[Rain Man]

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B-17 #3 – Dreamsicle

Pilot Logical (9)
Copilot memyselfi (9)
Bombardier Hoover (9)
Navigator The Bad Guy (9)
Engineer BigChiefDave (9)
Radio Op. Ecto-I (9)
Tail Gunner Warrior5 (9)
Ball Turret Gunner cntrygal (9)
Right Waist Gunner JennyGump (8)
Left Waist Gunner EBOLA (2)

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

2 Me110s attack

Ebola fires, misses
Cntrygal fires, misses
Warrior5 fires, hits Me110

Both Mes miss, break off attack

Zone 4 Out: Belgium (Entering Target Zone)

4 Me109s attack – 3 are driven off by fighters

Hoover fires, misses
bigChiefDave fires, misses

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

Me circles, attacks again

Warrior5 fires, misses
Hoover fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

1 Me109 driven off by fighters

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak 2 hits
-pilot compartment – logical’s oxygen supply is knocked out, and he switches to his backup system
-whammo! While logical is switching oxygen systems, the second flak hit severs the throttle wire on the #3 engine. It begins to rev up, so memyselfI, recognizing that war is wrong, shuts down the engine. The plane is close enough to the bomb zone that it can remain in formation, fortunately.
The flak hits and the revving engine cause the expected – hoover’s bomb run is off target – 0% score

Zone 4 Out: Belgium (Leaving Target Zone)

1 Fw190, 1 Me110 attack

Ebola fires, misses
Cntrygal fires, damages Me110
Warrior5 fires, misses
bigChiefDave fires, misses

Me and Fw miss, break off attack

Zone 3 Out: Belgium

No enemy

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Poor weather - drizzle
Despite a shutdown engine and poor weather, logical glides the plane into a beautiful landing.

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Logical (9)
Copilot memyselfi (9)
Bombardier Hoover (9)
Navigator The Bad Guy (9)
Engineer BigChiefDave (9)
Radio Op. Ecto-I (9)
Tail Gunner Warrior5 (9)
Ball Turret Gunner cntrygal (9)
Right Waist Gunner JennyGump (8)
Left Waist Gunner EBOLA (2)

That’s a Big Ten for most of the crew.