B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th
So, I am planning on doing a squadron Campaign in B-17 Flying Fortress, with this twist. All members of the squadron will be current members of the 29th. I will be posting up the results of each mission after it has been carried out. First things first however, I need to get crews for these bombers so please put down your Name and which B-17 position you want, crews will be randomly assigned and I will post up crew roster with aircraft name (aircraft name will be pilot chosen).
Crew Slots are as follows:
Pilot: Needed 11
Co Pilot: Needed 12
Bombardier: Needed 11
Navigator: Needed 12
Top Turret Gunner: Needed 10
Radio Operator: Needed 11
Ball Turret Gunner: Needed 12
Waist Gunners: Needed 22
Tail Gunner: Needed 10
Sgt. Pinckney - Pilot (Pinky's Lady)
Comments
Pinckney-Pilot
Pinkys Lady:
Kamelasa Komet
Crew still in need of:
reserved for further crew listings
reserved for missions
Sgt. Mueller, do we pick slots or do we just get picked?
Pick a slot, you will then be assigned to a crew
Top Ball Gunner
Tail gunner
Tail Gunner
Navigator!
Lamb - Pilot
A/C name: Kamelåså Komet
Bombardier
Top Turret Gunner
Waist Gunners
Radio Operator.
Waist Gunner
Co-Pilot
Ball Turret Gunner
I am still looking for more people to fill out Cpl. Lamb's crew, so please feel free to sign up. In the mean time, with Sgt. Pinckney's Crew complete, I will start a fresh squadron Campaign so everyone can see how I am going to post the mission results.
1st Bombardment Division, 8th Airforce, 381st Bomb Group, 533rd Bomb Squardon
Mission Report for 12/1/1943:
Primary Target: Cherbourg Airbase Bombing Altitude: 10,000 ft
Secondary Target: Cherbourg Harbor Bombing Altitude: 10,000 ft
Armament: 4 x 1,000 lb General Purpose 4 x 500 lb Anti Personnel Clusters
High Slot Aircraft
Low Slot Aircraft
Escorts
1 Sqd P-47's
1 Sqd P-38's
Bombers Missing/Lost: 1
Enemy Fighters Shot Down: 3
Bomb Damage Assessment: Complete Miss
2Lt Dubious Flesh Wound Out of Action until 12/3/1943 Purple Heart Awarded
2Lt Tyson Flesh Wound Out of Action until 12/6/1943 Purple Heart Awarded
Bub - Crashed in Enemy Territory (10 KIA)
1st Bombardment Division, 8th Airforce, 381st Bomb Group, 533rd Bomb Squardon
Mission Report for 12/7/1943:
Primary Target: Cherbourg Harbor Bombing Altitude: 10,000 ft
Secondary Target:
Armament: 4 x 1,000 lb Armor Piercing 10 x 500 lb Incendiary
High Slot Aircraft
Low Slot Aircraft
Escorts
2 Sqd P-47's
Bombers Missing/Lost: 0
Enemy Fighters Shot Down: 3
Bomb Damage Assessment: Complete Miss
2Lt Tyson - Medium Wound - Out until 12/21/1943 Assigned to Ground Duties - N/A
N/A - N/A
Co-Pilot
Navigator
1st Bombardment Division, 8th Airforce, 381st Bomb Group, 533rd Bomb Squardon
Mission Report for 12/13/1943:
Primary Target: Breman FockeWulf Plant Bombing Altitude: 30,000 ft
Secondary Target:
Armament: 2 x 1,600 Armor Piercing, 2 x 500 General Purpose, 2 x 250 General Purpose, 2 x 100 General Purpose
High Slot Aircraft
Low Slot Aircraft
Escorts
1 Sqd P-47's
Bombers Missing/Lost: 6
Enemy Fighters Shot Down: 4
Bomb Damage Assessment: Near Miss
2Lt. Christiansen - Light Wound - POW - Purple Heart
SSgt. Stear - Fatal Wound - KIA
Pinkys Lady - Bailed out over Enemy Terrritory
9 POW (Debious, Lander(Replacement for Tyson), Pinckney, Christiansen, Bumgardner, Niblock, Antoine, Pudulis, Montgomery)
1 KIA (Stear)
That concludes the test run. Any feedback would be helpful.
Shame all the bombers got shot down on the latest mission, btw that Tyson guy is way to lucky to my liking ;D
I was cursing to myself for seeing all these reports of me getting wounded as a navigator then I realized how lucky I was when some squaddies tell me that I wasn't in the plane at the time. Lol! Keep these reports coming, Sgt! They're fun to read! Any chance of one or two screenshots when you get the chance?
I can see about screenshots if you want.
Is it too late to get in on the action?
Nope, just post up your desired position.
I am posting this from a POW camp, send marshmallows....and a way to escape.