B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th

edited April 2015 in Other Games

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)

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  • edited April 2015

    Pinkys Lady:

    • Sgt. Pinckney (Pilot)
    • Cpl. Christiansen (Co-Pilot)
    • Pvt. Bumgarner (Top Turret Gunner)
    • PFC Montgomery (Tail Gunner)
    • Pvt. Antoine (Left Waist Gunner)
    • Pvt. Pudulis (Right Waist Gunner)
    • PFC Niblock (Radio Operator)
    • PFC Dubois (Bombardier)
    • PFC Tyson (Navigator)
    • PFC Stear (Ball Turret Gunner)

    Kamelasa Komet

    • Cpl. Lamb (Pilot)
    • T/5 Whimpfheimer (Co-Pilot)
    • PFC Gino (Navigator)
    • Sgt. Van Middel (Top Turret Gunner)
    • PFC Leonhardt (Tail Gunner)

    Crew still in need of:

    • Left Waist
    • Right Waist
    • Bombardier
    • Radio Operator
    • Ball Turret

    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

  • Lamb - Pilot

    A/C name: Kamelåså Komet

  • edited April 2015

    Waist Gunner

  • 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.

  • edited April 2015

    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

    • Lead: The Eagles Warth
    • Left: Pinkys Lady
    • Right: Liberty Belle

    Low Slot Aircraft

    • Lead: Target for Tonight
    • Left: Bub
    • Right: Sally B

    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

    • Lead: Pinkys Lady
    • Left: Anxious Angel
    • Right: Bombshell Blonde

    Low Slot Aircraft

    • Lead: The Eagles Wrath
    • Left: Target for Tonight
    • Right: Sally B

    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

  • 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

    • Lead: Pinkys Lady
    • Left: Bomb Boogie
    • Right: Anxious Angel

    Low Slot Aircraft

    • Lead: Bombshell Blonde
    • Left: Ack Ack Annie
    • Right: Tough Stuff

    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.

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