Mission Number 5: Da planes! Da planes!

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #12 – Yard Dart

Pilot Taco John (4)
Copilot Mile High Mania (4)
Bombardier Joe Seahawk (4)
Navigator BigChiefFan (4)
Engineer ZachKC (4)
Radio Op. Archie F. Swin (4)
Tail Gunner oleman47 (4)
Ball Turret Gunner RJ (4)
Right Waist Gunner KC2003 (4)
Left Waist Gunner Zebedee DuBois

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

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

3 Fw190s driven away by fighters

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

4 Me109s attack – 3 are driven away by fighters

joe seahawk fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

1 Me109 attacks

archie f swin fires, damages Me109

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
No Flak
All conditions are perfect, and Joe Seahawk pinpoints the target – 60% score!

Zone 3 Back: France (Leaving Target Zone)

3 Me109s attack – 2 are driven away by fighters

bigchieffan fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Taco John (4)
Copilot Mile High Mania (4)
Bombardier Joe Seahawk (4)
Navigator BigChiefFan (4)
Engineer ZachKC (4)
Radio Op. Archie F. Swin (4)
Tail Gunner oleman47 (4)
Ball Turret Gunner RJ (4)
Right Waist Gunner KC2003 (4)
Left Waist Gunner Zebedee DuBois

The crew raises a toast to a highly successful mission.