Talk about a bad luck mission! I was hit >25 times
. They build em tough at boeing I guess. This mission fits the Das Boot Story ending.
Target: Rotterdam / Ship Yard
Crew Notes: Steed and Dowly were KIA on the first pass by a FW190. Jimbuna was KIA by a German 109 ace over the channel. Rocky McBee was lightly wounded in the ear and Torplexed was also lightly wounded. Neal took some flak shrapnel through the cowboy hat. On a high note, Torplexed bagged another 110 (3 kills).
Damage: Where do I start
. We should have been shotdown from the number of hits we took. Engine 2 knocked out, prop feathered. Port elevator destroyed. Ball turret, destroyed. Starboard aileron out. Autopilot system destroyed. Starboard tail root hit. Starboard wing root, hit. Fuel tank hit 3 times w/o a fire! Top Turret, destroyed. Tail gunner suit heater knocked out. Rubber rafts destroyed. We also took walking hits (every compartment takes a hit
). Pilot compartment was hit by flak that knocked out the oxygen system, so we had to drop ,10000 feet.
Target Damage: 0% Dead bombardier and navigator, plus bad weather over target. We're not hittin' anything.
Mission Notes: We had poor fighter coverage and a large group of 190s took advantage of this. Steed/Dowly were killed on the first pass from a 190, which was able to make 3 passes at us before being driven off. On the way back, we were hit by 3 German aces, which mad a combined total of atleast 10 passes at the bomber! Jimbuna was killed at this time and the top and ball turrets were destroyed. What was left of the bomber made it back to base to only crash land in the bad weather, destroying the bomber.
The bad news: we lost 3 crew members.
The good news: we have 3 openings, not taking applications.
New bomber name needed.:hmm:
