Mission 11: Now the fun starts.

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #3 – Dreamsicle

Pilot Logical (10)
Copilot memyselfi (10)
Bombardier Hoover (10)
Navigator The Bad Guy (10)
Engineer BigChiefDave (10)
Radio Op. Ecto-I (10)
Tail Gunner Warrior5 (10)
Ball Turret Gunner cntrygal (10)
Right Waist Gunner JennyGump (9)
Left Waist Gunner EBOLA (3)

Target: The aircraft factory in Bremen, Germany (North Germany)
Mid-formation horizontally and vertically (low vulnerability)
Distance: 7 Zones

Zone 1 Out: Britain

…and the first mission to Germany lifts off
No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 4 Out: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 5 Out: North Sea – Out of fighter range

1 Fw190 attacks

Hoover fires, misses
BigChiefDave fires, misses
Warrior5 fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Zone 6 Out: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 7 Out: Germany (Entering Target Zone)

1 Fw190, 1 Me110 attack

Ebola fires, misses
The Bad Guy fires, kills Fw190
Warrior5 fires, misses
Cntrygal fires, misses

Me scores 1 hit
-radio room – Ecto-I loses his heat

Me circles, attacks again

BigChiefDave fires, misses
The Bad Guy fires, damages Me110
Hoover fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Bad Weather – Major rain
Medium Flak – 2 hits
-superficial damage to port wing
-tail – warrior5 takes a light wound to the mid-upper back
Bomb run off target due to flak and weather– 0% score

Zone 7 Back: Germany (Leaving Target Zone)

2 Me109s attack

Ebola fires, misses
The Bad Guy fires, kills Me109
Jennygump fires, misses
BigChiefDave fires, misses
Warrior5 fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 6: North Sea

In order to save Ecto-I from certain frostbite, logical decides to drop out of formation and bring the plane down from altitude to increase the temperature in the plane. This is somewhat risky with the plane still so far from home, but otherwise Ecto-I will be nearly certain to get severe frostbite.
No enemy

Zone 5: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 4: North Sea - Back in fighter range

No enemy

Zone 3: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Logical (10)
Copilot memyselfi (10)
Bombardier Hoover (10)
Navigator The Bad Guy (10)
Engineer BigChiefDave (10)
Radio Op. Ecto-I (10)
Tail Gunner Warrior5 (10)
Ball Turret Gunner cntrygal (10)
Right Waist Gunner JennyGump (9)
Left Waist Gunner EBOLA (3)

It looks like they caught the Germans by surprise, especially by arriving during a rainstorm.