The REAL Aircraft #10, Report here. - Page 2

**Rain Man** · 01-21-2004, 09:09 AM

Don't let JOhn's crew bother you. They're the next airplane over.

I just wanted to let you know that I (randomly) handpicked you guys, because I think that as a team we're (randomly) the best da** crew in the sky. We're going to kick some Nazi butt over there.

You can suggest names for the aircraft if you'd like. I put a poll up that wasn't getting much action, so I made an executive ego decision to call the plane Rain of Terror, with the nose art depicted in the first post. Let me know what you think.

Aircraft #10

Pilot Rain Man
Copilot tk13
Bombardier ChiTown
Navigator whoman69
Engineer Pitt Gorilla
Radio Op. KC Jones
Tail Gunner Duck Dog
Ball Turret Gunner DrNick
Right Waist Gunner Cormac
Left Waist Gunner The Rick

**Rain Man** · 01-25-2004, 02:07 AM

Jeannie Shapiro
9292 Starfish Way
Sarasota, FL

My dearest Jeannie,

I miss you and I think about you every day. It's hard to believe that I'm engaged to you now. I still remember the first time we met at that ice cream shop as I was finishing flight school.

We just finished our first mission, and it's strange to be the pilot of one of these big ships. If only the guys in algebra class could see me now! I'm proud to say that we had the highest bombing rating in our squadron - 60 percent! - though that was more the bombardier's work than mine. I just fly the thing. We saw 8 enemy airplanes on our way in, but there's only seven of them now, thanks to our tail gunner.

I should describe our crew to you, or at least what little I know of them so far.

tk13 is my copilot, so he sits next to me in the cockpit. He wears the Number 13 a lot, which I don't like, and he likes to play with the dials while I'm flying. I'm still trying to figure him out.

My bombardier is from Chicago, so we call him Chitown. He sits down in the nose of the plane with the navigator, and he's really good. The best in the squadron, according to the stats, even if he does have to be dragged out of the pubs at night.

Our navigator is a great guy. When I first saw his name, whoman69, I thought maybe he was one of those woman flyers. He's not, though, and that's good. I heard that a copilot in another plane killed his pilot over a girl.

Our engineer is Pitt Gorilla. I was kind of disappointed when I met him because I thought he would be one of those trained military gorillas, but he's not, even though he's kind of hairy. He is from Pittsburgh, though, even if it's not the big Pittsburgh.

KC Jones is our radio operator. He talks sometimes about his old-style house back home, and then he tries to call his wife on the radio. He's never reached her, but we think that once he managed to reach Hermann Goering.

Our tail gunner is Duck Dog. He says he got the nickname when someone threw a dog at him once right as he bent over to tie his shoe. He's a crack shot, and killed a Messerschmidt on our first mission!

Our ball turret gunner is named Dr. Nick. I don't think he's a real doctor, but he keeps trying to convince the women in the pub that he is, so we all try to help him out with that.

Our right waist gunner is cormac. He's from another country, so we like to pretend we can't understand him sometimes even though his English is flawless. We just keep saying, "Huh? Huh?" and it's kind of funny.

Our left waist gunner is The Rick. Not just any Rick, THE Rick. You've probably heard of him.

Anyway, it's a great crew, and we've got one mission down and 24 to go. Wish us luck, and I look forward to walking down the aisle with you when I get back home!

1/LT Kevin

**Rain Man** · 01-25-2004, 02:09 AM

Lucy Coopersmith
3128 Thames Street
Cambridge, England

My dearest Lucy,

I miss you and I think about you every day. It's hard to believe that I'm engaged to a woman whom I've only known for two weeks!

We just finished our first mission, and it's strange to be the pilot of one of these big ships. If only the guys in algebra class could see me now! I'm proud to say that we had the highest bombing rating in our squadron - 60 percent! - though that was more the bombardier's work than mine. I just fly the thing. We saw 8 enemy airplanes on our way in, but there's only seven of them now, thanks to our tail gunner.

I should describe our crew to you, or at least what little I know of them so far.

tk13 is my copilot, so he sits next to me in the cockpit. He wears the Number 13 a lot, which I don't like, and he likes to play with the dials while I'm flying. I'm still trying to figure him out.

My bombardier is from Chicago, so we call him Chitown. He sits down in the nose of the plane with the navigator, and he's really good. The best in the squadron, according to the stats, even if he does have to be dragged out of the pubs at night.

Our navigator is a great guy. When I first saw his name, whoman69, I thought maybe he was one of those woman flyers. He's not, though, and that's good. I heard that a copilot in another plane killed his pilot over a girl.

Our engineer is Pitt Gorilla. I was kind of disappointed when I met him because I thought he would be one of those trained military gorillas, but he's not, even though he's kind of hairy. He is from Pittsburgh, though, even if it's not the big Pittsburgh.

KC Jones is our radio operator. He talks sometimes about his old-style house back home, and then he tries to call his wife on the radio. He's never reached her, but we think that once he managed to reach Hermann Goering.

Our tail gunner is Duck Dog. He says he got the nickname when someone threw a dog at him once right as he bent over to tie his shoe. He's a crack shot, and killed a Messerschmidt on our first mission!

Our ball turret gunner is named Dr. Nick. I don't think he's a real doctor, but he keeps trying to convince the women in the pub that he is, so we all try to help him out with that.

Our right waist gunner is cormac. He's from another country, so we like to pretend we can't understand him sometimes even though his English is flawless. We just keep saying, "Huh? Huh?" and it's kind of funny.

Our left waist gunner is The Rick. Not just any Rick, THE Rick. You've probably heard of him.

Anyway, it's a great crew, and we've got one mission down and 24 to go. Wish us luck, and I look forward to walking down the aisle with you when I get a good long leave!

1/LT Kevin

tk13 · 01-25-2004, 03:00 AM

Very slick there captain... think you could save some action for the co-pilot here. I get to do so much work but get no glory... alas the co-pilot's life is never easy.

Talisman · 01-25-2004, 09:30 AM

whoman69 · 01-25-2004, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You just steer the way there. It's not like I can tell the difference between Oakland and Stuttgart from up there.

Well, for the war effort I did steer our plane to Germany. I found out Oakland is out of range from England. But if we should survive the European war and take a crack at the Japs, the pull towards Oakland would be too strong. Already the threat of action has scared away any possible enemy commanders. They are staying away from that suicide mission. The latest poop reports they may have to sign a certain traitor DC from our side, even though it was found he was still working for the Donkey faction when he was supposed to be on our side. But what can you do if noone else will take the job?

tk13 · 01-29-2004, 12:24 AM

Quote:

B17 #10 – Gunther’s Thunder

Pilot Rain Man (1)
Copilot tk13 (1)
Bombardier ChiTown (1)
Navigator whoman69 (1)
Engineer Pitt Gorilla (1)
Radio Op. KC Jones (1)
Tail Gunner Duck Dog (1)
Ball Turret Gunner DrNick (1)
Right Waist Gunner Cormac (1)
Left Waist Gunner The Rick (1)

Target: the fighter base at St. Omer
Mid-formation horizontally, low vertically (high vulnerability)

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel (Entering Target Zone)

4 Me109s attack – 1 Me109 driven away by fighters

Chitown fires, misses
Whoman69 fires, misses
Pitt Gorilla fires, misses
Duck Dog fires, misses
Cormac fires, misses

3 Mes miss, break off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Heavy Flak – 8 hits
-waist – Cormac’s oxygen hit, moves to portable oxygen
-tail – Duck Dog’s oxygen hit, moves to portable oxygen
-tail – port tailplane root damaged
-superficial damage to tail
-starboard wing root damaged
-pilot compartment – Pitt Gorilla killed by hit to face
-tail – tail wheel damaged – we’re going to drag the tail when we land.
-nose – whoman69 sustains light wound to right hip

Bombs run off target due to flak – 0% score

Zone 2: English Channel (Leaving Target Zone)

Cormac moves to the top turret, takes over top turret guns

2 Me109s attack – 1 driven away by fighters

Cormac fires, misses
Whoman69 fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

5 Me109s attack – 2 are driven away by fighters

Duck Dog fires, misses
KC Jones fires, misses
The Rick fires, misses
Cormac fires, misses

2 Mes miss, break off attack

Me scores 4 hits in strafe from 6 o’clock high

-superficial damage to tail
-starboard wing root hit again, severely damaged. No more evasive actions
-bomb bay – control cables damaged (not severed)
-superficial damage to nose

Me circles, attacks again

Duck Dog fires, misses
Chitown fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing despite some big chunks out of the tail and a bad starboard wing. The tailwheel collapses upon landing and there are some fancy sparks, but Gunther’s Thunder is repairable.

Aftereffects

B-17 is repaired for next mission.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Rain Man (1)
Copilot tk13 (1)
Bombardier ChiTown (1)
Navigator whoman69 (1)
Engineer KC Jones (1), promoted
Radio Op. Duck Dog (1) , promoted
Tail Gunner DrNick (1) , promoted
Ball Turret Gunner Cormac (1) , promoted
Right Waist Gunner The Rick (1) , promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX

Hey, we walked away from it. Well, except for Pitt Gorilla. RIP, engineer.

Alrighty pilot let's get our act together next time. No more fantasizing about your women in apricot bikinis next time..

**Rain Man** · 01-29-2004, 02:04 AM

Hey, we walked away from it, didn't we? I did my job. Why weren't you keeping an eye on Pitt Gorilla? It was your day to watch him.

tk13 · 01-29-2004, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Hey, we walked away from it, didn't we? I did my job. Why weren't you keeping an eye on Pitt Gorilla? It was your day to watch him.

Oh, I'm sorry, I was busy trying to make sure the PLANE DIDN'T EXPLODE!

**Rain Man** · 01-29-2004, 10:11 AM

I thought the sparks were kind of pretty.

Hydrae · 01-29-2004, 07:17 PM

Hey guys! Just in fwom Boston. How soon until we get to fly this biwd?

Hard to do an accent on the Internet...

**Rain Man** · 01-29-2004, 07:36 PM

Welcome aboard! Just set your stuff over in that bunk over there, the one with the picture of Pitt Gorilla's girlfriend on the wall.

Let me give you a tour of our hut. There's the heater, there's the bunks, and that thing over there? It's our light bulb.

We leave at dawn. Any questions?

whoman69 · 01-29-2004, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hydrae

Hey guys! Just in fwom Boston. How soon until we get to fly this biwd?

Hard to do an accent on the Internet...

Oh my god, Mr Magoo is going to be one of our gunners.

whoman69 · 01-29-2004, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Hey, we walked away from it, didn't we? I did my job. Why weren't you keeping an eye on Pitt Gorilla? It was your day to watch him.

Actually since he sits by me, I guess it was my job. But I was too busy shooting myself in the hip.

**Rain Man** · 01-29-2004, 08:33 PM

I'm not going to let you pick first when we go through his foot locker.

whoman69 · 01-29-2004, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm not going to let you pick first when we go through his foot locker.

Two guys at work were fired this month. I can rifle thru their desks.

Besides all that in there was a collection of Casper the Friendly Ghost comics.

01-21-2004, 09:09 AM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-682449 VARSITY	The REAL Aircraft #10, Report here. Don't let JOhn's crew bother you. They're the next airplane over. I just wanted to let you know that I (randomly) handpicked you guys, because I think that as a team we're (randomly) the best da** crew in the sky. We're going to kick some Nazi butt over there. You can suggest names for the aircraft if you'd like. I put a poll up that wasn't getting much action, so I made an executive ego decision to call the plane Rain of Terror, with the nose art depicted in the first post. Let me know what you think. Aircraft #10 Pilot Rain Man Copilot tk13 Bombardier ChiTown Navigator whoman69 Engineer Pitt Gorilla Radio Op. KC Jones Tail Gunner Duck Dog Ball Turret Gunner DrNick Right Waist Gunner Cormac Left Waist Gunner The Rick
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01-25-2004, 02:07 AM	#16
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-682449 VARSITY	Jeannie Shapiro 9292 Starfish Way Sarasota, FL My dearest Jeannie, I miss you and I think about you every day. It's hard to believe that I'm engaged to you now. I still remember the first time we met at that ice cream shop as I was finishing flight school. We just finished our first mission, and it's strange to be the pilot of one of these big ships. If only the guys in algebra class could see me now! I'm proud to say that we had the highest bombing rating in our squadron - 60 percent! - though that was more the bombardier's work than mine. I just fly the thing. We saw 8 enemy airplanes on our way in, but there's only seven of them now, thanks to our tail gunner. I should describe our crew to you, or at least what little I know of them so far. tk13 is my copilot, so he sits next to me in the cockpit. He wears the Number 13 a lot, which I don't like, and he likes to play with the dials while I'm flying. I'm still trying to figure him out. My bombardier is from Chicago, so we call him Chitown. He sits down in the nose of the plane with the navigator, and he's really good. The best in the squadron, according to the stats, even if he does have to be dragged out of the pubs at night. Our navigator is a great guy. When I first saw his name, whoman69, I thought maybe he was one of those woman flyers. He's not, though, and that's good. I heard that a copilot in another plane killed his pilot over a girl. Our engineer is Pitt Gorilla. I was kind of disappointed when I met him because I thought he would be one of those trained military gorillas, but he's not, even though he's kind of hairy. He is from Pittsburgh, though, even if it's not the big Pittsburgh. KC Jones is our radio operator. He talks sometimes about his old-style house back home, and then he tries to call his wife on the radio. He's never reached her, but we think that once he managed to reach Hermann Goering. Our tail gunner is Duck Dog. He says he got the nickname when someone threw a dog at him once right as he bent over to tie his shoe. He's a crack shot, and killed a Messerschmidt on our first mission! Our ball turret gunner is named Dr. Nick. I don't think he's a real doctor, but he keeps trying to convince the women in the pub that he is, so we all try to help him out with that. Our right waist gunner is cormac. He's from another country, so we like to pretend we can't understand him sometimes even though his English is flawless. We just keep saying, "Huh? Huh?" and it's kind of funny. Our left waist gunner is The Rick. Not just any Rick, THE Rick. You've probably heard of him. Anyway, it's a great crew, and we've got one mission down and 24 to go. Wish us luck, and I look forward to walking down the aisle with you when I get back home! 1/LT Kevin __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
Posts: 145,512

01-25-2004, 02:09 AM	#17
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-682449 VARSITY	Lucy Coopersmith 3128 Thames Street Cambridge, England My dearest Lucy, I miss you and I think about you every day. It's hard to believe that I'm engaged to a woman whom I've only known for two weeks! We just finished our first mission, and it's strange to be the pilot of one of these big ships. If only the guys in algebra class could see me now! I'm proud to say that we had the highest bombing rating in our squadron - 60 percent! - though that was more the bombardier's work than mine. I just fly the thing. We saw 8 enemy airplanes on our way in, but there's only seven of them now, thanks to our tail gunner. I should describe our crew to you, or at least what little I know of them so far. tk13 is my copilot, so he sits next to me in the cockpit. He wears the Number 13 a lot, which I don't like, and he likes to play with the dials while I'm flying. I'm still trying to figure him out. My bombardier is from Chicago, so we call him Chitown. He sits down in the nose of the plane with the navigator, and he's really good. The best in the squadron, according to the stats, even if he does have to be dragged out of the pubs at night. Our navigator is a great guy. When I first saw his name, whoman69, I thought maybe he was one of those woman flyers. He's not, though, and that's good. I heard that a copilot in another plane killed his pilot over a girl. Our engineer is Pitt Gorilla. I was kind of disappointed when I met him because I thought he would be one of those trained military gorillas, but he's not, even though he's kind of hairy. He is from Pittsburgh, though, even if it's not the big Pittsburgh. KC Jones is our radio operator. He talks sometimes about his old-style house back home, and then he tries to call his wife on the radio. He's never reached her, but we think that once he managed to reach Hermann Goering. Our tail gunner is Duck Dog. He says he got the nickname when someone threw a dog at him once right as he bent over to tie his shoe. He's a crack shot, and killed a Messerschmidt on our first mission! Our ball turret gunner is named Dr. Nick. I don't think he's a real doctor, but he keeps trying to convince the women in the pub that he is, so we all try to help him out with that. Our right waist gunner is cormac. He's from another country, so we like to pretend we can't understand him sometimes even though his English is flawless. We just keep saying, "Huh? Huh?" and it's kind of funny. Our left waist gunner is The Rick. Not just any Rick, THE Rick. You've probably heard of him. Anyway, it's a great crew, and we've got one mission down and 24 to go. Wish us luck, and I look forward to walking down the aisle with you when I get a good long leave! 1/LT Kevin __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
Posts: 145,512

01-25-2004, 03:00 AM	#18
tk13 ... Join Date: Nov 2001 Casino cash: $-1897500	Very slick there captain... think you could save some action for the co-pilot here. I get to do so much work but get no glory... alas the co-pilot's life is never easy.
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01-25-2004, 09:30 AM	#19
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01-29-2004, 02:04 AM	#22
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-682449 VARSITY	Hey, we walked away from it, didn't we? I did my job. Why weren't you keeping an eye on Pitt Gorilla? It was your day to watch him. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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01-29-2004, 10:11 AM	#24
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-682449 VARSITY	I thought the sparks were kind of pretty. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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01-29-2004, 07:17 PM	#25
Hydrae MVP Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Newport, Or Casino cash: $-1163000	Hey guys! Just in fwom Boston. How soon until we get to fly this biwd? Hard to do an accent on the Internet... __________________ My 2024 Adopt-A-Chief: Rashee Rice
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01-29-2004, 07:36 PM	#26
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-682449 VARSITY	Welcome aboard! Just set your stuff over in that bunk over there, the one with the picture of Pitt Gorilla's girlfriend on the wall. Let me give you a tour of our hut. There's the heater, there's the bunks, and that thing over there? It's our light bulb. We leave at dawn. Any questions? __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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01-29-2004, 08:33 PM	#29
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-682449 VARSITY	I'm not going to let you pick first when we go through his foot locker. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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