Mission 10: The Sports Illustrated Supermission. Tyra! Tyra! Tyra!

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by kcnut

rainman i want to come back again.

Mention it to Talisman on his replacement crews thread. He's the USAAF recruiter. Good luck - you're almost a reverse ace!

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #18 – Fooooo Fighters

Pilot NaptownChief (9)
Copilot Tommykat (9)
Bombardier PastorMikH (9)
Navigator Mr. Christopher (9)
Engineer B2chiefsfan (9)
Radio Op. Adam (9)
Tail Gunner Amnorix (9)
Ball Turret Gunner KC Kings (9)
Right Waist Gunner el borracho (9)
Left Waist Gunner NewChief (9)

Target: Antwerp
Mid-formation horizontally and vertically (low vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: Belgium

No enemy

Zone 4 Out: France Belgium Netherlands (Entering Target Zone)

1 Me109, 1 Me110 attack – 1 Me109 is driven away by fighters

Mr. Christopher fires, misses
El borracho fires, misses

Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to waist
-superficial damage to nose

Me circles, attacks again

KC Kings fires, kills Me110
Amnorix fires, misses
B2chiefsfan fires, misses

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Light Flak - misses
Pastormikh envisions prairie dogs and lets fly – 30% score

Zone 4 Out: Belgium (Leaving Target Zone)

2 Fw190s are driven away by fighters

1 Me109, 1 Me110 attack – 1 Me110 is driven away by fighters

Mr. Christopher fires, misses
KC Kings fires, kills Me109
El borracho fires, misses

Zone 3 Out: Belgium

3 Fw190s attack – 2 are driven away by fighters

KC Kings fires, misses
Amnorix fires, misses
El borracho fires, misses
B2chiefsfan fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot NaptownChief (9)
Copilot Tommykat (9)
Bombardier PastorMikH (9)
Navigator Mr. Christopher (9)
Engineer B2chiefsfan (9)
Radio Op. Adam (9)
Tail Gunner Amnorix (9)
Ball Turret Gunner KC Kings (9)
Right Waist Gunner el borracho (9)
Left Waist Gunner NewChief (9)

Another day, another mission for the luckiest plane in the squadron.

[PastorMikH]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Pastormikh envisions prairie dogs and lets fly – 30% score


Another day, another mission for the luckiest plane in the squadron.

And we breathe a big sigh of relief. I'm feeling like we are on borrowed time.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

And we breathe a big sigh of relief. I'm feeling like we are on borrowed time.

You are indeed on an impressive run.

Only 15 more.

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #19 – War Dog

Pilot Baby Lee (9)
Copilot Brock Landers (9)
Bombardier Boozer (9)
Navigator Sure-Oz (9)
Engineer Gunther_Fan (9)
Radio Op. Lightning Rod (9)
Tail Gunner chi3fs (8)
Ball Turret Gunner Chief Faithful (9)
Right Waist Gunner Braincase (3)
Left Waist Gunner morphius (1)

Target: Meaulte
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 Fw190 is driven off by fighters

4 Fw190s attack – 2 are driven off by fighters

Sure-oz fires, hits Fw190
Boozer fires, misses
Gunther_fan fires, misses
Chi3fs fires, misses

Hit Fw misses, breaks off attack

Fw scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to port wing
-#4 engine is hit and sputters to a stop

Fw circles, attacks again

Morphius fires, misses
Chief Faithful fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Baby lee and brock landers consult each other and decide that they can reach the target and drop their bombs while not falling out of the formation. Once the bombs are dropped, they’ll be fine.

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Light Flak – 1 hit
-waist – control cables to elevators are destroyed. The flight will be a little wavy from here on out.
Despite the flak hit and the undulating, veteran bombardier boozer can’t be distracted from his duties, and he scores a huge hit! – 50% score

Zone 3 Out: France (Leaving Target Zone)

1 Me109 attacks

Lightning rod fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Baby lee brings War Dog in for a somewhat bouncy landing that draws jeers and chuckles from the unflappable crew members.

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Baby Lee (9)
Copilot Brock Landers (9)
Bombardier Boozer (9)
Navigator Sure-Oz (9)
Engineer Gunther_Fan (9)
Radio Op. Lightning Rod (9)
Tail Gunner chi3fs (8)
Ball Turret Gunner Chief Faithful (9)
Right Waist Gunner Braincase (3)
Left Waist Gunner morphius (1)

A lot of damage relative to the hits, but a safe flight nonetheless.

[Rain Man]

It looks like 67 of our 200 original intrepid crew members are still flying.

[morphius]

Damn! 2 flights on the same plane without dying.

Morphius
knocking on wood.

[alanm]

Eligible for next mission

Pilot NaptownChief (9)
Copilot Tommykat (9)
Bombardier PastorMikH (9)
Navigator Mr. Christopher (9)
Engineer B2chiefsfan (9)
Radio Op. Adam (9)
Tail Gunner Amnorix (9)
Ball Turret Gunner KC Kings (9)
Right Waist Gunner el borracho (9)
Left Waist Gunner NewChief (9)

Another day, another mission for the luckiest plane in the squadron.

Has anyone on their crew even been wounded yet? Since I've been promoted to a 1st Lt. as a Copilot, Do I have the pull to get PastorMikH transferred to our plane? Either him or Tommykat is the lucky rabbits foot for their crew.