Mission 9: Oy Vey! Torah! Torah! Torah!

[Rain Man]

Here we go, heading down the runway on lucky number 9. Best of luck, flyboys and flygirls.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by go bo

that's ok, there's still plenty of time to die (again) for your country...

At this rate, the defecit will grow by leaps and bounds if my death benefits keep getting handed out!

[alanm]

The Sack Time takes another licking but keeps on ticking. Get out the chicken wire and duct tape again. RIP KcMizzou you will be missed.

[Stinger]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

and the girl eventually sneaks him out and lets him plug a hole in a dike with his finger, creating a memory that will last a lifetime.

After I read this the first thing that came to mind (ok actually the 2nd the first was crude ) was " you can't call tham dykes - it's women in sensible shoes" Good Morning Vietnam

[PastorMikH]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Somehow the Fooooo Fighters (Plane 18) still have their entire original crew intact.

Geee, Thanks for Jinxing us there Kev.!

"Say Walt, this kid is 100% from the free throw line, he never misses!" [Clank] "Ooppps"

[mlyonsd]

Originally Posted by go bo

hey, penny man!

to the rest of you on sky chief: damn, that was harsh...

i hope all of you come back reincarnated or repatriated or re-whatever...

this is a rough business...


and r.i.p. kcwolfman, scaga, fat elvis, kcfanintitanhell, mile high mania, bigchieffan, kcmizzzou, big daddy, skip towne, redneckraider, jcroft, misplaced chiefs fan, over-head, gunner bishop 74, canadakc, bowser, denver chief, sky, lzen, austinchief, michael michigan, djay23, umkc il, mlyonsd and mrblond

I get my first kill and then get killed. How ironic.

[morphius]

I lived!!! And I killed something! Woo Hoo!!!

[Zebedee DuBois]

Might I suggest the title for the next mission be something like:

Mission for the perfect 10 supermodel: Tyra, Tyra Tyra!

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

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B-17 #20 – Sky Chief

Pilot DenverChief (8)
Copilot Sky (8)
Bombardier Lzen (8)
Navigator AustinChief (8)
Engineer Michael Michigan (7)
Radio Op. DJay23 (8)
Tail Gunner UMKC 1L (8)
Ball Turret Gunner mlyonsd (8)
Right Waist Gunner PennyWise (8)
Left Waist Gunner MrBlond (1)

Target: Rotterdam
Mid-formation horizontally, high vertically

Zone 1 Out: Britain

No enemy

Zone 2 Out: English Channel

No enemy

Zone 3 Out: Channel North Sea

No enemy

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

1 Fw190 attacks

djay23 fires, misses

Fw scores 1 hit
-superficial damage to radio room

Fw circles, attacks again

Michael Michigan fires, misses
Austinchief fires, kills Fw190

2 Me110s attack

Michael Michigan fires, misses
Mlyonsd fires, kills Me110
Mr. Blond fires, misses

Me misses, breaks off attack

Entering Bomb Zone
Good Weather
Medium Flak – 1 hit
-In an instant, Sky Chief’s world turns upside down – literally. An 88-mm flak shell nails a direct hit on the starboard wing and explodes. The starboard wing fuel tanks go up in a huge fireball and the wing disappears. Skychief begins rolling out of control and starts an augur into the earth that will never be stopped.

Pilot DenverChief (8), Copilot Sky (8), and Navigator AustinChief (8) are killed in the massive initial explosion.

Bombardier Lzen (8) and Left Waist Gunner MrBlond (1) are knocked unconscious in the initial blast and ride the plane until it breaks apart at 12,000 feet. They then hurtle to the ground amidst the debris.

Engineer Michael Michigan (7) and Tail Gunner UMKC 1L (8) are knocked unconscious in the initial blast and are thrown from the plane through their canopies. They hurtle to the ground as well.

Radio Op. DJay23 (8) is thrown out of the plane on fire. He is able to deploy his chute, but it’s also burning. After a long two minutes of being on fire, he finally meets his end when the burning parachute fails.

Ball Turret Gunner mlyonsd (8) survives the initial blast, but can’t get out of his ball turret. He rides the plane down until it breaks apart, at which point he is disoriented and doesn’t have a parachute.

Right Waist Gunner PennyWise (8) was thrown out of the plane immediately upon the explosion, as his position disintegrated. Stunned and flash-burned, he alertly counts to ten before deploying his chute, and comes to a soft landing on an urban street in the middle of Rotterdam. Dutch citizens mill about to prevent the Germans from reaching the scene, and the Dutch underground grabs him and runs. In the basement of a Rotterdam townhouse, his minor burns are treated by a comely blonde Dutch girl. Over the coming days, he heals quickly, and the girl eventually sneaks him out and lets him plug a hole in a dike with his finger, creating a memory that will last a lifetime. After a week of hiding and planning, the Dutch underground gets him on a ship to Denmark, and from there to Norway, where he crosses by car into the Swedish frontier and hooks up with a supportive cargo ship to England.

No bombing run

Aftereffects

Alas, Sky Chief has become a statistic in this horrible, horrible war.

Eligible for next mission

Pilot XXX
Copilot XXX
Bombardier XXX
Navigator XXX
Engineer XXX
Radio Op. XXX
Tail Gunner XXX
Ball Turret Gunner PennyWise (8), promoted
Right Waist Gunner XXX
Left Waist Gunner XXX

Lost a lot of veterans on that flight.

that sucks

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

11, though at least a couple of those have replaced the actual aircraft. That translates into a 6.25 percent loss rate on a given mission (for the entire aircraft, that is; it's higher for an individual crew member.)

Somehow the Fooooo Fighters (Plane 18) still have their entire original crew intact.

That would be called "having the best plane crew in existence".

(of course, I've probably brought bad mojo down on our heads in doing so).