Mission 8: To heck and (hopefully) back.

[Rain Man]

The planes are rolling down the runway.

I'm working, so I run a mission, write up an interview, run a mission, etc. Missions will come tonight, but at 30-60 minute intervals.

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #3 – Dreamsicle

Pilot Logical (7)
Copilot memyselfi (7)
Bombardier Hoover (7)
Navigator The Bad Guy (7)
Engineer BigChiefDave (7)
Radio Op. Ecto-I (7)
Tail Gunner Warrior5 (7)
Ball Turret Gunner cntrygal (7)
Right Waist Gunner JennyGump (6)
Left Waist Gunner EBOLA

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

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

3 Fw190s driven off by fighters

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak – 3 hits
-port wing root damaged
-port flap knocked out of commission
-radio room – radio is knocked out of commission

Distracted by flak and the fact that his flight jacket has the wrong name on it, hoover only nicks the target – 5% score

Zone 3 Out: France (Leaving Target Zone)

2 Fw190s attack

hoover fires, misses
Ebola fires, misses
Bigchiefdave fires, misses
Jennygump fires, misses
Cntrygal fires, hits Fw190
Warrior5 fires, misses

Fws miss, break off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 1: England

Poor weather – fog has rolled in on tiny cat feet
Good landing by logical despite the fog and the flap problem

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Logical (7)
Copilot memyselfi (7)
Bombardier Hoover (7)
Navigator The Bad Guy (7)
Engineer BigChiefDave (7)
Radio Op. Ecto-I (7)
Tail Gunner Warrior5 (7)
Ball Turret Gunner cntrygal (7)
Right Waist Gunner JennyGump (6)
Left Waist Gunner EBOLA

They make it look so easy, don’t they?

[Zebedee DuBois]

Any corelation between the performance of your business or your personel performace at your business with the running of this game?

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #4 – Red, White, and Blew by You

Pilot KCWolfman (7)
Copilot Lattimer (7)
Bombardier go bo (7)
Navigator KCJohnny (7)
Engineer Redcoats58 (7)
Radio Op. voyager (7)
Tail Gunner munkey (7)
Ball Turret Gunner TheFly (7)
Right Waist Gunner cdcox (7)
Left Waist Gunner headsnap (6)

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

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

1 Fw190 attacks

Munkey fires, misses
Gobo fires, misses
Redcoats58 fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
No Flak
Bomb run off target (gobo can explain this one) – 0% score


Zone 3 Out: France (Leaving Target Zone)

3 Me110s attack

Redcoats58 fires, misses
Gobo fires, misses
Kcjohnny fires, kills Me110
Munkey fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Me scores 2 hits
-starboard aileron hit (no effect)
-superficial damage to pilot compartment

Me circles, attacks again

Voyager fires, misses
Gobo fires, misses

Me scores 1 hit
-pilot compartment – elevator controls destroyed, both elevators inoperable

Me circles attacks again

TheFly fires, misses
Munkey fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

No enemy, though the flight is uncomfortable as Red, White, and Blew By You keeps rising out of formation due to the elevator problem, and then slowing to get back into formation before speeding up again.

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot KCWolfman (7)
Copilot Lattimer (7)
Bombardier go bo (7)
Navigator KCJohnny (7)
Engineer Redcoats58 (7)
Radio Op. voyager (7)
Tail Gunner munkey (7)
Ball Turret Gunner TheFly (7)
Right Waist Gunner cdcox (7)
Left Waist Gunner headsnap (6)

Got some motion sickness on the flight back, but otherwise an easy mission.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Zebedee DuBois

Any corelation between the performance of your business or your personel performace at your business with the running of this game?

I think the game's impact is diluted by the other 500 posts I make each month. Without chiefsplanet I think I'd be semi-retired on a beach somewhere right now.

[PastorMikH]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Bomb run off target (gobo can explain this one) – 0% score

I believe that as long as his bombs hit french soil, Gobo considers it a 100% score.

[Rain Man]

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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)

Another easy one. Someone down the line is going to take a beating, I bet.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

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Another easy one. Someone down the line is going to take a beating, I bet.

Easy does it! Remember what happened last time you called a shot like that?

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #7 – Flyin’ Doublewide

Pilot htismaqe (7)
Copilot Bwana (7)
Bombardier jAZ (7)
Navigator 58Forever (7)
Engineer fbal4lif32 (7)
Radio Op. SDChiefsfan (7)
Tail Gunner KC Dan (7)
Ball Turret Gunner ExtremeChief (7)
Right Waist Gunner tweak6
Left Waist Gunner joesomebody

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

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: Western Channel

3 Me109s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters

Fbal4lif32 fires, misses
58forever fires, damages Me109
kc dan fires, misses
jAZ fires, misses

Mes miss, break off attack

1 Fw190, 3 Me109s attack – 1 Fw190 and 2 Me 109s are driven off by fighters

Fbal4lif32 fires, hits Me109
Extremechief fires, misses
kc dan fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 4 Out: France (Entering Target Zone)

1 Me110 driven off by fighters

2 Me109s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters

Fbal4lif32 fires, misses
kc dan fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Light Flak - misses
Bomb run off target – 0% score

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

1 Fw190, 3 Me109s attack – 1 Me109 driven off by fighters

Fbal4lif32 fires, misses
Extremechief fires, misses
58forever fires, misses
kc dan fires, misses
jAZ fires, kills Me109

Fw, Me miss, break off attack

2 Me109s, 1 Me110 attack – 1 Me110 driven off by fighters

Fbal4lif32 fires, misses
Tweak6 fires, misses
58forever fires, misses
kc dan fires, kills Me109
jAZ fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 3 Out: France Belgium Western Channel North Sea (Leaving Target Zone)

No enemy

Zone 2: English Channel

4 Me109s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters

Fbal4lif32 fires, misses
58forever fires, misses
kc dan fires, misses
jAZ fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Me scores 1 hit
-port wing – outboard fuel tank is hit, but self-seals with no fire, explosion, or leakage

Me scores 2 hits
-nose – navigational equipment is knocked out of commission
-superficial damage to nose

2 Mes circle, attack again

Fbal4lif32 fires, misses
58forever fires, misses
kc dan fires, damages Me109
jAZ fires, misses

2 Mes miss, break off attack

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

Pilot htismaqe (7)
Copilot Bwana (7)
Bombardier jAZ (7)
Navigator 58Forever (7)
Engineer fbal4lif32 (7)
Radio Op. SDChiefsfan (7)
Tail Gunner KC Dan (7)
Ball Turret Gunner ExtremeChief (7)
Right Waist Gunner tweak6
Left Waist Gunner joesomebody

It was a milk run until they got jumped over the Channel, but it wasn’t too hard even with that. Just lots of shooting.

[Dave Lane]

Well I'm excited I'm going to get my first chance to be fish food.

Dave

[Rain Man]

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B-17 #9 – Kegger II – Judgment Day

Pilot keg in kc (7)
Copilot ChiefJustice (3)
Bombardier tk13
Navigator CHIEF4EVER (3)
Engineer Otter (7)
Radio Op. JazzzLovr (3)
Tail Gunner kcfanintitanhell (3)
Ball Turret Gunner bowser (3)
Right Waist Gunner KS Smitty (3)
Left Waist Gunner JohnnyV13


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

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

5 Fw190s attack – 2 are driven off by fighters

Otter fires, damages Fw190
Kc smitty fires, misses
Kcfanintitanhell fires, misses
Tk13 fires, misses
Chief4ever fires, misses

3 Fws miss, break off attack

Zone 3 Out: France Belgium Western Channel North Sea (Entering Target Zone)

1 Me109 attacks

Otter fires, misses
Jazzzlovr fires, misses

Me scores 3 hits
-tail – tail gun knocked out of commission
-ball turret – ball turret gun knocked out of commission
-starboard wing root damaged

(This can’t be good. The back of the plane is really vulnerable now.)

Me circles, attacks again

Kcfanintitanhell fires, misses
Jazzzlovr fires, misses

Me scores 2 hits
-tailplane – no effect
-port wing - #2 (inboard engine) takes a hit and dies. The engine is ruined.

Me circles, attacks again.

Otter fires, kills Me109

Kegger II immediately starts falling back in the formation with the loss of an engine. Thinking fast, keg decides to jettison the bombs so he can stay in formation. It would be suicidal to carry the bombs to the target while out of formation, and his only other choice is to turn around and fly back to base. Instead, the plane will dump its bombs in the Western Channel and stay with the rest of the formation.

Tk13 dumps the bombs over water.

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

1 Fw190, 2 Me109s attack

Otter fires, kills Me109
Tk13 fires, misses
Chief4ever fires, misses
Kc smitty fires, misses

Fw, Me miss, break off attack

5 Fw190s attack – 2 are driven off by fighters

Chief4ever fires, kills Fw190
Kc smitty fires, misses
JohnnyV13 fires, misses
Tk13 fires, misses
Jazzzlovr fires, misses

Fw scores 1 hit
-nose – chief4ever sustains light wound to the left chest

Fw scores 2 hits
-waist – shells pierce the waist, killing JohnnyV13 with hits to the stomach and neck, and inflicting a light wound to KS Smitty’s left chest.
-port wing – A ball of fire erupts from the inboard fuel tank, and keg reaches for the bailout alarm. Too late. The fuel tank explodes, which in turn causes the #2 engine to explode, spraying fuel and metal through the front half of the plane. Kegger II breaks in half and plummets to earth.

Left Waist Gunner JohnnyV13 was KIA before the hit.

Pilot keg in kc (7), Copilot ChiefJustice (3), Navigator CHIEF4EVER (3), Engineer Otter (7), and Radio Op. JazzzLovr (3) are all killed in the initial explosion.

Bombardier tk13 and Tail Gunner kcfanintitanhell (3) are knocked unconscious in the initial explosion and ride the shattered plane to the ground and a KIA.

Ball Turret Gunner bowser (3) is blown out of the ball turret and doesn’t have a parachute. He falls to the ground alongside the plane and does a self-burying landing.

Right Waist Gunner KS Smitty (3), although wounded, is thrown out of the plane and manages to get the parachute open. An Fw190 circles around and strafes the parachute, killing the helpless crew member with shots to the neck and right chest.

No bomb run

Aftereffects

None

Eligible for next mission

No survivors, alas. The keg and otter luck has run out, and we’re now on, what JohnnyV15? JohnnyV16?

[Bowser]

This is my fault. I told you to not call shots like that, and you taught me a lesson. Well, good thing Bowser circa 1940's is one of the Bowser septuplets! Where do I sign up, chief?

[keg in kc]

Oh no. I'm dead. fucking Nazis.

[MrBlond]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

...Right Waist Gunner KS Smitty (3), although wounded, is thrown out of the plane and manages to get the parachute open. An Fw190 circles around and strafes the parachute, killing the helpless crew member with shots to the neck and right chest.

...

When your plane is shot to ribbons, and explodes killing everyone, and you are thrown out of the plane, and somehow get your parachute open...Ya have to be feeling pretty good right about then.

[tk13]

Well crap, maybe I'm just not good luck....