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

[Scaga]

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.. ~

[RealSNR]

Another successful mission completed with no losses! Our plane is kinda messed up, but that's not our problem!

Drinks all around!

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B-17 #5 – El Duderino

Pilot ENDelt260 (3)
Copilot SNR (3)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (3)
Navigator philfree (3)
Engineer Talisman (3)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (3)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (3)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (3)
Right Waist Gunner Scaga (3)
Left Waist Gunner johnnyv13 (3)

Target: Meaulte
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 off by fighters

1 Fw190, 3 Me109s attack – 2 Me109s driven away by fighters

Garcia bronco fires, misses
Talisman fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Me scores 3 hits
-superficial damage to nose
-minor damage to starboard wing root
-superficial damage to waist

Me circles, attacks again

Talisman fires, misses
Hawaiianboy fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Heavy Flak – misses

Garcia Bronco has an eagle eye – 30% score

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

3 Fw190s driven off by fighters

1 Me109 attacks

Ajkcfan fires, misses

Me dives vertically down, strafes El Duderino with 6 hits!
-superficial damage to nose
-superficial damage to pilot compartment
-superficial damage to bomb bay
-radio room hit – radio knocked out
-waist hit – ball turret gun is knocked out of commission
-superficial damage to tail

Me circles, attacks again

Talisman fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

4 Fw190s attack – 3 are driven away by fighters

Johnnyv13 fires, damages Fw190
Talisman fires, misses

Damaged Fw misses, breaks off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

3 Me110s attack – 1 driven away by fighters

Radarchief fires, damages Me110
Scaga fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Damaged Me scores 3 hits
-superficial damage to tail
-radar chief’s oxygen hit – switches to portable oxygen
-starboard wing flap inoperable

Damaged Me breaks off attack

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot ENDelt260 (3)
Copilot SNR (3)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (3)
Navigator philfree (3)
Engineer Talisman (3)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (3)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (3)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (3)
Right Waist Gunner Scaga (3)
Left Waist Gunner johnnyv13 (3)

[Scaga]

Originally Posted by SNR

Scaga fires, misses

Hey!!! At least I know my gun was as loaded as the operator.