Mission 13: Are you superstitious? Triskadekatoraphobia! Triskadekatoraphobia!

[Rain Man]

If you make this one, you're over halfway home.

[Cntrygal]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

-tail – jazzzlovr gets hit hard, sustaining a serious wound to the right chest while also losing her left arm halfway down the forearm.
Aftereffects

Jazzzlovr goes home to face life as a one-armed tech support person.

Damn girl! Good thing you have poor blood circulation and didn't bleed out!

[ChiefJustice]

-waist – ChiefJustice takes a light wound to the left foot

This is just spooky.Just this week i strained the tendon on my left
foot...i have been limping around for a few days now.Kevin is either some sort of Nostradamus or a voodoo witch doctor.In both cases
i think a burning at the stake could quell all of our fears.

[Bug]

AAwwww crap!!! Well at least the nurses are friendly......

To the best crew in the 8th Air Force, here are the instructions to locating the best moonshine on Earth.
2 quarts under the pilots seat, 2 quarts in the navigators cabinet, 2 quarts inside the radio, one quart above each waist gun window, one quart in the ball turret control panel, and 2 quarts above the tail gunners window near the rudder cables. ENJOY!!

Good luck and Godspeed to you all....now I have to get my tubes cleaned............

[Cntrygal]

Originally Posted by Bug

AAwwww crap!!! Well at least the nurses are friendly......

To the best crew in the 8th Air Force, here are the instructions to locating the best moonshine on Earth.
2 quarts under the pilots seat, 2 quarts in the navigators cabinet, 2 quarts inside the radio, one quart above each waist gun window, one quart in the ball turret control panel, and 2 quarts above the tail gunners window near the rudder cables. ENJOY!!

Good luck and Godspeed to you all....now I have to get my tubes cleaned............

What plane were ya on???

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Bug

AAwwww crap!!! Well at least the nurses are friendly......

To the best crew in the 8th Air Force, here are the instructions to locating the best moonshine on Earth.
2 quarts under the pilots seat, 2 quarts in the navigators cabinet, 2 quarts inside the radio, one quart above each waist gun window, one quart in the ball turret control panel, and 2 quarts above the tail gunners window near the rudder cables. ENJOY!!

Good luck and Godspeed to you all....now I have to get my tubes cleaned............

Good thing I pulled your butt back in the plane on the last mission! Now we know where the stash is!!

Oh, and good luck with the tube thing............

[JazzzLovr]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

-tail – jazzzlovr gets hit hard, sustaining a serious wound to the right chest while also losing her left arm halfway down the forearm.

It's a good thing I'm right-handed.

Originally Posted by Rain Man

With no choice, and also not wanting to delay getting medical attention to jazzzlovr, Clint drops out of formation and turns the plane around.

Awwww... I met Clint in person a few months ago. I knew he was actually a nice guy.

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Jazzzlovr goes home to face life as a one-armed tech support person.

So, Kevin, how much of an annual disability payment do you think I could get out of COLA for this?

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

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B17 #10 – Gunther’s Thunder III – Rise of the Machine

By the looks of the mission, the rest of the planes had the Krauts busy. We really didn't see much resistance. That's not a complaint mind you.

Poor bug. I'm going to miss that guy.

Thankfully I know where he hides his alcohol stash.

I better get to it before Countrygirl boards our plane and makes off with the goods.

[alanm]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

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B-17 #15 – Sack Time

Pilot Special Ed (12)
Copilot alanm (12)
Bombardier gh4chiefs (12)
Navigator seclark (12)
Engineer KC2003 (12)
Radio Op. redhed (12)
Tail Gunner Hydrae (8)
Ball Turret Gunner Fat Elvis (2)
Right Waist Gunner Zebedee DuBois (3)
Left Waist Gunner Iowanian (2)

Target: Kiel, a tough u-boat base in eastern Germany (extra flak)
Lead bomber in formation, high vertically (extreme vulnerability)
Distance: 8 zones

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 4 Out: North Sea

4 Fw190s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters

Seclark fires, misses
Kc2003 fires, misses
Hydrae fires, misses
Fat Elvis fires, misses
Zebedee Dubois fires, misses

3 Fws miss, break off attack

Zone 5 Out: North Sea – out of fighter range

1 Fw190, 1 Me109 attack

Iowanian fires, misses
Hydrae fires, misses
Seclark fires, misses
Kc2003 fires, misses

Fw, Me miss, break off attack

Zone 6 Out: North Sea

2 Me109s attack

Gh4chiefs fires, hits Me109
Seclark fires, misses
Kc2003 fires, damages Me109
Hydrae fires, misses

2 Mes miss, break off attack

Zone 7 Out: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 8 Out: Germany (Entering Target Zone)

6 Fw190s attack (It stinks to be the lead bomber, doesn’t it?)

Gh4chiefs fires, misses
Seclark fires, misses
Kc2003 fires, misses
Redhed fires, misses
Fat Elvis fires, kills Fw190
Zebedee Dubois fires, misses
Iowanian fires, misses

3 Fws miss, break off attack

Fw scores 2 hits
-starboard wing – landing gear brake is out
-superficial damage to nose

Fw scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to #2 engine

2 Fws circle, attack again

Kc2003 fires, kills Fw190
Hydrae fires, misses
Gh4chiefs fires, misses
Seclark fires, misses

Fw misses, breaks off attack

1 Fw190, 1 Me109, 1 Me110 attack

Gh4chiefs fires, damages Me109
Kc2003 fires, kills the same Me109
Seclark fires, misses
Hydrae fires, damages Me110
Fat Elvis fires, misses

Fw, Me miss, break off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak – 1 hit
-hydrae takes a light wound to the stomach

Bomb run off target due to flak – 0% score

Zone 8 Out: Germany (LeavingTarget Zone)

5 Fw190s attack

Gh4chiefs fires, misses
Seclark fires, kills Fw190
Kc2003 fires, misses
Hydrae fires, misses
Fat Elvis fires, misses
Iowanian fires, misses

3 Fws miss, break off attack

Fw scores 2 hits
-nose – gh4chiefs takes a particularly nasty serious wound to the stomach. He goes down for the count, trying to scoop up internal organs on the deck
-superficial damage to pilot compartment

Fw circles, attacks again

Kc2003 fires, misses
Seclark fires, damages Fw190

Fw scores 3 hits
-superficial damage to tailplane
-superficial damage to nose
-port wing – the #2 engine blows up spectacularly. When the smoke clears, most of the engine is gone.

Fw breaks off attack due to damage

The pilots aren’t overly worried about the lost engine because they can keep up with the formation on only three engines. They just don’t want to lose another one.

Zone 7 Out: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 6 Out: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 5 Out: North Sea

No enemy

Zone 4 Out: North Sea – back in fighter range

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: North Sea

2 Fw190s, 2 Me109s, and 1 Me110 attack – 1 Fw190 and 1 Me110 are driven off by fighters

Seclark fires, kills Me109
Kc2003 fires, hits Me109
Redhed fires, damages the hit Me109
Iowanian fires, misses
Hydrae fires, kills the hit and damaged Me109 (That one was doomed.)

Fw misses, breaks off attack

Zone 2: English Channel

2 Me109s attack – 1 is driven off by fighters

Kc2003 fires, damages Me109
Redhed fires, misses
Seclark fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Zone 1: England

Good weather
Good landing

Aftereffects

Gh4chiefs managed to survive another week, but alas, he went to Valhalla.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot Special Ed (12)
Copilot alanm (12)
Bombardier seclark (12), promoted
Navigator KC2003 (12) , promoted
Engineer redhed (12) , promoted
Radio Op. Hydrae (8) , promoted
Tail Gunner Fat Elvis (2) , promoted
Ball Turret Gunner Zebedee DuBois (3) , promoted
Right Waist Gunner Iowanian (2) , promoted
Left Waist Gunner XXX

I’m actually impressed that they made it all the way to the target and back.

Just a typical Sacktime mission. We get the shit kicked out of us. Lose a engine or two. Knock out a few Messerschmidts and Folke Wolfes-sp. Come home all bruised and bloodied and patch up the plane with duct tape and chicken wire. No big deal.

[Cntrygal]

Originally Posted by 4th and Long

Thankfully I know where he hides his alcohol stash.

I better get to it before Countrygirl boards our plane and makes off with the goods.

Strolling out towards the flightline, Cntrygal finally finds 4th and Long.

"4th! How are ya doing? Tough luck about Bug. Anyway, we're having our 'post mission Tailgunners meeting' tonight at the hooch. Since you've been promoted, you're officially invited. Everyone brings a bottle to put up on the bar. See ya after chow. "

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by Billzzzlovr

Strolling out towards the flightline, Cntrygal finally finds 4th and Long.

"4th! How are ya doing? Tough luck about Bug. Anyway, we're having our 'post mission Tailgunners meeting' tonight at the hooch. Since you've been promoted, you're officially invited. Everyone brings a bottle to put up on the bar. See ya after chow. "

-after procuring Bug's stash and stowing it safely away in his pack, 4th and Long disembarks the plane, only to see Cntrygal headed his way-

"Hi'ya Cntry! Tailgunners meeting obvious sexual reference you say? Tonight? At the hooch? Bring a bottle to put up on the bar? -wondering what she'd do with that, especially since she was winking when she said it- Uhh yeah, I'll give that some serious thought. I'm off to the rack. Enjoy chow."

[ndbbm]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Bad weather – major fog
The weather is horrific, with visibility near zero. The B-17 formation spreads out to avoid the risk of collision, and navigator saggysack and radio op. mikey23545 team with the pilot crew to ensure location. After circling for a bit as ground control allows extra time to clear runways, ndbbm lines up Throw Bomba and brings it in for a landing. At 50 feet, a faint outline of the ground becomes visible, and sure enough, the runway is there. Ndbbm brings it in.

“Whoa!” JimNasium yells, but it’s too late. The B-17 was almost lined up with the runway, but not quite. A hundred feet into the landing, it’s apparent that they’ve come in at an angle. As ndbbm pushes the rudder left, the right wheel runs off the runway. A split second later, the plane responds and overcorrects to the left. Ndbbm rudders back right as JimNasium frantically cuts the engines, but it’s too late. Throw Bomba leans hard, and the left wingtip takes out a fueling truck that should never have been parked that close. The force of the collision spins Throw Bomba back left, and the right wing hits the runway.

From there, no one knows exactly what happened next. Five seconds, later, though, Throw Bomba is in the middle of a taxiway, facing the wrong way, lying on its side with its left wing ripped off. Crew members burst from every available hatch as the fire starts, ChiefJustice being the last to limp away frantically through the spilled fuel. All ten members escape safely, but Throw Bomba goes up in a funeral pyre as ndbbm shrugs to his crewmates.

Aftereffects

Call central supply, and Get ‘em another plane.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot ndbbm (7)
Copilot JimNasium (4)
Bombardier Slayer Diablo (7)
Navigator Saggysack (4)
Engineer Simplex3 (12)
Radio Op. mikey23545 (12)
Tail Gunner theultimatekcchiefsfan (12)
Ball Turret Gunner Bunnytrdr (12)
Right Waist Gunner DaKCMan AP (4)
Left Waist Gunner ChiefJustice (4)

I hope no one left their wallets on board.

Well......

At least we all lived.

[Hydrae]

Wow, I got hit but didn't die! Too bad it was a wound to the stomach and the doc told me no alchiehol for the next six months.

Ah well, the radio shouldn't be too tough a task and the stitches should hold just fine.

[Loki]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

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B-17 #14 – Lucy Quipment II – Lucy Reloaded

dang... that's the second time a bomb has been hit and we haven't exploded...

bon voyage jazzzlovr

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Loki

dang... that's the second time a bomb has been hit and we haven't exploded...

bon voyage jazzzlovr

Actually, seems to happen all the time. I think there's been at least 15-20 hits on bombs without exploding yet. Seems to be a VERY low probability event.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Actually, seems to happen all the time. I think there's been at least 15-20 hits on bombs without exploding yet. Seems to be a VERY low probability event.

1 in 6, actually, if a bomb gets hit. Other than one unfortunate plane early on, you're beating the odds.