Mission 11: Now the fun starts.

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #15 – Sack Time

Pilot Special Ed (10)
Copilot alanm (10)
Bombardier gh4chiefs (10)
Navigator seclark (10)
Engineer KC2003 (10)
Radio Op. redhed (10)
Tail Gunner Hydrae (6)
Ball Turret Gunner Fat Elvis
Right Waist Gunner Zebedee DuBois (1)
Left Waist Gunner Iowanian

Target: The fighter base directly across the Channel at St. Omer
Mid-formation horizontally, low vertically (high vulnerability)
Distance: 2 zones

Like Flyin’ Doublewide, Sack Time has drawn a short mission to show some newbie crews the ropes.

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

1 Fw190 attacks

Redhed fires, kills Fw190
Kc2003 fires, misses
Zebedee dubois fires, misses

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak - Misses
Gh4chiefs shows the rookies how it’s done – 30% score

Zone 4 Out: France (Leaving Target Zone)

2 Fw190s attack

Kc2003 fires, misses
Zebedee dubois fires, hits Fw190
Fat Elvis fires, misses
Iowanian fires, misses
Hydrae fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

The hit Fw scores 1 hit
-pilot compartment – special ed curses as he gets grazed with a light wound to the left chest

Fw circles, attacks again

Fat Elvis fires, misses
Kc2003 fires, misses
Gh4chiefs fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Zone 1: England

Bad weather – drizzle and heavy fog
Alanm takes the yoke from special ed and glides the plane in for a smooth landing despite near-zero visibility, earning his copilot’s wings.

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Special Ed (10)
Copilot alanm (10)
Bombardier gh4chiefs (10)
Navigator seclark (10)
Engineer KC2003 (10)
Radio Op. redhed (10)
Tail Gunner Hydrae (6)
Ball Turret Gunner Fat Elvis
Right Waist Gunner Zebedee DuBois (1)
Left Waist Gunner Iowanian

Off to the pub, and special ed is wearing a purple heart.