Mission 10: The Sports Illustrated Supermission. Tyra! Tyra! Tyra! - Page 4

**Rain Man** · 03-16-2004, 11:57 AM

Thanks to Zebedee for the mission name.

The planes should start rolling tonight. I'm about to get caught up at work, and my corporate taxes are in the capable hands of the US Postal Service.

**Bowser** · 03-25-2004, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Yuck ... what were you two doing for that whole hour?

"Taco, if I don't make it out... I want you to give this watch to my son."

I do believe you just told Taco to stick it in his ass!

Rep, Bronco fan!

**Rain Man** · 03-25-2004, 09:49 PM

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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** · 03-25-2004, 09:51 PM

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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 · 03-25-2004, 09:58 PM

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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** · 03-25-2004, 10:07 PM

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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** · 03-25-2004, 10:11 PM

Quote:

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** · 03-25-2004, 10:15 PM

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

**morphius** · 03-25-2004, 11:39 PM

Damn! 2 flights on the same plane without dying.

Morphius
knocking on wood.

**alanm** · 03-26-2004, 12:10 AM

Quote:

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.

ROYC75 · 03-26-2004, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

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B-17 #12 – Yard Dart

Pilot Taco John (9)
Copilot Joe Seahawk (9)
Bombardier CHIEF4EVER (9)
Navigator ZachKC (9)
Engineer Archie F. Swin (9)
Radio Op. oleman47 (9)
Tail Gunner RJ (9)
Ball Turret Gunner KC2003 (9)
Right Waist Gunner kcnut
Left Waist Gunner ROYC75

Target: Abbeville
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)

2 Me110s attack – 1 is driven away by fighters

Chief4ever fires, misses
KC2003 fires, misses
RJ fires, misses

Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to tail
-starboard wing – The #4 engine gets hit and begins revving up. Joe Seahawk attempts to shut the engine down, but it won’t respond. It continues to speed up, and Taco John is having trouble keeping the aircraft moving straight. Joe Seahawk attempts to cut the fuel, but it won’t respond. The engine speeds up more. This is trouble.

The engine is redlining now and still increasing. Yard Dart is yawing to the left and Taco John can’t control it any longer. The plane whips around and does a quick 360, then repeats the maneuver. Taco John curses and hits the bailout alarm.

The team bails out of the plane, with left waist gunner RoyC75 the first out and copilot Joe Seahawk second. Taco John is next, then Archie F. Swin and oleman47. KC2003 makes a clean getaway, then RJ and kcnut.

The two men in the nose are the last out, which is unfortunate. As they approach the bailout hatch the #4 engine explodes. Bombardier Chief4ever takes a piece of the engine disk to the head and dies instantly, while Navigator ZachKC takes a serious wound to the right upper back. He is thrown out as the entire right wing goes supernova, but manages to get his parachute open.

ZachKC floats to the ground but is too injured to escape. The Germans find him within an hour, and he convalesces in a POW camp.

Archie F. Swin and RoyC75 team up on the ground and run…right into the sweep of a German patrol. They have no choice but to surrender, less than an hour after the plane was hit.

Kcnut ends up alone in the middle of a large plowed field. German soldiers approach from the east to capture him, and French resistance fighters approach from the west. Caught in the crossfire, kcnut hugs the ground as bullets fly all around. More Germans arrive from the east and the French are forced to retreat. Kcnut sighs and raises his arms. His war is over (again).

Taco John and Joe Seahawk land near each other and hit the ground running. Once again, they learn that Abbeville is heavily defended, only this time they learn it from the ground instead of the air. With soldiers milling about everywhere, they have no chance. They manage to evade the enemy for almost an hour before getting cornered in a small valley and surrendering.

Radio Op. oleman47 (9) and Tail Gunner RJ (9) land near a small farmhouse. Unsure of how to proceed, they knock on the door, and the homeowner sends word to the resistance. They enjoy a nice meal, but then there’s a knock on the door. As they scramble toward the cellar, German soldiers burst in to search the place, and it doesn’t take long to uncover the two fliers. The family is arrested as well.

Ball Turret Gunner KC2003 (9) lands near a farmhouse as well, and he also knocks on the door. He is taken in by a French family, and after a couple of days of masquerading as a French peasant he is picked up by a group of French Underground fighters who are shorthanded. Over a three-day period he helps the group detonate a bomb underneath a loaded German halftrack and conduct sniper kills on two German sentries, working his way north all the while. At the Channel, a British minisub shows up at the appointed time and KC2003 reports back to base none the worse for the wear.

No bomb run

Aftereffects

No more Yard Dart, alas.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot XXX
Copilot XXX
Bombardier XXX
Navigator XXX
Engineer XXX
Radio Op. XXX
Tail Gunner KC2003 (9), promoted
Ball Turret Gunner XXX
Right Waist Gunner XXX
Left Waist Gunner XXX

What an ignominious end. They encountered one plane and went down.

Damn..... been dead 2 or 3 times now.....Now a POW ?

Don't put me on anymore planes, we might lose this war !

j/k ... use me if ya have to....... but the plane I land on might have other thoughts about it !

03-16-2004, 11:57 AM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-672449 VARSITY	Mission 10: The Sports Illustrated Supermission. Tyra! Tyra! Tyra! Thanks to Zebedee for the mission name. The planes should start rolling tonight. I'm about to get caught up at work, and my corporate taxes are in the capable hands of the US Postal Service.
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03-25-2004, 09:51 PM	#48
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-672449 VARSITY	rel="Lightbox"?attachmentid=21536" border="0" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" /> 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. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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03-25-2004, 10:07 PM	#50
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-672449 VARSITY	rel="Lightbox"?attachmentid=21537" border="0" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" /> 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. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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03-25-2004, 10:15 PM	#52
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-672449 VARSITY	It looks like 67 of our 200 original intrepid crew members are still flying. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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03-25-2004, 11:39 PM	#53
morphius World's finest morphius Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $5735027	Damn! 2 flights on the same plane without dying. Morphius knocking on wood.
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