to Engine #1
-starboard tail root damaged

3 Fws circle, attack again.

Hoover fires, misses
Jimnasium fires, misses
The bad guy fires, misses
Ecto-I fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Fw scores 4 hits
-pilot compartment – top turret gun knocked out of commission and Jimnasium is seriously wounded by a hit to the mid-chest.
-superficial damage to port wing
-superficial damage to port wing
-superficial damage to waist

Fw scores 1 hit
-jennygump’s oxygen is hit. She switches to her backup supply.

2 Fws circle, attack again

The bad guy fires, misses
Cntrygal fires, misses
Hoover fires, misses
Ecto-I fires, damages Fw190

Fw scores 4 hits
-superficial damage to starboard wing
-pilot compartment – windscreen shatters – no heat for jimnasium and memyselfI
-starboard aileron out of commission
-superficial damage to nose

Damaged Fw scores 2 hits
-top turret shattered – heat out for jimnasium
-superficial damage to radio room

2 Fws break off attack

5 Me109s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters

Ecto-I fires, damages Me109
Cntrygal fires, misses
Jennygump fires, misses
Bigchiefdave fires, misses
The bad guy fires, kills Me109

Damaged Me, 1 other Me misses, break off attack

Me scores 1 hit
-starboard wing root damaged again

Me circles, attacks again

Ecto-I fires, kills Me109

Despite the loss of the windscreen, logical decides the plane’s best option is to continue the bombing run and then drop down afterward. He and memyselfI grit their teeth and keep going.

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
No Flak
Bomb run off target – 0% score

Zone 4: Netherlands (Leaving Target Zone)

3 Me109s driven off by fighters

Zone 3 Back: North Sea

Logical drops Dreamsicle down to 10,000 feet to avoid frostbite for himself, memyselfI, and jimnasium. Dreamsicle must complete the mission out of formation.

2 Me109s are driven off by fighters

Zone 2: English Channel

4 Me109s attack – 2 are driven off by fighters

Hoover fires, misses
Jimnasium fires, misses
Ecto-I fires, kills Me109
The bad guy fires, misses

Me scores 3 hits
-superficial damage to bomb bay
-superficial damage to bomb bay
-superficial damage to tail

Me circles, attacks again

Warrior5 finally gets his gun to operate

Warrior5 fires, misses
Cntrygal fires, misses

Me misses, but circles again since Dreamsicle is out of formation

Jennygump fires, misses
Ecto-I fires, kills Me109

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Logical brings the fleet’s newest convertible down saefely.

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Jimnasium is sent home to try to recover from his wound.

Pilot Logical (6)
Copilot memyselfi (6)
Bombardier Hoover (6)
Navigator The Bad Guy (6)
Engineer BigChiefDave (6) , promoted
Radio Op. Ecto-I (6) , promoted
Tail Gunner Warrior5 (6) , promoted
Ball Turret Gunner cntrygal (6) , promoted
Right Waist Gunner JennyGump (5), promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX

Ecto-I – what a monster at the tail gun.