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Originally Posted by Rain Man
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B-17 #4 – Red, White, and Blew by You
Pilot KCWolfman (8)
Copilot Lattimer (8)
Bombardier go bo (8)
Navigator KCJohnny (8)
Engineer Redcoats58 (8)
Radio Op. voyager (8)
Tail Gunner munkey (8)
Ball Turret Gunner TheFly (8)
Right Waist Gunner cdcox (8)
Left Waist Gunner headsnap (7)
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)
1 Me110 driven off by fighters
4 Me109s attack – 3 are driven off by fighters
KCJohnny fires, misses
Redcoats58 fires, misses
Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to waist
-superficial damage to radio room
Me circles, attacks again
Cdcox fires, misses
Munkey fires, misses
Me misses, breaks off attack
Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Heavy Flak – 8 hits!
-superficial damage to radio room
-superficial damage to port wing
-superficial damage to nose
-superficial damage to starboard wing
-superficial damage to tail
-port wing flap hit, but no effect
-superficial damage to waist
-tail – munkey’s heating system is disabled
Despite horrific flak that is bouncing the plane around, go bo manages to hit the target, more or less – 10% score
Zone 4 Out: Belgium (Leaving Target Zone)
1 Fw190, 2 Me109s attack
Go bo fires, misses
KCJohnny fires, misses
Redcoats58 fires, misses
Thefly fires, damages Me109
Munkey fires, misses
Damaged Me misses, breaks off attack
Me misses, breaks off attack
Fw scores 3 hits
-superficial damage to nose
-superficial damage to waist
-pilot compartment – kcwolfman takes a fatal wound to the neck.
Lattimer seizes the controls and takes over the flight.
Fw circles, attacks again
Go bo fires, misses
Redcoats58 fires, misses
Fw misses, breaks off attack
3 Fw190s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters
Thefly fires, hits Fw190
Cdcox fires, misses
Munkey fires, misses
Both Fws miss, break off attack
Zone 3 Out: Belgium
Munkey abandons the freezing tail gunner position and takes a position in the bloody pilot’s seat, so the B-17 won’t have to drop out of formation.
No enemy.
Zone 2: English Channel
No enemy
Zone 1: England
Good weather
Good landing by Lattimer on his first real-mission attempt.
Aftereffects
None
Eligible for next mission
Pilot Lattimer (8), promoted
Copilot go bo (8) , promoted
Bombardier KCJohnny (8) , promoted
Navigator Redcoats58 (8) , promoted
Engineer voyager (8) , promoted
Radio Op. munkey (8) , promoted
Tail Gunner TheFly (8) , promoted
Ball Turret Gunner cdcox (8) , promoted
Right Waist Gunner headsnap (7) , promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX
They chopped the head off the beast. RIP kcwolfman.
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