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B-17 #12 – Yard Dart

Pilot Taco John (8)
Copilot Mile High Mania (8)
Bombardier Joe Seahawk (8)
Navigator BigChiefFan (8)
Engineer ZachKC (8)
Radio Op. Archie F. Swin (8)
Tail Gunner oleman47 (8)
Ball Turret Gunner RJ (8)
Right Waist Gunner KC2003 (8)
Left Waist Gunner kcfanintitanhell

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

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

5 Fw190s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters

Oleman47 fires, misses
RJ fires, misses
BigChiefFan fires, misses
Kcfanintitanhell fires, misses
Joe Seahawk fires, damages Fw190
ZachKC fires, misses
Archie F. Swin’s radio room gun jams

2 Fws miss, break off attack

Fw scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to port wing

Fw parks at 6 o’clock high in the gap covered by the radio room gun and buries 12 hits along the length of the plane!
-tail - starboard elevator is knocked out of commission
-tail – starboard tail wing root is damaged
-superficial damage to waist
-waist – kcfanintitanhell is torn apart and killed by hits to the stomach, left chest, and right chest. Ugh.
-superficial damage to bomb bay
-bomb bay – PING! A shell bounces among the bombs, but doesn’t set them off
-radio room – Archie F. Swin takes a light wound to the mid chest
-superficial damage to radio room
-pilot compartment – ZachKC’s oxygen is hit. He switches to his backup system.
-pilot compartment – Mile High Mania takes a light grazing wound to the back of the head
-nose – starboard cheek gun is destroyed.
-nose – bullets rip through the nose, hitting Joe Seahawk with a light wound to the upper back, and nailing BigChiefFan in the stomach, right foot, left forearm with a serious wound.

(One fighter run hits four crew members. That’s a record you don’t want to set.)

2 Fws circle, attack again

Joe Seahawk fires, misses
ZachKC fires, hits Fw190
Oleman47 fires, misses
Archie F. Swin gets his gun unjammed, fires, misses

2 Fws miss, break off attack

4 Me109s attack

Joe Seahawk fires, misses
KC2003 fires, misses
Oleman47 fires, misses
ZachKC fires, misses
RJ fires, misses

2 Mes miss, break off attack

Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to nose
-superficial damage to starboard wing

Me scores 1 hit
-waist – left waist gun is destroyed (as if that makes a difference to kcfanintitanhell)

2 Mes circle, attack again

Oleman47 fires, misses
ZachKC fires, misses

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Heavy Flak – 6 hits
-pilot compartment – Mile High Mania takes a serious wound to the throat
-pilot compartment – Mile High Mania loses his left leg at the knee, which is even more than a serious wound in light of his other injuries. He dies within minutes
-port wing flap is hit, but with no effect
-port wing root is damaged
-superficial damage to nose
-nose – starboard cheek gun is hit again and falls out of the plane, leaving a moderate-sized hole in the front of the plane

Despite his wound, the flak hits, the hole in the starboard cheek, and various other distractions, Joe Seahawk does his work – 20% score

Zone 3: France (Leaving Target Zone)

4 Fw190s attack

Joe Seahawk fires, misses
KC2003 fires, misses
ZachKC fires, hits Fw190
Oleman47 fires, misses
RJ fires, misses

4 Fw190s miss, break off attack (hmph – rookies)

2 Me110s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters

Oleman47 fires, misses

Me scores 4 hits
-superficial damage to nose
-superficial damage to nose
-nose – Joe Seahawk takes another light wound, this time to the lower back
-nose – BigChiefFan takes a light wound to the left thigh, which causes him to bleed out and pass into the next world.

Me circles, attacks again

RJ fires, kills Me110
Oleman47 fires, misses

1 Fw190 attacks

Archie F. Swin fires, misses

Fw scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to nose
-superficial damage to nose

Fw circles, attacks again

ZachKC fires, misses
Oleman47 fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

4 Me109s attack – 2 are driven off by fighters

Joe Seahawk fires, misses
ZachKC fires, misses

Me scores 2 hits
-right waist gun is knocked out of commission
-port wing aileron is hit, but not damaged

Me scores 1 hit – top turret gun is knocked out of commission, and ZachKC sustains a light wound to the right hip

2 Mes circle, attack again

Joe Seahawk fires, misses
Oleman47 fires, kills Me109

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Taco John (8)
Copilot Joe Seahawk (8), promoted
Bombardier XXX
Navigator ZachKC (8), promoted
Engineer Archie F. Swin (8), promoted
Radio Op. oleman47 (8), promoted
Tail Gunner RJ (8), promoted
Ball Turret Gunner KC2003 (8), promoted
Right Waist Gunner XXX
Left Waist Gunner XXX

Bloody, bloody Sunday.