B-17 #5 El Duderino's Mission Recap Thread

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B-17 #5 – El Duderino

Pilot ENDelt260 (2)
Copilot SNR (2)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (2)
Navigator philfree (2)
Engineer Talisman (2)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (2)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (2)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (2)
Right Waist Gunner Scaga (2)
Left Waist Gunner johnnyv13 (2)

Target: Lille (getting a lot of attention today)
Mid formation horizontally, high vertically (moderate vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

1 Me109 driven away by fighters

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak - misses
Garcia Bronco nails it – 50% score!

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

2 Me109s attack – 1 driven away by fighters

philfree fires, misses
scaga fires, misses

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

Me circles, attacks again

Talisman fires, misses (other crew members roll their eyes and shake their heads)
Radarchief fires, damages Me109

Damaged Me misses, breaks off attack

1 Me109 driven away by fighters

3 Me110s driven away by fighters

Zone 2: English Channel

2 Me110s driven away by fighters

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot ENDelt260 (2)
Copilot SNR (2)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (2)
Navigator philfree (2)
Engineer Talisman (2)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (2)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (2)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (2)
Right Waist Gunner Scaga (2)
Left Waist Gunner johnnyv13 (2)

The ground crew pops a bottle of champagne for the excellent bombing run, and pretends once again to check out what’s wrong with Talisman’s gun sights.


~notice I'm not saying $hit about Talisman's missing as I haven't done jack either....but at least I'm catching a good buzz.. ~