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

[Scaga]

Would someone please give me some more ammo....I rarely even get a shot off. There's drunk and then there's stupid.....And I'm not drunk!

[Garcia Bronco]

Tali takes care of business again...Elvis....get me a fresh beer.

[Talisman]

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B-17 #5 – El Duderino

Pilot ENDelt260 (7)
Copilot SNR (7)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (7)
Navigator philfree (7)
Engineer Talisman (7)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (7)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (7)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (7)
Right Waist Gunner Scaga (7)
Left Waist Gunner Fat Elvis (2)

Target: Antwerp
Mid-formation horizontally, high vertically (moderate 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)

2 Me110s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters

Garcia bronco fires, misses
Talisman fires, misses
Radarchief fires, damages Me110

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak - misses
Garcia Bronco is like clockwork – 30% score

Zone 4 Out: Belgium (Leaving Target Zone)

2 Me110s attack

Garcia bronco fires, misses
Talisman fires, misses
Philfree fires, misses
Hawaiianboy fires, misses

Mes miss, break off attack

2 Me109s, 1 Me110 attack

Garcia bronco fires, hits Me109
Talisman fires, misses
Hawaiianboy fires, misses
Radarchief fires, misses

Hit Me misses, breaks off attack

Me misses, breaks off attack

Me scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to starboard wing

Me circles, attacks again

Fat elvis fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

1 Me109 attacks

Garcia bronco fires, misses
Radarchief fires, misses
Hawaiianboy fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 3 Out: Belgium

1 Fw190, 1 Me110 attack

Philfree fires, misses
Garcia bronco fires, misses
Hawaiianboy fires, damages Me110
Radarchief fires, misses

Fw, Me miss, break off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Bad weather - thunderstorm
Good landing by Endelt regardless of lightning and rain

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot ENDelt260 (7)
Copilot SNR (7)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (7)
Navigator philfree (7)
Engineer Talisman (7)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (7)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (7)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (7)
Right Waist Gunner Scaga (7)
Left Waist Gunner Fat Elvis (2)

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Good job crew. We needed an easy one after that blasting we took in Mission 7.

[Scaga]

Is there some reason I don't even get a shot off?
All this $hit flying around and I'm no where to be seen.....
Coward!!!

[RealSNR]

I would suggest getting on Rain Man's tail about this, but if I were you, I"d be glad I was still alive.

[RealSNR]

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B-17 #5 – El Duderino

Pilot ENDelt260 (8)
Copilot SNR (8)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (8)
Navigator philfree (8)
Engineer Talisman (8)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (8)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (8)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (8)
Right Waist Gunner Scaga (8)
Left Waist Gunner Fat Elvis (3)

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)

2 Fw190s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters

Garcia bronco fires, misses
Talisman fires, misses
Radar chief fires, misses

Fw scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to starboard wing

Fw circles, attacks again

Talisman fires, damages Fw190
Radar chief fires, kills the damaged Fw190

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Light Flak - misses
Garcia Bronco is money in the bank – 40% score

Zone 3 Out: France (Leaving Target Zone)

1 Fw190, 2 Me109s are driven off by fighters

2 Me110s are driven off by fighters

Zone 2: English Channel

4 Me109s attack – 2 are driven off by fighters
Garcia bronco fires, misses
Talisman fires, misses
Radar chief fires, misses
Scaga fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Me scores 2 hits
-tail – rudder is hit but still functional
-BOOM! A shell hits scaga’s oxygen system in the right waist gun position. The system explodes, and scaga takes a fatal load of shattered metal to the stomach. Fat Elvis, at the left waist gun position, takes a serious wound to the lower back. The area is on fire, and ajkcfan rushes back from the radio room with an extinguisher, and is able to douse the flames. However, there is a large hole the size of a life preserver blown through the right side of the fuselage. It can’t be fixed, though, so ajkcfan moves back to his gun.

Me circles, attacks again

Hawaiianboy fires, misses
Radarchief fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

Unfortunately, Fat Elvis succumbs to his injury the next day in the hospital. It was a bad mission for waist gunners.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot ENDelt260 (8)
Copilot SNR (8)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (8)
Navigator philfree (8)
Engineer Talisman (8)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (8)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (8)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (8)
Right Waist Gunner XXX
Left Waist Gunner XXX

A good bombing run, the one bad hit excluded.
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RIP to the noble members of the Dude who gave their lives, Fat Elvis and Scaga. As El Duderino never fades, may our remembrance of these airmen never fade.

[Talisman]

RIP guys.

Let me know if you want to reenlist.

[Garcia Bronco]

Some beer on the curb for our lost ones

[Talisman]

Originally Posted by ENDelt260

Seems to me that if any one of you humps could shoot straight we wouldn't have lost anyone.

If you'd quit swerving all over the sky, we'd have a better chance. Do us all a favor and put the beer down while you're flying.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Talisman

If you'd quit swerving all over the sky, we'd have a better chance. Do us all a favor and put the beer down while you're flying.

Actually, I've been driving the plane the whole time. ENDelt just sits in the big fancy chair and says, "oooo, what does this button do?"

[RealSNR]

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B-17 #5 – El Duderino

Pilot ENDelt260 (9)
Copilot SNR (9)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (9)
Navigator philfree (9)
Engineer Talisman (9)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (9)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (9)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (9)
Right Waist Gunner PennyWise (9)
Left Waist Gunner tk13

Target: Meaulte
Mid-formation horizontally, low vertically (high vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

1 Fw190, 1 Me110 attack – 1 Fw190 is driven off by fighters

Hawaiianboy fires, damages Me110
Radar chief fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

4 Fw190s attack

Garcia bronco fires, misses
Talisman fires, misses
Pennywise fires, hits Fw190
Philfree fires, kills Fw190
Radar chief fires, damages Fw190

3 Fws miss, break off attack

5 Me109s attack – 1 Me is driven off by fighters

Ajkcfan fires, kills Me109
Garcia bronco fires, misses
Radar chief fires, misses
Tk13 fires, misses
Talisman fires, misses
Philfree fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Me scores 3 hits
-starboard wing root damaged
-superficial damage to radio room
-superficial damage to waist

Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to port wing
-superficial damage to waist

2 Mes circle, attack again

Philfree fires, kills Me109
Talisman fires, misses
Radar chief fires, hits Me109
Garcia bronco fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Heavy Flak – 6 hits!
-superficial damage to port wing
-starboard wing flap sustains minor damage
-starboard wing – landing gear brake is knocked out
-port sing root damaged
-superficial damage to radio room
-superficial damage to #4 engine

Garcia Bronco misses the target due to the flak – 0% score

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

2 Me109s, 1 Me110 attack – 1 Me110 is driven away by fighters

Garcia bronco fires, misses
Philfree fires, misses
Radar chief fires, kills Me109
Hawaiianboy fires, misses

Me scores 1 hit
-nose – philfree takes a light wound to the left hip

Me circles, attacks again

Pennywise fires, misses
Radar chief fires, misses
Talisman fires, misses

Me scores 5 hits
-radio room – heat is out for ajkcfan
-superficial damage to radio room
-waist – pennywise sustains a light wound to the left calf
-waist – tk13 takes a light wound to the left thigh
-superficial damage to waist

Me circles, attacks again

Radar chief fires, misses
Talisman fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

2 Fw190s are driven away by fighters

Zone 2: English Channel

1 Me109 fires

Ajkcfan fires, misses
Garcia bronco fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 1: England

Endelt drops down to 10,000 feet so ajkcfan won’t get frostbite. Bandages get passed around.

Good weather
Endelt wheels the plane down to a good landing but can’t hit the brakes. He cuts the engines and the plane rolls down the length of the runway, sinking into the ground at the end of the base. There’s no significant damage, though, just a long walk back to the barracks.

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot ENDelt260 (9)
Copilot SNR (9)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (9)
Navigator philfree (9)
Engineer Talisman (9)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (9)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (9)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (9)
Right Waist Gunner PennyWise (9)
Left Waist Gunner tk13

[RealSNR]

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B-17 #5 – El Duderino

Pilot ENDelt260 (10)
Copilot SNR (10)
Bombardier Garcia Bronco (10)
Navigator philfree (10)
Engineer Talisman (10)
Radio Op. AJKCFAN (10)
Tail Gunner Radar Chief (10)
Ball Turret Gunner hawaiianboy (10)
Right Waist Gunner PennyWise (10)
Left Waist Gunner tk13 (1)

Target: The U-boat pens at Brest (western France)
Mid-formation horizontally, high vertically (moderate vulnerability)
Distance: 6 zones

Brest is one of the most heavily defended targets of the war. It has beefed up flak AND beefed up fighter defenses. Best of luck, El Duderino

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

2 Me109s are driven off by fighters

Zone 3 Out: Western Channel

No enemy

Zone 4 Out: Western Channel

No enemy

Zone 5 Out: Western Channel – out of fighter coverage

1 Me109 attacks

Hawaiianboy fires, kills Me109
Talisman fires, simultaneously kills the same Me109, creating a big ball of fire

Zone 6 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

1 Me110 driven off by B-17s

1 Me110 attacks

Garcia bronco fires, misses
Hawaiianboy fires, hits Me110
Radar chief fires, simultaneously kills the same Me110

1 Me109 attacks

Garcia bronco fires, misses
Radar chief fires, misses

Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to tail
-superficial damage to radio room

Me circles, attacks again

Tk13 fires, misses
Garcia bronco fires, misses

Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to pilot compartment
-nose – Garcia bronco gets nailed, taking serious wounds to the left hip, mid-chest, and right chest

Me circles, attacks again

Philfree fires, misses
Talisman fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Heavy Flak – 5 hits
-superficial damage to port wing
-superficial damage to port wing
-radio room – radio is knocked out of commission
-starboard wing - #3 engine blows a puff of smoke and sputters to a stop
-superficial damage to starboard wing

It’s too late to turn back, so Endelt keeps the three-engined plane headed over the target, sans a conscious bombardier.

Philfree shifts over and releases the bombs, but he’s inexperienced and they fall off target – 0% score

Zone 6 Back: Germany (Leaving Target Zone)

Endelt can keep up with the other planes now, and he tucks in tightly within the formation. The planes together drive off an attack by 1 Me110.

3 Me109s attack

Radar chief fires, misses
Hawaiianboy fires, misses
Pennywise fires, hits Fw190
Talisman fires, misses

2 Fws miss, break off attack

Fw scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to port wing
-superficial damage to tail

Fw circles, attacks again

Radar chief fires, misses
Tk13 fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

2 Me110s attack

Talisman fires, misses
Radar chief fires, misses
Philfree fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Me scores 2 hits
-radio room – radio is hit again and destroyed
-waist – pennywise loses his heating system

Me circles, attacks again

Ajkcfan fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 5: North Sea

5 Fw190s attack

Philfree fires, misses
Talisman fires, kills Fw190
Ajkcfan fires, misses
Radar chief fires, hits Fw190
Tk13 fires, misses

4 Fws miss, break off attack

Zone 4: North Sea – back in fighter range

Endelt drops the plane out of formation and drops to 10,000 feet to keep pennywise from getting frostbite. El duderino is now out of formation.

No enemy

Zone 3: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

Alas, Garcia Bronco survives for 8 days in the hospital, but succumbs to his wounds.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot ENDelt260 (10)
Copilot SNR (10)
Bombardier philfree (10), promoted
Navigator Talisman (10) , promoted
Engineer AJKCFAN (10) , promoted
Radio Op. Radar Chief (10) , promoted
Tail Gunner hawaiianboy (10) , promoted
Ball Turret Gunner PennyWise (10) , promoted
Right Waist Gunner tk13 (1) , promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX


We lost a great bombardier. RIP, Garcia.

[Garcia Bronco]

[RealSNR]

Umm, yeah, it wasn't a good mission