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B-17 #19 – War Dog

Pilot Baby Lee (8)
Copilot Brock Landers (8)
Bombardier Boozer (8)
Navigator Sure-Oz (8)
Engineer Gunther_Fan (8)
Radio Op. Lightning Rod (8)
Tail Gunner chi3fs (7)
Ball Turret Gunner Chief Faithful (8)
Right Waist Gunner Braincase (2)
Left Waist Gunner morphius

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

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: Belgium

1 Fw190, 1 Me110 attack

Boozer fires, damages Fw190
Gunther_fan fires, misses
Chief Faithful fires, kills Me110

Damaged Fw misses, breaks off attack

Zone 4 Out: Belgium (Entering Target Zone)

3 Me109s are driven off by fighters

3 Fw190s attack

Boozer fires, misses
Sure-oz fires, misses
Gunther_fan fires, misses
Chi3fs fires, misses
Morphius fires, kills Fw190

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Fw scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to pilot compartment

Fw circles, attacks again
Lightning rod fires, misses
Chi3fs fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak - misses
Boozer makes a nice textbook run – 30% score

Zone 4 Out: Belgium (Leaving Target Zone)

1 Me109, 1 Me110 attack

Sure-oz fires, misses
Gunther_fan fires, hits Me109
Chi3fs fires, misses
Braincase fires, misses

Me110 misses, breaks off attack

Me scores 3 hits
-tail – control cables are damaged, making the plane slightly more difficult for baby lee to control.
-bomb bay – no effect
-superficial damage to waist

Me circles, attacks again

Lightning rod fires, misses

Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to radio room
-superficial damage to waist

Me circles, attacks again

Chief Faithful fires, misses
Braincase fires, misses

Me scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to bomb bay

Me breaks off attack

1 Me109 attacks

Sure-oz fires, misses
Gunther_fan fires, misses

Me scores 1 hit
-port wing – the inboard fuel tank begins dumping fuel, but fortunately there is no fire accompanying it. Brock Landers does a quick assessment and determines that the fuel leak won’t be a problem in terms of reaching England as long as the rest of the flight proceeds normally.

Zone 3 Out: France Belgium Western Channel North Sea (Leaving Target Zone)

5 Fw190s attack – 2 are driven off by fighters

Boozer fires, misses
Sure-oz fires, hits Fw190
Gunther_fan fires, misses
Chi3fs fires, damages Fw190
Braincase fires, misses
Morphius fires, misses

All 3 Fws miss, break off attack.

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Slightly bumpy landing due to the control cable problem, but not bad at all, and with the fuel tank still looking good.

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Baby Lee (8)
Copilot Brock Landers (8)
Bombardier Boozer (8)
Navigator Sure-Oz (8)
Engineer Gunther_Fan (8)
Radio Op. Lightning Rod (8)
Tail Gunner chi3fs (7)
Ball Turret Gunner Chief Faithful (8)
Right Waist Gunner Braincase (2)
Left Waist Gunner morphius

Now off to the pub for ‘ye.