B-17 #4 - Lattimer-gobo-KCJohnny-Redcoats58-voyager-munkey-TheFly-cdcox-headsnap

[KCWolfman]

B-17 #4 – Red, White, and Blew by You
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Pilot KCWolfman (2)
Copilot Lattimer (2)
Bombardier go bo (2)
Navigator KCJohnny (2)
Engineer Redcoats58 (2)
Radio Op. voyager (2)
Tail Gunner munkey (2)
Ball Turret Gunner TheFly (2)
Right Waist Gunner cdcox (2)
Left Waist Gunner headsnap (1)

Target: Lille
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)

1 Me110 driven away by fighters

2 Me110s attack – 1 driven away by fighters

go bo fires, misses
kcjohnny fires, misses
redcoats58 fires, misses

Me scores 1 hit
-cdcox sustains light wound to stomach

Me circles, attacks again

the fly fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Bad Weather – bumpy bomb run due to turbulence
No Flak
Bomb run off target due to weather – 0% score

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

Kcwolfman’s piloting skills result in tight formation with other B-17s, preventing attack by 2 Fw190s

Zone 2: English Channel
No enemy

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot KCWolfman (2)
Copilot Lattimer (2)
Bombardier go bo (2)
Navigator KCJohnny (2)
Engineer Redcoats58 (2)
Radio Op. voyager (2)
Tail Gunner munkey (2)
Ball Turret Gunner TheFly (2)
Right Waist Gunner cdcox (2)
Left Waist Gunner headsnap (1)

If you ask him nicely, cdcox will show you his stitches.

Other than the fact that go bo has failed to hit a single target, we have done rather well. I have invited Robert Conrad and his crew from the Pacific theater to guard us on the next mission.