The Mighty Eighth B-17 Interactive Dynasty

[Airhog]

I have been contemplating doing an interactive dynasty for some time. I have always enjoyed flying in this game, but the squadron commander is just not in depth enough for me. Part of this reason is a lack of interaction with the success of the bombing campaign and the campaign mode. So i think that I can use the interaction between forum members and myself to help create a more realistic environment.

My role in this game will be the part of squadron commander. I will narrate the current situation and provide the information needed for the plane commanders to make their decisions. I will fly the missions etc. I will also compute the points, more on this feature later.

Your role in this game will be the part of Flight Crew leader. You will make all decisions regarding your plane pre-flight and post-flight. However since this game is real time you will not be able to make any decisions in flight. I will mainly use the AI to control the planes most of the time. There are some problems with doing it this way, but I cannot control all 6 planes all the time. The AI usually does a decent job, but if your plane gets shot up and loses 2 of your engines you will probably not make it back. I wish that I could change this in some way, but it would be unfair for me to manually fly one plane back, and let the others go down.

There will be some key decisions that you will make. You will volunteer for missions, decide which parts to fix, etc.

Now this is all standard stuff so far, but I have one other twist. I have decided to also make this a sort of competition in an indirect sense. I will award points to each plane based on several stats likes enemy planes shot down, crewmembers killed, etc. It will be a players job to try and amass the most points possible. Of course alot of it is upto the AI, but the players will be able to take on missions, and some missions will be worth more, of course they will also be alot harder to complete. I havent finalized the points system yet, but will finish it before we start.


B-17 2 allows for 12 planes to be kept. So the first 12 people to sign up will be picked, all the rest will go on a waiting list. I dont think you will have to wait long though.
I can do custom names to begin with, but i can only change the original 12 planes, I cant change them after they begin. Players will be able to name their plane, however the crews will be random. Each mission will have a maximum of 6 planes. However missions that involve less planes are possible, even missions with just one plane.

We will start out in december 1943. Which division and group will be left up to the users, this really doesnt have much bearing except for where are airfield is located.

401st division Includes the 612th thru the 615th group. 306th Division includes the 367th to 369th and the 423rd. 381st division includes the 532nd to the 535th group. and the 92nd division includes the 325th to 327th and the 407th group. When you signup please include your division and group preference if any.Otherwise I will simply select one for us. Once I have enough volunteers we will begin. I will post the points shortly.

Also provide me with the name of your plane.


Points


Difficulty 1x-3x Modifier

Completion of mission 5 Points

Succes of bombing

Miss 0 points
Low damage 1 point
Medium damage 2 points
High damage 3 points
Destroyed 4 points

Special Missions 10 points max

Killed crewmen -3 points each

Enemy Aircraft killed 2 points each

Let me know if there are any you can think of before we start

[Qwikshot]

Yo

Cloudsplitter

[sachmo71]

I would love to join.

"The Four Horsemen" ride against the Nazi horde!!!

I vote for the "Incredible 306th"!

[Coffee Warlord]

"Rust Bucket" ready for action!

[JeeberD]

"The Flying Plantain" wants to see some action!

[Nyarlahotep]

"Crawling Chaos" reporting.

I'm with sachmo71 in voting for "The Reich Wreckers" and would prefer the 369th squadron in hopes that their luck from 1943 will carry over to us.

[Tasan]

"The Mighty Madness" reporting for duty.

Anyone remember who was running the pen and paper bomber game? That sure was fun too.

[Archer219]

I'm in.

"The Stormbringer" is ready for action.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Airhog: Great idea! I'd love to be in, but life is too hectic right now for me to keep up regularly. I'll be reading, though! Good luck!

[tucker342]

"Hitler Sucks" - aren't I original:D

I don't really have a preference

[MrBug708]

Pick me Pick me!

TommyKnocker is ready!

[GoldenEagle]

I am game. My call sign will be "Golden Bomber".

[mckerney]

Square Root of Snoopy fleet ready to go, with captain MC² on the lead.

[Airhog]

Okay since we have more than six we can go ahead and run a mission soon. Here is the rest of the information.



We are almost ready to begin here. Just a few more notes before I forget. I have the game set to navigate flawlessly, I never liked having to navigate. Ammo is set to unlimited since I like to shoot at the planes from time to time. I have also installed an unoffical patch which makes the casulty rate more in line with the real war. It also changes a few other things but these are unimportant to you guys. The causulty rate was a bit high on the severe injuries, and deaths. This patch tones it down a bit, but makes slight injuries more common, and also makes the chance of instant kills possible, which wasnt possible before.

I have decided to only intervene in the proceedings in the case of an emergency, like bandaging the wounded, etc.Most of the stuff I will leave upto the cpu. I think its more interesting when im not controlling the bomb site. I can usually hit spot on with the simplistic site. This also means that I will probably use the plane with the most experienced bombadier as the lead plane. The lead plane actually drops the bombs, all the rest of the planes just drop when they get a signal. This is an incentive to the longer lasting planes, since your crew will gain experience and can improve their skills.

I would like your input on the scoring system. I do think its pretty fair, but im not sure if there are other things I missed that could easily be added. I might add a bonus for medals, and maybe a small bonus for the lead plane.

As for the actual campaign, I dont really plan to adhere to history very accurately. I'm pretty sure that d-day will happen as planned and the war will end if we make it that far. But everything in between will be mostly made up. I think that targets slowly disappear to simulate the forces liberating the countries, but im not certain. If they dont then I will create an imaginary line loosely based on history to select targets.


Current Roster


Member list

Name Plane Missions Flown Kills Crewmen Killed Points Status

Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 0 0 0 0 Active
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 0 0 0 0 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 0 0 0 0 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 0 0 0 0 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 0 0 0 0 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 0 0 0 0 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 0 0 0 0 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 0 0 0 0 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 0 0 0 0 Active
GoldenEagle Golden Bomber 0 0 0 0 Active
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 0 0 0 0 Active

[Nyarlahotep]

I don't think there should be points for lead plane if crews are random.

[Breeze]

I counted 11 in....if I'm right I'd like to be the 12th.

Wind Dancer

[WSUCougar]

Originally posted by Godzilla Blitz
Airhog: Great idea! I'd love to be in, but life is too hectic right now for me to keep up regularly. I'll be reading, though! Good luck!
Me too. Good luck, gentlemen.

Fond memories of my old B-17 board-game dynasty.

[MrBug708]

And your old B-17 dynasty

[Airhog]

Originally posted by Nyarlahotep I don't think there should be points for lead plane if crews are random.

The crews are only randomized to begin with. you crew will only change when someone is injured and not able to fly or is killed. Crew members will also gain experience. But I do see your point, and Now that I have a chance to think about it you may be right, especially since the Lead plane will usually be the crew with the best bombadier.





Originally posted by Breeze
I counted 11 in....if I'm right I'd like to be the 12th.

Wind Dancer

Okay, and if anyone else wants to join, it will work alot like the X-com dynasty. There will be a waiting list, and once a slot opens up you will have a plane.

[The Afoci]

I will be in. The Flying Crawfish.

[Airhog]

Afoci: you are our first reserve. Once somone loses their plane you will added to the game.

[RendeR]

Sign me up as a reserve as well the "Ragin Cajun" is ready and waiting!

[Airhog]

Render: Your on the list. One last question for everyone. Do you think we should retire planes after they complete a successfull tour? (25 missions). Or should they stay in the group as long as possible? Im thinking that if we retire them, it might give a bit more turnaround. However I think we will probably lose on average 1 plane every mission, which should be enough to allow everyone a chance to participate.

[Coffee Warlord]

Absolutely. You survive the 25, you retire. Maybe any Captains that make it get to be appointed as advisors to the Squadron Commander or something. :)

[Airhog]

Thats a good idea coffee warlord. I can always use help thinking up ideas. Also, In order to keep the game moving, I am thinking about a 24-hour time limit on mission acceptance. This will allow me to fly one mission a night. If I dont have enough volunteers for a mission, then I can just randomly pick those planes with the least amount of missions completed.

[Nyarlahotep]

I have to disagree here. If we are likely to lose a plane per mission, I would like to see how far people can get. If there is a backlog of replacements waiting in the wings when (if) we start having planes hit 25 missions, then fine retire 'em, otherwise see what they can do.

[tucker342]

I agree with Nyarlahotep

[Coffee Warlord]

Perhaps if we get someone to 25, we give them an option?

Be promoted and placed as advisor to the command staff, or sign up for a 2nd tour of duty, to make a run on 50.

Edit: Obviously, one could weigh this decision based on both the size of the waiting list and personal preference.

[Airhog]

well thats something we dont have to worry about for now. I am also thinking that I will add a few more things. I may include some missions that are not volunteer, due to the their difficulty and such. Also Im thinking about doing around 1-2 special missions during each game month. Anyways, here is the first mission. There will be several easier missions like this to begin with, so that i can get used to flying again, and to get all of the bugs worked out. Just a reminder, but it might be difficult for you to fly many back to back missions. It really depends on how damaged your plane is. I will try to give each planes damage rating after the mission, and it will be up to the commanders to decide what to fix, and to send it back up again so soon, or fix everything.


Operation Overcoat

November 28th

Welcome to Thurleigh and the home of the 369th Heavy Bomber Group. In a few days the first b-17's will fly over german soil as we being the long road to liberation. Olny hard work, courage and dedication will see us through these difficult times. I wont lie to you, but most of you will not make it home alive. However, without your service this war will not be won.
We have recieve orders from high command to being Operation Overcoat. The first phase of Operation overcoat is too remove the threat of the V-1 rockets and drone bombs the germans have been attacking England with. We have located several facilities that produce the weapons, and Hopefully we can stop the bombings. Most of the missions will be conducter over france for the time being. This will give our crews time to gain experience before we penetrate deep into the heart of the Reich.

Here are the first mission details

Primary Target: Watten Special Weapons Site
Secondary Target: Wizennes Special Weapons Site
Flak Strength: Low
Fighter Strength: Low
Mission Difficulty: 1x
Planes needed: 6

First come first serve boys.

[mckerney]

MC² here, the Square Root of Snoopy will be ready to fly for ya.

[MrBug708]

I'll take the tail

[Nyarlahotep]

Count me in!!

[Coffee Warlord]

We're in!

[Airhog]

Originally posted by MrBug708
I'll take the tail

bomber wings usually fly in the echelon formation. the tail would be one of the back left or back right spots. Im not sure if I can set who goes where in the formation other than the lead bomber. If so I might just award a few extra points for being in the deadliest part of the formation.

[Qwikshot]

I'm in, put me wherever...Cloudsplitter is ready.

[Breeze]

I hate counting...I'm so bad at it...but I think 5 are signed up. We'll be the sixth.

[Nyarlahotep]

Woohoo!!!! Now we can start. Do we get to find out about our crews now?

[Tasan]

Put me in coach, I'm ready to play.

[mckerney]

Originally posted by Tasan
Put me in coach, I'm ready to play.

Sit down.
Coach, you need one more.
My team is on the floor.

[Archer219]

Well, thats what studing for a dif eqs test gets me, I miss out on the first mission. My crew will be with you guys in spirit.

Good luck and godspeed.

[Airhog]

Originally posted by Nyarlahotep
Woohoo!!!! Now we can start. Do we get to find out about our crews now?

Ill try to post the crews before the first mission update. It is a bit time consuming, because the inteface is a bit clunky.

[JeeberD]

Dammit, I hate work.

I got dibs on the next mission...

[Airhog]

JeeberD: okay, luckily after these first missions we should settle down into a routine. most planes will not be ready to fly two missions in a row, so it will make it that much easier

[sachmo71]

So it's going to be first come, first serve for every mission? Looks like I won't be flying much... :(

[Nyarlahotep]

You will be able to get in when other planes get stuck making repairs.

[Airhog]

scahmo71: and not every mission will be on a volunteer basis. I will do my best to try and keep everyone invovled in the flying.

[tucker342]

Damn, missed out on the chance to volunteer... oh well. Good luck everyone!

[Airhog]

Okay, I finally got finished typing up the 120 crewmen and their stats. I will definately fly the mission this evening.


The key for this is as follow M/S=Married Single Pos=Position(B=bombadier, N=Navigator, P=Pilot, CP=Co-Pilot, TTG=Top turret Gunner, RO=Radio Operator, LWG=Left Waist Gunner, RWG=Right Waist Gunner, TG=Turret Gunner) G=Gunner Stat, P=Pilot Stat B=Bombadier Stat, N=Navigator Stat, FA=First Aid Stat, T=Technical Stat



Crew List M/S Pos G P B N FA T Med Miss INJ
Cloudsplitter

Paul J Whitley M B 3 1 4 2 3 3 0 0 0
Rob W. Trojborg S N 1 2 3 3 4 2 0 0 0
Jack M. Shave M P 2 2 1 3 3 4 0 0 0
Tom M. Buzzbee M CP 2 3 1 1 3 4 0 0 0
Sean T. Schantz S TTG 3 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0
Mariano S. Kavanagh S RO 3 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0
Roy P. Russel M BTG 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
Mark F. Fish S LWG 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Mark M. Manktelow S RWG 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Chris G. Mercer M TG 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
0
The Four Horsemen

Jack D. Shue S B 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 0
James J Juliana M N 2 1 2 4 3 3 0 0 0
Bruce E. Burger M P 2 4 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
Albert B. Ahles M CP 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
Hugh S. Thornell S TTG 3 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0
Mike G. Ahola M RO 2 0 1 1 5 3 0 0 0
Harold R. Depperschmidt S BTG 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
Martin M. Sherman S LWG 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0
Gary R. Bishop S RWG 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Dale C. Robertson S TG 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
0
Rust Bucket

Oscar P. Grund S B 2 2 5 2 3 3 0 0 0
Tony J. Charbonneau S N 2 1 2 4 2 3 0 0 0
Jacob G. Federicci S P 2 5 1 1 2 3 0 0 0
Martin M. Guidi S CP 2 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 0
Mike W. Compton M TTG 2 0 1 2 3 4 0 0 0
Mason A. McBurney S RO 2 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0
Henricus P. Sullivan S BTG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Paul D. Battles S LWG 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Roy J. Vollmer S RWG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Jay J. Meyer M TG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
0
The Flying Plantain

George Spencer S B 3 1 4 1 1 4 0 0 0
Rob M. Thornell S N 1 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 0
Gary G. Rose M P 2 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 0
Marcus M. Lahdesmaki S CP 2 3 1 2 3 3 0 0 0
Brain M. Bruijn S TTG 5 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Christopher J Van Buren S RO 3 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0
Joe Rihall S BTG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
James J. Patterson S LWG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Jefferey J. Schmidt S RWG 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Michael H. Free S TG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
0
Crawling Chaos

Lister M. Van Meeteren S B 3 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 0
Eddie M. Dunbar S N 1 1 2 5 2 2 0 0 0
Joel I. Savas M P 2 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 0
Carl. S. Fatzinger S CP 2 3 1 2 3 3 0 0 0
Pete J. Bode S TTG 4 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0
Bob R. Johnson S RO 3 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0
George M. Schimdt S BTG 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0
Matthew H. Ogde M LWG 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
Jim R. Goldman S RWG 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Mark M. Nabalowski M TG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
0
The Mighty Madness

Rune P. Wesberg S B 3 2 4 1 3 3 0 0 0
Terry K. Poiters S N 2 1 2 4 3 2 0 0 0
Thomas H. Zurawski S P 1 3 1 3 2 3 0 0 0
Mark H Seagrams M CP 1 3 1 2 3 3 0 0 0
David O. Miller S TTG 4 1 0 1 4 5 0 0 0
Colin W. Schub S RO 3 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0
Rich A. Clark S BTG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Robert A. Sullivan M LWG 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Martin R. Schafer S RWG 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
John M. Hitchens S TG 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0
0
The Stormbringer

David F. Smiley S B 3 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 0
Dirk G. Yoder S N 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
Sean C. Blahusch M P 1 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0
Lister C. Whitley M CP 1 3 1 2 3 3 0 0 0
John. F. Kuenzle S TTG 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0
Roger C. Compton S RO 2 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0
Mike E. Kunzle S BTG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
David B. Smeck S LWG 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Albert G. De Coninch S RWG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Gary V. Fajer S TG 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
0
Hitler Sucks

Paul A. Grubach S B 2 1 4 1 3 3 0 0 0
Michael P. Pitlanen S N 2 2 2 3 3 2 0 0 0
Brad J. Shave M P 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
Tommy M Still M CP 2 3 1 2 2 4 0 0 0
Brian C. Niedierher M TTG 3 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0
Geoffrey R. Sheeran M RO 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0
Ken M. Hidebrandt S BTG 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Sean J. Haugan S LWG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Richard R. Schafer S RWG 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Dave R. Contini S TG 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
0
TommyKnocker

Steve M Lander S B 2 2 3 1 3 2 0 0 0
Brian M. Tsirahoglov S N 1 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 0
Matteo B. Lieberman S P 2 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 0
Mason M. Drumm S CP 1 3 1 2 3 3 0 0 0
Charles. F. Ralls S TTG 5 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0
Robert M. Bacon S RO 3 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0
Mike R. Sheeran S BTG 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
Graham M Nabahowski S LWG 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0
Andy L Schulb S RWG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
John H. Salami S TG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
0
Golden Bomber

Robb A. Robbins S B 1 1 4 1 3 3 0 0 0
Harold C. Bergh S N 1 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0
Rune A. Fletcher S P 1 5 1 3 3 3 0 0 0
Michael N Contini S CP 2 3 1 2 4 3 0 0 0
Soloman D. Katzmann M TTG 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 0 0
Edward D. Graves S RO 1 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 0
Frank T. Zurawaski S BTG 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
Joseph J. Shu S LWG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
John M Reeves S RWG 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bill W. Freeman S TG 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
0
Square Root of Snoopy

George T. Parekh S B 2 1 3 2 3 3 0 0 0
Alvin L. Geenwald M N 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
Allan J. Palmer M P 2 4 1 3 1 3 0 0 0
Herman M. Drumm S CP 2 3 1 1 3 3 0 0 0
Rich A. Connelli S TTG 4 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0
Phillip R. Taylor S RO 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0
Joseph M Ralls S BTG 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Arizsun A. Vossum S LWG 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Wilbert Beazley S RWG 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Albert S. Dwelle S TG 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
0
Wind Dancer

Derek K. Woodward M B 4 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 0
Mark J. Meyer S N 2 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 0
John M. Hicens S P 2 3 1 3 1 3 0 0 0
Chris M. Thompson S CP 2 4 1 2 3 3 0 0 0
Joel G. Blahusch S TTG 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0
Fredrik P. Malmquist S RO 3 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0
Bjorn D. Yoer S BTG 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
Tim P. Pesonen S LWG 4 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Roland X. Mohn S RWG 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0
Vincent E. Lahdesmaki M TG 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0
0

Leaderboard


Gunner Brain M. Bruijn Charles. F. Ralls
Pilot Jacob G. Federicci Rune A. Fletcher
Bombadier Oscar P. Grund David F. Smiley
Navigator Eddie M. Dunbar
First Aid Mike G. Ahola
Technical David O. Miller
Best Overall Person Oscar P. Grund
Best Overall Plane WindDancer
Worst Overall Person Albert S. Dwelle
Worst Overall Plane Square Root of Snoopy

[Coffee Warlord]

Jacob G. Federicci, Cap'n of the Rust Bucket.

The Nazis shall tremble in fear, for we have the Mafia on our side!

[Nyarlahotep]

Yeah, the Nazis were pretty afraid of Italians in WWII.

[Airhog]

Oay I forgot to give some other information about the crew skills. Having a low skill isnt really a bad thing unless its your primary skill

Bombing=How accurate you drop bombs, a higher rating leads to more damage

Navigation=This isnt a big skill for us, because I have the navigation set to flawless. I never liked having to plot the course so i let the computer handle it.

Gunnery=how well you fire the guns of course

First Aid = probably the most or second most useful skill. Anytime someone gets wounded you have to use first aid. this will hopefully restore them to being conciousness and they can continue to perform their job. All players need a high skill here since you dont wanna someone to have to go from their position in the plane all the way to the other end of the plane.

Technical= I think this skill is underutilized. If I recall correctly this really only applies to fixing jammed guns and being able to transfer fuel from one tank to another via a manual switch. It says in the manual that the radio operator needs this skill, but i believe that it is because he operates the manual fuel transfer.

[Nyarlahotep]

So my only decent crew member is worthless.

[Airhog]

not really, remember that the only important skill is the one t hey need to do their job. However if someone gets too injured at the positions you most need, then someone else will have to step in.

Also remember that your skills will go up over time. After 3 or 4 missions we should see quite a few more above average skills


Here is how the skills break down

0=none
1=poor
2=below average
3= average
4= above average
5=good
6=???

I think there is a 6th level and possibly a 7th level

The only truly bad skill is a skill of none. that means they cant perform at that given station.

[Nyarlahotep]

My best crewmember is a navigator, you even said the skill pretty much isn't gonna be used. Hopefully my gunners will take up the slack.

[Airhog]

It was a cloudy day over england as the bombers prepared for the mission. It was day of fate, as our squadron was prepared to fly their first mission over france. We took to the skys and by 8:45 am we were over the channel and in enemy airspace. Everything was quiet as we approached the decision point. The cloud cover looked very light, so we chose our primary target. Flak starts bursting around us as we turn towards the target and start our bomb run. Enemy fighters swoop in on us and lay some heavy barrages at our planes. Cloud Splitter shoots down one plane and Wind Dancer takes out another one. Everything is shaping up fine. We near the target and our payload is delivered totally destroying the site. Our load lightened we work our way towards the regrouping point for the flight back home. More Enemy fighters shoot through are ranks. Cloud splitter hits on as he comes up on us from behind. His engine explodes and the enemy plane drops right onto the square root of snoopy. The left wing is ripped from the fuselage and the plane quickly spirals into the ground. I fail to see any parachutes open before she crashes. The rest of the flight is uneventful and all 5 planes make it back to friendly soil.

Here is the mission update


Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 1 2 0 13 Active
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 0 0 0 0 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 1 0 0 9 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 0 0 0 0 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 1 0 0 9 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 0 0 0 0 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 0 0 0 0 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 0 0 0 0 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 1 0 0 9 Active
GoldenEagle Golden Bomber 0 0 0 0 Active
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 10 0 Destroyed
Breeze Wind Dancer 1 1 0 11 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 0 0 0 0 Active
Render The Rajun Cajuns 0 0 0 0 Reserve


Here is the new crew and ship for The Afoci


The Flying Crawfish

Herb A. Montiverdi S B 3 2 5 2 3 3
David J. Mohn S N 1 2 2 3 2 2
Andy L. Gordon M P 1 5 1 3 2 3
Michael P. Hall S CP 2 3 1 1 3 3
Derek M. Larson M TTG 4 1 0 1 3 4
Harold D Wilkinson S RO 3 0 1 1 4 3
Gary M Ford S BTG 3 0 0 0 2 2
Carl R. Harris S LWG 3 0 0 0 3 2
Joe J. XU M RWG 3 0 0 0 3 2
Kev C. Harms S TG 3 0 0 0 3 1

[Airhog]

In order to make the bookeeping easier on me, I will only be updating the crew stats after several missions. There are 120 records that I would have to go through each time, and it is very time consuming. It not a problem to do medals, and injuries, but it is a problem checking the stats.

Also when it comes to repairing the plane, I will only ask you to make a decision if there is more work than needed done on you plane then time or parts to fix it. This will only include needed repairs and maintnance.

[Coffee Warlord]

Alas, poor Snoopy, we barely got to know you.

[Qwikshot]

Well that's a fine howdoyoudo? RIP Snoopy...

[Airhog]

12/4/1943 - Operation Overcoat

We will continue the bombing of special weapon sites today with our primary target being the Abevile V1 Rocket Site. We should hope to have bombed all of the know weapon sites by the end of december barring bad weather. Our secondary target is Bois l' Enfer.

Flying this mission will be the other bombers that have not yet flown, excluding The Flying Crawfish, which just arrived this morning. Good luck men, and with your effort, we might just win this war.

[sachmo71]

Yikes. I hope they died quickly.

[tucker342]

I'm ready for action!

[Archer219]

count me in.

[Airhog]

Mission #2

We take off at 7:30am Flying Plantain leads our group of bombers over the english channel and into the enemy. They come prepared today, as we meet some stiff resistance and 8 enemy fighter planes. A few of t hem make it through our fighters, and attack the bombers. The Stormbringers get hit pretty hard on their control sufaces and engines. They dont have enough power to maintain altitude so they are forced to ditch their bombs and turn back for the coast. This is only a sign of things to come. Flying Plantains gunner Free is on fire today and shoots down 3 enemy craft. The fourhorsmen gunners take down one other craft. We reach the decision point, and Flying plantain chooses the main target. We line up for the bombing run and drop our bombs over the target. Unfortunately heavy cloud cover obscures the bombers view, and he only damages one building.(the game counts this as a miss) We meet no resistance on the way back, and have an uneventful journey back to friendly soil.


Name Plane Name Missions Kills KIA Points Status

Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 1 2 0 13 Active
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 1 1 0 7 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 1 0 0 5 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 1 3 0 11 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 1 0 0 9 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 1 0 0 5 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 1 0 0 5 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 1 0 0 5 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 1 0 0 9 Active
GoldenEagle Golden Bomber 1 0 0 5 Active
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 10 0 Destroyed
Breeze Wind Dancer 1 1 0 11 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 0 0 0 0 Active
Render The Rajun Cajuns 0 0 0 0 Reserve


12-6-1943 We have abandonded plans to destroy the V-1 rocket sites. High command has deemed this to be an unworthy cause. We are in the final stages of planning our next operation. However, we have identified some oil refineries in france that are ripe targets. Lieven Oil production has been designated the primary target. Harnese Oil production has been designated the secondary target. Both targets are small sites, but they refine specialty products needed for the luftwaffe. We can really hamper the operation of them by knocking them out. 12 planes will attack over the next 4 days. Our hope is to destroy 2 of the 3 sites.

[JeeberD]

Go Flying Plantain!

[Nyarlahotep]

Crawling Chaos is ready for more action. These are the best missions, we get to bomb France and Nazis at the same time.

[Qwikshot]

Ready to go.

[tucker342]

I'm ready!

[Archer219]

Lets kick some Nazi ass.

[Airhog]

Mckerney: If you wish to sign back up, I need a new name for you.

[Coffee Warlord]

Bomb them all!

[Airhog]

Ive got one ready to post, and one other mission ready to post. I should have both posted tomorrow, and an updated crew file monday or tuesday.

[Airhog]

I have created two polls. Please vote on them. I would really help give me an idea of how to proceed. feel free to leave comments and suggestions in this thread.

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16817

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16819

[Airhog]

12/7/1943 Lievens Oil Facility

The crews awoke before the dawn hours for their missions briefing. Outside the ground crews checked out planes, and loaded bombs, fuel, and ammo onto the planes.

Our target today is Lievens Oil Facility. Recons flights show abnormally high activity for such a small production facility. You will be carrying incendiary devices since they store fuel there.

Our departure time is 8:00am, expect moderate to heavy flak, and some enemy aircraft. The Luftwaffe has increased patrols in the area due to increased bombing. Here is the list of planes flying

CloudSplitter, Rustbacket, Flying Plantain, Crawling Chaos, Hitler Sucks and Stormbringer

We finally get into the air and head towards our target. The crews seem happy to be flying another short mission at under 600miles. They should be back for a late lunch if everything goes well. The flight is uneventful until well inside france. Suddenly 4 109's dive into our bomber group. Cloudsplitter Is on the ball today and takes out two as they pass through us. The two remaining aircraft turn around and make another pass. They get lucky this time, and rake the aft of Cloudsplitter. The tailgunner gets hit in the process. No-one knows how serious his wounds are. On the third pass Rustbucket takes down one of the fighters, and The Flying Plantain hits another one in the fuel take because it isntantly explodes and nearly misses Hitler Sucks. We near the target when another 3 planes attack our formation. This time the fight is without incident and 2 of the planes are taken out by cloudsplitter and the final plane is hit by hitler sucks.

We reach the target and under heavy flak drop our bombs taking out some of the structures(The game is wierd about what constitutes totall destruction, it dosent always concide with hitting all of the objects at the target site, just the ones deemed important i guess).

On the way back I order us up another 2k feet to climb out of the flak attacks. During this climb Roy J. onboard the Rustbucket gets hit by some shrapnel. Mike E. Kunzel aboard stormbringer also gets hit by some flak and it cut badly. Luckily neither men is hurt to bad. We fly back to the base and land safely.

[Airhog]

12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Facility

Todays facility has us attacking the Harnes Oil Facility. This facility is a sister facility to Lievens Oil Facility. If we can severly damage this facility we will put a severe damper on the production in this area. There is only one other oil production facility, and it mainly produces low grade fuels. This site has also had higher than usual activity around the site over the past week. We are hoping to capitalize on this and destroy whatever the germans are working on.

The Four Horsemen, Mighty Madness, TommyKnocker, Golden Bomber, Wind Dancer, and The Flying Crawfish will be flying todays mission.

This is another short mission, which should only last for several hours and is less than 600 miles.

By 8am we have reached the coast of france and turn towards our target. We quickly are attack by 2 groups of planes, some 109's and some 111's Golden bomber is on the money today as their tail gunner takes out 4 fighters as they attempt to attack us from below. The flying crawfish show why they are here as they play chicken with a 109 and win. Just as the action starts to die down another two groups or 109's attack our formation. The Four Horsemen, Mighty Madnes, Golden Bomber The Flying crawfish and Wind Dancer all take out one plane. The other three planes are engaged by our fighters and destroyed. The target site is a bit cloudly, but we have faith in our lead bomber Tommy Knocker. They serve us well and really clobber the site. On the way back towards england, Derek M. Lawson on board the Flying Crawfish, accidently trips over some ammo crates and hurts his ankle pretty bad. Tim P. Pesonen from WindDancer also recieves a flesh wound from some flak on the way in. The rest of the mission is uneventful.

[mckerney]

New Plane: braveSaintSaturn

[Airhog]

Okay here is the updated lists and stuff, I have also slightly changed the formula for points calculations. I will start tracking planes that have to turn back to england before the bomb run. these planes will not recieve any bonus for damage done. So far all of our medals have been from shooting down lots of planes by one person. I am hesitant to give those planes an added bonus, and there is a pretty decent sized list of medals, Some of which i have no idea as to how worthy they should be, and what conditions are needed to be awarded one. At a future time I may decide to award a small amount of points for a medal, but until i have a better idea I will hold off on awarding points for medals.

New Formula
(Completion + Special Mission Bonus + (E/A Kills x2) - (Kia Crewmembers x 3) + (Damage Done))x modifier

Mission Completion 5 points ( you have to take off and land the plane to get this)

Special Mission bonus between 10-30 points

Damage Done
0 Miss
1 Near Miss (This actually means you hit some of the site, just nothing important i believe)
2 Light Damage
3 Moderate
4 Heavy
5 Totally Destroyed

Modifier is still 1x-3x based on the mission difficulty.

[Airhog]

Sorry I forgot to actually post the updated stats.


Name Plane Name Mission Kills Ldr KIA Points Status
Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 2 6 0 1 30 Active
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 2 1 1 0 15 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 2 1 0 0 20 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 2 4 1 0 22 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 2 0 0 0 18 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 2 1 1 0 18 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 2 0 0 0 14 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 2 1 0 0 16 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 2 1 0 0 22 Active
GoldenEagle Golden Bomber 2 5 0 0 26 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 2 1 1 0 22 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 1 2 0 0 24 Active
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 10 Destroyed
Render The Rajun Cajuns 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve




Medal List
Name Plane Medal Reason Date
Michael H. Free Flying Plantain Bronze Star 3 planes shot down 12/4/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/4/1943
Roy J. Vollmer RustBucket Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Chris G. Mercer CloudSplitter Purple Heart KIA 12/7/1943
Tim P. Pesonen Wind Dancer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/10/1943
Derek M. Larson The Flying Crawfish Purple Heart Light Wound 12/10/1943
Bill W. Freeman Golden Bomber Silver Star 4 Planes shot down 12/10/1943




Injured List
Name Plane Injury Injured Date Expected to return
Derek M. Larson The Flying Crawfish Sprained Ankle 12/10/1943 12/15/1943


Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Enemy K P Lost Dif Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site Totally Destroyed 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site Near Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Moderate 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility Totally Destroyed 8 0 1x 10


Feel free to ask any questions

[The Afoci]

Trips over an ammo case...after the battle?!? Strap him to a bomb and send him out next time.

[Nyarlahotep]

Hey at least you guys can shoot germans down.

[Airhog]

I think that custom injuries give the game some flavor. Its more exciting to know you fell out of the plan and killed yourself, then you were mortally wounded

[tucker342]

Good, I finally got a kill!

[Airhog]

12/11/1943

8th Airforce High Command Top Secret.

We will be starting Operation Bumblebee shortly. This is a wide ranging campaign that will encompass the whole airforce. Our primary goal of the 8th will be to destroy the Luftwaffe's ability to produce german aircraft. Over the coming months we hope to hit the Germans hard. However, there is a price to pay. Most of the factories that produce german aircraft are deep inside germany, with some of them in berlin. We expect higher casualties than normal, but we must end the dominace of t he germans in the air. Once we have destroyed their ability to produce aircraft we will target other important sites that are vital to the war machine.

[Airhog]

12/13/1943

We will be bombing the Tours Aircraft Factory today. The Tours factory doesnt produce a specific aircraft. They produce common parts that several aircraft use. They are located in southeast france. This will be the longest mission we have flown at 800 miles.

Here is a list of the planes flying

Stormbringer - Lead
Hitler Sucks
TommyKnocker
The Flying Crawfish
The Four Horsemen
Crawling Chaos - Last plane in formation


Good Luck men

[Nyarlahotep]

Whew, still in France for my first mission bringing up the rear.

[sachmo71]

Yes, but it's deep in occupied territory. At least we should be able to avoid the boys from Abbeville.

[Nyarlahotep]

I'll take deep in occupied over naziville anytime.

[Airhog]

12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory

Its bright and clear today as we take off towards France. We head towards Southeast France as we attempt to bomb the Tours Aircraft Factory. We are hoping for an easier mission since there is no flak to deal with today. Once we hit the france coastline we are bombarded with enemy planes. 2 waves immediatly attack, and we down all 8 of them one by one. However Our lead plane loses an engine and can no longer fly in formation. We tell him to ditch his bombs, and head for england.
A third wave attacks. We dispatch all 4 planes but not without losing Dave R. Contini from "Hitler sucks." Our 5 remaining bombers press on towards the target. We reach the target successfully. The bombs are dropped as we engage the enemy once more. 4 more enemy fighters are destroyed with any incident. We turn back towards england and return home without further incident.


Member list

Name Plane Miss Kills Ldr KIA Points Status

Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 2 6 0 1 27 Active
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 3 5 1 0 54 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 2 1 0 0 20 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 2 4 1 0 22 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 3 0 0 0 38 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 2 1 1 0 18 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 3 1 1 0 28 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 3 4 0 1 48 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 3 7 0 0 74 Active
GoldenEagle Golden Bomber 2 5 0 0 26 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 2 1 1 0 22 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 2 3 0 0 48 Active
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 10 Destroyed
Render The Rajun Cajuns 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve


Medal List
Name Plane Medal Reason Date
Michael H. Free Flying Plantain Bronze Star 3 kills 12/4/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/4/1943
Roy J. Vollmer RustBucket Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Chris G. Mercer CloudSplitter Purple Heart KIA 12/7/1943
Tim P. Pesonen Wind Dancer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/10/1943
Derek M. Larson Crawfish Purple Heart Light Wound 12/10/1943
Bill W. Freeman Golden Bomber Silver Star 4 kills 12/10/1943
Hugh S. Thornell Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 2 kills 12/13/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 12/13/1943
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 1 kill 12/13/1943
Dave R. Contini Hitler Sucks Purple Heart KIA 12/13/1943
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Legion of Merit 5 kills 12/13/1943
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Silver Star 2 kills 12/13/1943
John C. Warners Crawfish Soldiers Medal 1 kills 12/13/1943


Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Mercier CloudSplitter 6 Dead
2 Ralls Tommy Knocker 5 Alive
3 Freeman Golden Bomber 4 Alive
3 Free The Flying Plantain 4 Alive
5 Robertson RustBucket 3 Alive
6 Thronell Flying Horsemen 2 Alive
6 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 2 Alive
6 Contini Hitler Sucks 2 Dead
6 Salmi Tommy Knocker 2 Alive

[Airhog]

12/15/1943

Tomorrow we will bomb the Sotigen Airframe Factory. This factory supplies crucial parts for many different aircraft. Hitting this target should slow down the number of planes the luftwaffe can build. The target is 919 miles away and is located near the france border in germany.

The following planes will fly

CloudSplitter - Leader
Rustbucket
Flying Plantain
Mighty Madness
Golden Bomber
Windancer

[MrBug708]

Not bad. Good to take the mission off

[Nyarlahotep]

Damn I forgot to have the guys bring any ammo. This is getting embarrasing.

[RendeR]

This is a great read, can't wait to get my plain in the action *not that I'm wishing ill luck on anyway, honest*

[Archer219]

damn engines!!!!

Oh well, at least my plane lead the mission for a little while.

[Airhog]

12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe factory - The Flak is Back

Our last mission saw us facing no flak from the enemy, however we faced a ton of enemy planes. This mission would be totally different.

We make it over the enemy coast and begin our trek through france. at 9:45 the enemy shows up as 4 109's drop into our lap. The Flying plantain shoots down two of the planes and Golden bomber and Wind dancer both take down one apiece. 3 other groups of 109's and 111's attempt to attack our group, but excellent support from out p-47's repeal them and we continue our march unopposed. We run into some moderate flak over the bombsite as we drop our load.

We turn towards england and try to make it out of the flak alive.
Rust bucket must have flown into some sharpnel, because their number 2 engine catches on fire. They quickly get things under control however, and since they have already dropped their load, they dont have problems flying with us.

Mighty madness isnt so lucky though, they get unlucky as a flak shell hits off to the starboard side. Schub happens to be in the wrong place, and winds up with a piece of shrapnel right between the eyes, instantly killing him.

Cloudsplitters also run into some trouble, and they report multiple injuries. The rest of the mission is pretty uneventful. Until we get back over english soil, and the cloudsplitters pilot slumps over. The co-pilot is able to keep things under control and lands the bird safely.




Name Plane Miss. Kills Ldr KIA Points Status

Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 2 6 1 1 47 Active
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 3 5 1 0 54 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 2 1 0 0 40 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 2 4 1 0 50 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 3 0 0 0 38 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 2 1 1 0 32 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 3 1 1 0 28 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 3 4 0 1 42 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 3 7 0 0 74 Active
GoldenEagle Golden Bomber 2 5 0 0 50 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 2 1 1 0 46 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 2 3 0 0 48 Active
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 30 Destroyed
Render The Rajun Cajuns 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney BraveSaintSaturn Reserve


Mission List
Date Target Result Kills KIA Diff Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site Totally Destroyed 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site Near Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Moderate 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility Totally Destroyed 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory Totally Destroyed 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory Totally Destroyed 4 0 2x 20


Injured List
Name Plane Injury Injured Date Expected to return
Jack M. Shave CloudSplitter Light Wound 12/16/1943 12/21/1943
Rob W. Trojborg CloudSplitter Light Wound 12/16/1943 12/21/1943

[Airhog]

12/19/1943 Solingen Engine Factory

Our next target is located right next to the Airframe factory we just hit. They produce engine parts used in final construction of some aircraft engines. since german engines are manufactured to such fine tolerances this will really hurt their ability to produce aircraft.

Stormbringer
Hitler Sucks -Leader
TommyKnocker
The Flying Crawfish
The Four Horsemen
Crawling Chaos

[Airhog]

Originally posted by RendeR
This is a great read, can't wait to get my plain in the action *not that I'm wishing ill luck on anyway, honest*

Well I think your time will be coming soon. Since our mission is to tak out the vital air industry. We will be flying progressively deeper missions into germany. Im guessing that heavy flak will claim a plane soon. If it keeps up this easy, I may lower the skill of our gunners or raise the skill of the german pilots since they have been pretty ineffective.

I havent seen one plane that has lost 2 engines yet. Even though some of our planes had to turn back it was only because they had a giant load of bombs and couldnt keep up.

[Nyarlahotep]

Ahhh, the old bomb the neighboring factory first ploy. Well after we used that strategy the Germans will have surely packed up all their AA guns in the area and sent them somewhere else.

[JeeberD]

The Flying Plantain is awesome! Way to go boys...

[Airhog]

Originally posted by Nyarlahotep
Ahhh, the old bomb the neighboring factory first ploy. Well after we used that strategy the Germans will have surely packed up all their AA guns in the area and sent them somewhere else.

well that is probably the worst fault of the AI. It seems like you always engage fighters almost as soon as you reach france. By keeping the locations the same however, it keeps the difficulty the same for both teams. As we fly deeper into germany, two things will probably happen. We will lose our air support since the p-47's cant fly that far yet. We will also have to worry alot more about running out of gas. So I will continue this strategy since it keeps things pretty equal between the two

[Nyarlahotep]

Fair enough.

[Airhog]

12/19/1943 Sotigen Airframe factory Mission #7

We take off from britain at 7:30 AM. By 9:00 we are over france. The FW 190's are waiting for us and they attack strong. They dont seem to be able to find their mark as Stormbringer and Hitler sucks both take one down. Flying Crawfish dispatch the other 2. 10 minutes later we run into more trouble as 4 109's attack us. Ralls from Tommy Knockers continues to tear it up as he takes down 3 of them. Hitler sucks cleans up with the last plane. We reach the bombsite under moderate flak. just as we drop the bombs another 4 190's drop into our lap. Things are hot and heavy, but Tommyknockers manages to score two more kills and The Flying horsemen grabs another. Our p-47's take out the final enemy fighter. WE make it out of the flak zone pretty beat up, but our great pilots are able to keep things undercontrol, and we make it back and touch down without incident. Recon shows that we scored high damage to the site.

[Airhog]

Mission briefing 12/21/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory

High Command is very pleased with our group so far. we have had excellent results with very little casualties. Lets continue to impress them with these excellent results.

Our next target is an aircraft factory in the west of germany near the ocean. It is 1093 miles round trip to our target. We believe that Osnabruck is doing final assembly of the stuka 88b bomber. Hitting this target will definately slow the replacements of these aircraft.

we leave at 7:30am tomorrow morning.


Golden Bomber - Leader
Cloudsplitter
Flying Plantain
Rust Bucket
Mighty Madness
Wind dancer

[Airhog]

12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory Mission 8 All Hell Breaks loose.

We start off with another routine flight into germany soil. We meet stiff resistance as we head into germany towards the target. We are assualted by 8 enemy fighters including 4 109's. and some 190's. Out of nowhere a 109 drops down out of the sky and aims for Rustbucket. He hits the number 2 engine, which immediatly catches on fire. Nearly the whole crew panics, but the pilot keeps his cool and manages to get things under control. They fall out of formation and drop their payload, then turn back towards england. The five remaining bombers continue to press on and mange to down 6 of the 8 craft. Cloudsplitter bags 2, Flying plantain, Mighty Madness and the Golden Bomber all grab one more.

We are fast approaching the bomb site, and we are taking some heavy flak from the germans. We start the bomb run when the lead bomber calls out over the radio that he cant find the target. Things are looking very bad as the crews are not sure they can keep the planes together.

They regroup some distance from the target and make another run through heavy flak. This time its a success as they drop their bombs Totally destroying the site and hitting many of the buildings. We limp back towards england and luckily no-one crashes. We get ready to land, and everything goes fine until windancer is set to land. her landing gear is stuck, however the manual control works fine, and she sets down safely.

Definately our most dangerous mission so far. I thought that we would definately loose a plane today. I guess that luck was on our side.

[Airhog]

Latest stats.


Member list

Name Plane Miss Kills Ldr KIA Points Status

Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 4 9 1 1 79 Active
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 4 6 1 0 76 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 4 1 0 0 60 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 4 5 1 0 64 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 4 0 0 0 56 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 4 4 1 0 56 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 4 2 1 0 50 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 4 6 1 1 68 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 4 12 0 0 112 Active
GoldenEagle Golden Bomber 4 7 1 0 74 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 4 2 1 0 66 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 3 5 0 0 74 Active
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 0 Destroyed
Render The Rajun Cajuns 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney BraveSaintSaturn 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve


Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Kills KIA Diff Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site TD 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site NM 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Mod 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility TD 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory Totally TD 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
12/19/1943 Sotigen Engine Factory High 11 0 2x 18
12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory TD 6 0 2x 20


Medal List
Name Plane Medal Reason Date
Michael H. Free Flying Plantain Bronze Star 3 Kills 12/4/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/4/1943
Roy J. Vollmer RustBucket Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Chris G. Mercer CloudSplitter Purple Heart KIA 12/7/1943
Tim P. Pesonen Wind Dancer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/10/1943
Derek M. Larson Crawfish Purple Heart Light Wound 12/10/1943
Bill W. Freeman Golden Bomber Silver Star 4 Kills 12/10/1943
Hugh S. Thornell Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 12/13/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 12/13/1943
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 1 Kills 12/13/1943
Dave R. Contini Hitler Sucks Purple Heart KIA 12/13/1943
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Legion of Merit 5 Kills 12/13/1943
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Silver Star 2 Kills 12/13/1943
John C. Warners Crawfish Soldiers Medal 1 Kills 12/13/1943
Colin W. Schub Mighty Madness Purple Heart KIA 12/16/1943
Jack M. Shave CloudSplitter Purple Heart Lt 12/16/1943
Rob W. Trojborg CloudSplitter Purple Heart Lt 12/16/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Silver Star 1 Kills 12/19/1943
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 12/19/1943
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Dist. Flying Cross 2 Kills 12/19/1943
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Bronze Star Unknown 12/19/1943
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 1 Kills 12/19/1943
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 Kills 12/19/1943


Injured List
Name Plane Injury Injured Date Expected to return
Jacob G. Federicci Rust Bucket Bruised Ribs 12/22/1943 12/27/1943


Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 8 Alive
2 Mercier CloudSplitter 6 Dead
3 Freeman Golden Bomber 5 Alive
4 Free The Flying Plantain 4 Alive
4 Salmi Tommy Knocker 4 Alive
6 Robertson RustBucket 3 Alive
6 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 3 Alive
8 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 2 Alive
8 Hitchens Mighty Madness 2 Alive
8 Thornell Flying Horsemen 2 Alive
8 Schantz CloudSplitter 2 Alive
8 Contini Hitler Sucks 2 Dead

[sachmo71]

Wow! At this rate, we will have knocked the Luftwaffe out of the sky by '44!

[Nyarlahotep]

Ok, now I have to ask. Does my plane have guns?

[Breeze]

Thank God we could manually drop the landing gear.

[Airhog]

Nyarlahotep: sometimes it seems that way. Ill try sticking you in the back some more and see if that helps. Maybe you just have some bad luck.

[Nyarlahotep]

Originally posted by Airhog
Nyarlahotep: sometimes it seems that way. Ill try sticking you in the back some more and see if that helps. Maybe you just have some bad luck.

No, bad luck would be getting killed. If you have a rotation, don't mess it up on my account.

[Tasan]

Excellent work by the group, and the Mighty Madness seems to be picking it up lately. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I'm still here!

[tucker342]

6 kills isn't bad.....

Not only that, I haven't even been destroyed yet:D

[mckerney]

BS2 is up for flying in the next mission.

[Airhog]

well i have finished several missions this evening, but i havent gotten to work on writing them up. So you should see a whopping update tomorrow.

[Airhog]

12/24/43 Bremen FockeWulf Factory Mission 9

Our next target is the FW 190 plant. This plant produces the majority of the FW 190 planes. Taking this plant offline will severly hamper the germans ability to produce new 190's Expect pretty heavy resistance.

Flying this mission tomorrow will be

TommyKnocker
Four Horsemen
Hitler Sucks
Flying Crawfish
Stormbringer
Crawling Chaos

[Airhog]

12/25/43 Bremen fockeWulf Factory 1118 miles.

This is a christmas day mission, And we really just hope that everyone can make it back alive.

We quickly make it over the channel and into germany without a hitch. We meet some light resistance as we fly towards the target. It seems as though we may have done some damage to the germans, as only one group of enemy aircraft even bothers to show up. Or maybe they are just all celebrating x-mas. 3 of the planes wander into our sights, and our shot down. The other plan is taken down by a p-47. Flying Horsemen, Hitler Sucks, and Stormbringer all get 1 kill apiece. We hit some heavy flak over the target, and our planes really take a beating. We drop our bombs successfully. Its a rough ride back to england as the planes limp home.

We did high damage to the factory, however we only hit 1 of the 3 large assembly buildings. We will definately be going back at a later time to wipe them off the map.

[Airhog]

12/27/43 Brunswick AeroIndusty Factory Mission 10

Tomorrow we will be attacking the Brunswick Factory. This factory produces parts used in the assembly of the DO-111 bomber. It is crucial we destroy the Luftwaffe's capability to conduct bombing operations as we prepare to invade france. The trip is 1310 miles.

Heading up the mission tomorrow

GoldenBomber
CloudSplitter
Flying Plantain
RustBucket
Mighty Madness
WindDancer

[Airhog]

12/28/43 The Quiet Ride

This mission is a total opposite of the previous 9 Missions. Our fighters do a very good job protecting us, and we fail to see any enemy aircraft during the whole flight. We reach the target and are able to succefully bomb the target resulting in high damage. Some of our planes are a bit bruised due to flak, but they all hold together as we fly back to england.

[Airhog]

12/30/43 Kassel AeroIndustry Factory. Mission 11

This is a medium sized plant that produces parts mainly for the 109 fighter. This will not stop the flow of new planes, but will slow down production, and replacement parts. This should be a good mission.

Flying tomorrow is

Flying Crawfish
TommyKnocker
Hitler Sucks
Four Horsemen
Stormbringer
Crawling Chaos



We also recieved a letter from high command. They are very happy with our success so far, and will be sending some top brass to tour our facility in hopes of learning are success. Lets show them that the first 10 missions we not a fluke.

[Airhog]

12/31/43 Trouble brews on New Years Eve

This mission starts off like all of the rest, we head towards france on our way towards the target. We reach the coast of france, and immediatly we are targeted by 8 109's They hit us hard and heavy. Hitler sucks crew is stunned as a cannon fire rips through there number 3 engine. Black smoke pours out as the pilot trys to get everything under control. The immediatly drop their bombs to save weight, and prepare to turn back asap. We eventually take out the 8 fighters. Flying horsemen and Tommyknocker both score one kill. Stormbringer bags 6. Hitler sucks heads back for england on 3 engines. Seconds later we watch in horror as the Four Horsemen suddenly starts to lose altitude at an alarming rate, they vanish from sight and that is the last we see of them.

We continue on towards our target and near the bomb run. 4 more enemy planes assualt our depleted numbers. 2 of them are taken out by Stormbringer. The other 2 are damaged and we dont see them anymore. We drop our bombs and head back to base, with the loss of Four Horsemen. We land our planes, and head to the de-briefing. It is then to our sursprise that we learn the fate of the FH. both the pilot and co-pilot were shot and unable to continue flying the plane. One of the gunners came up and took over the plane, however he barely knew how to fly a plane himself. He was able to get back over english soil, and then 3 of his engines acted up. Since he was flying without a co-pilot he had no idea of how to adust the engines for the altitude. He hastily dropped the landing gear, and luckily was able to sit the plane down in a wheat field 30 miles or so from the base. The two wounded men were rushed to the hospital were they underwent surgery. both are expected to return in a few days.

[Airhog]

1/02/44 Hinddernheim Engine Factory mission 12

Tomorrow we will bomb the Hidderneim engine factory. The produce a variety of engine parts that are used to rebuild the luftwaffe engines. Hitting this factory will definately slow the ability to repair damaged aircraft.

Flying Tomorrow

Goldenbomber
Cloudsplitter
Flying Plantain
RustBucket
Mighty Madness
WindDancer

[Airhog]

1/3/1943

Its a cloudy day as we take to the skies. We see very little activity as fas as enemy aircraft. It isnt until we reach the bombsite that things go crazy. 4 190's come up to greet us, and they tear into us like a cat tearing into a dog. We finally subdue the emeny. Cloudsplitter bags 2, and mighty madness and wind dancer both take another one down. Windancer has some bad luck as one of their crew is hurt fairly bad by a flak shell. We hope he can make it back to england and recieve medical attention. We line up on our target and its bombs away. We hit the mark and totally destory the site. Our bombers are fairly beat up from the flak, but are still flyable. WE head back to england soil once more and the safety of our barracks. thompson from winddancers is rushed into surgery. A piece of flak was deeply imbedded in his leg. He should recover however, and it looks like we will miss a few weeks.


I will post the stats and the next missions later this evening.

[MrBug708]

Only one kill?

Better then zero I guess

[Coffee Warlord]

Hey, I've only gotten 1 kill in 5 missions, ya whiner. :)

[Airhog]

Here is the latest stats.



Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Kills PL Diff. Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site TD 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site N. Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Mod 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility TD 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory TD 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
12/19/1943 Sotigen Engine Factory High 11 0 2x 18
12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory TD 6 0 2x 20
12/25/1943 Bremen Fockewulf Factory High 4 0 2x 18
12/28/1943 Brunswick AeroIndusty Factory High 0 0 2x 18
12/31/1943 Kassel AE Factory TD 8 0 2x 20
1/3/1944 HiddenHeim Engine Factory TD 4 0 2x 20


Name Plane Miss Kills Ldr KIA Points Status

Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 6 11 1 1 125 Active
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 6 8 1 1 106 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 6 1 1 0 98 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 6 5 1 0 102 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 6 0 0 0 94 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 6 5 1 1 98 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 6 9 1 0 116 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 6 8 1 1 104 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 6 13 1 0 154 Active
GoldenEagle Golden Bomber 6 7 2 0 112 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 6 3 1 0 108 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 5 5 1 0 112 Active
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 0 Destroyed
Render The Rajun Cajuns 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney BraveSaintSaturn 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve


Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 9 Alive
2 Fajer Stormbringer 6 Alive
2 Robertson Flying horsemen 6 Alive
4 Freeman Golden Bomber 5 Alive
4 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
6 Free The Flying Plantain 4 Alive
6 Salmi Tommy Knocker 4 Alive
6 Lui CloudSplitter 4 Alive
9 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 3 Alive
9 Kuenzle Stormbringer 3 Alive
11 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 3 Alive
11 Hitchens Mighty Madness 2 Alive
11 Thornell Flying Horsemen 2 Alive
11 Schantz CloudSplitter 2 Alive
11 Cooper Hitler Sucks 2 Alive
11 Larsen Flying Crawfish 2 Alive
11 Harms Flying Crawfish 2 Alive
11 Miller Mighty Madness 2 Alive
11 Contini Hitler Sucks 2 Dead


Injured List
Name Plane Injury Injured Date Expected to return
Tompson Wind Dancer Shot 1/3/1944 1/17/1944


Medal List
Name Plane Medal Reason Date
Michael H. Free Flying Plantain Bronze Star 3 Kills 12/4/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/4/1943
Roy J. Vollmer RustBucket Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Chris G. Mercer CloudSplitter Purple Heart KIA 12/7/1943
Tim P. Pesonen Wind Dancer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/10/1943
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Purple Heart Light Wound 12/10/1943
Bill W. Freeman Golden Bomber Silver Star 4 Kills 12/10/1943
Hugh S. Thornell Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 12/13/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 12/13/1943
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 1 Kill 12/13/1943
Dave R. Contini Hitler Sucks Purple Heart KIA 12/13/1943
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Legion of Merit 5 Kills 12/13/1943
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Silver Star 2 Kills 12/13/1943
John C. Warners Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 12/13/1943
Colin W. Schub Mighty Madness Purple Heart KIA 12/16/1943
Jack M. Shave CloudSplitter Purple Heart Light Wound 12/16/1943
Rob W. Trojborg CloudSplitter Purple Heart Light Wound 12/16/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Silver Star 1 Kill 12/19/1943
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 12/19/1943
John H. Salami TommyKnocker DFC 2 Kills 12/19/1943
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Bronze Star Unknown 12/19/1943
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 12/19/1943
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 12/19/1943
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soliders Medal 1 Kill 12/31/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Bronze Star 4 Kills 12/31/1943
Kev C. Harms Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal Unknown 12/31/1943
Mike G. Ahola Flying Horsemen Purple Heart KIA 12/31/1943

[Airhog]

Okay, i am going to make a few changes with the next set of missions. For starters, I will no longer order a plan to turn back if it can no longer keep in formation. I will drop the bombs, and let it fly the mission out. I think this is more realistic then if I turned the plane around. Also, it should allow for more downed aircraft. There seems to be a bug in the game. If you send a plane back it doesnt fly the whole way back but somehow immediately lands. This should rectify this problem.

Also, I will turn the range of our guns down another 50 yards. This should make for more interesting battles in the sky. Basically this will allow the enemy to get closer before being shot down, and we should see more problems arise.

Flak is already at the highest level, so there isnt much i can do there. However I think that only berlin has the worst flak so not much i can do there short of editing some of the game files.

I am also going to reassign the two crews. One flight group will have all of the lowest number of planes shot down, the other will have the highest. This should allow for some of you guys to actually get some kills. I cant for the life of me figure out if there is any ryhme or reason too who gets the most kills, although it still looks like the guys in the back of the formation score more, I cant be sure.

ALso I dont believe we will end anytime soon. There are plenty of other target to attack. And most of the places we have bombed are still on the map, so they will warrant another round of attacks. I personally think the damage assesment the cpu provides is on the high side, but there is nothing I can do short of assigning my own ratings to the post mission recon. There are still 11 targets that are definately directly involved with the luftwaffe, and another 12 sites that are indirectly involved. There are also approximately 28 other industrial and steel factories, not too mention the 15 or so oil sites. So we still have many things to bomb.

[Airhog]

1/5/44 SKF Instrument Factory

Tommorrow we will attack the SKF plant. They produce nearly all of the precision instruments used by the german war machine. This will affect not only the luftwaffe but also the kreigsmarine and the general army. Flying tomorrow will be

WindDancer
Flying Crawfish
Mighty Madness
Flying Plantain
Crawling Chaos
Rust Bucket

[Breeze]

Hey, that kid from The 4 horsemen should get an accomidation for his actions. :)

I'll submit the request to the brass if need be.

[tucker342]

That was close.... at least I didn't get shot down.....

[Airhog]

Yeah he should, Ill see what i can do :)

[Airhog]

1/6/44 SKF INstrument Factory CLose Calls

This promises to be an interesting mission, since none of the planes have many kills.Someone will definately be getting some kills today We fly into france today, and we our hit by some heavy resistance 8 109's drop into our lap. Mighty Madness takes to the task and shoots down 5 of them. Wind Dancer and Crawling Chaos also bags one. Crawling chaos finally erases that big 0 and grabs a kill. Rustbucket continues their problems, with a fire in engine in number 3. They get it under control and are able to keep up. We fly onto the target, but our gunner is unable to see the target so we have to fly around again. We run into another 4 109's and proceed to take them out of the sky. Mighty madness bags another 3, and our escorts down one more. We run into some heavy flak as we drop our bombs. We pull out away from the flak zone. Flying Crawfish has to feather their number 1 engine. Trouble is brewing on their plane as both the pilot and co-pilot are wounded slightly. The are able to keep flying, and we have no further problems during this mission.

[Nyarlahotep]

Woo Hoo!!!!!!

[Airhog]

1/8/1944 Regensburg Messerschmitt Factory.

Tomorrow we attack a very important factory, the Messerschmitt Aircraft Factory. The assemble all Messerschmitt fighters here. Destroying this plant will severly reduce the readiness of the luftwaffe. Expect some heavy resistance tomorrow.

On board is

CloudSplitter
TommyKnocker
StormBringer
Hitler Sucks
Golden Bomber
Flying Horsemen

Good luck!

[Airhog]

1/9/1944 Regensburg Messerschmitt Factory Taking it too the enemy

All is quiet as we fly over the channel and enter france. Too quiet if ya ask me. We head towards the first of 2 flak zones we must cross. Suddenly 8 109's dive towards our flight group raking us with a spray of machine gun and cannon fire. We fight back bravely, Cloudsplitter downs one plane, and Hitler sucks downs t hree. Tommyknockers and Golden bomer both nab 2. We press on and reach the first flak zone. WE enter into some heavy flak when we are sieged by another 4 109's. Tommyknockers bags 2 more and Golden bomber and Flying horsemen both have 1 kill. We fly quietly towards the target and everything is silent again. We reach the target and start the bomb run. The germans must be expecting us, as another 4 109's attack. This time they hit the number 3 engine on Stormbringer. They manage to stay in formation long enough as we drop our bombs. we turn back toward england, as we continue to fend off the 109's. Tommyknockers has one more kill, and golden bomber shoots down the other 3. We fly towards england with just one more flak zone to pass through. Its a short zone, however the Pilot of TommyKnockers is hit by a piece of shrapnel and passes out. The Co-pilot takes over, and is able to fly the plane back safely. We return home without further incident.

[tucker342]

Awesome! Three kills:)

[Airhog]

Updated Stats


Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Kills PL Diff. Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site TD 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site N. Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Mod 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility TD 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory TD 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
12/19/1943 Sotigen Engine Factory High 11 0 2x 18
12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory TD 6 0 2x 20
12/25/1943 Bremen Fockewulf Factory High 4 0 2x 18
12/28/1943 Brunswick AeroIndusty Factory High 0 0 2x 18
12/31/1943 Kassel AE Factory TD 8 0 2x 20
1/3/1944 HiddenHeim Engine Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
1/6/1944 SKF Instrument Factory TD 11 0 2x 20
1/9/1944 Regensburg Messerschmit TD 16 0 2x 20


Name Plane Miss Kills Ldr KIA Points Status
Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 7 12 2 1 149 Active
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 7 9 1 1 130 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 7 2 1 0 122 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 7 5 1 0 122 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 7 1 0 0 118 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 7 13 1 1 150 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 7 9 1 0 136 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 7 11 1 1 136 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 7 18 2 0 194 Active
GoldenEagle Golden Bomber 7 13 1 0 156 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 7 5 2 0 132 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 6 4 1 0 132 Active
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 0 Destroyed
Render The Rajun Cajuns 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney BraveSaintSaturn 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve



Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 12 Alive
2 Freeman Golden Bomber 9 Alive
3 Robertson Flying horsemen 7 Alive
3 Hitchens Mighty Madness 7 Alive
5 Fajer Stormbringer 6 Alive
5 Salmi Tommy Knocker 6 Alive
7 Cooper Hitler Sucks 5 Alive
7 Miller Mighty Madness 5 Alive
7 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
7 Lui CloudSplitter 5 Alive
11 Free Flying Plantain 4 Alive
11 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 4 Alive
13 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 3 Alive
13 Kuenzle Stormbringer 3 Alive




Injured List
Name Plane Injury Injured Date Expected to return
Tompson Wind Dancer Shot 1/3/1944 1/17/1944
Lieberman TommyKnocker Light 1/9/1944 1/14/1944

Medal List January
Name Plane Medal Reason Date
Jay J. Meyer Rustbucket Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/6/1944
David O. Miller Mighty Madness Bronze Star 3 Kills 1/6/1944
John M. Hitchens Mighty Madness Soldiers Medal 5 Kills 1/6/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 1/9/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks DFC 3 Kills 1/9/1944
Matteo B. Lieberman TommyKnocker Purple Heart Light Wound 1/9/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/9/1944
Bill W. Freeman GoldenBomber Soldiers Medal 4 kills 1/9/1944

[Airhog]

1/11/1944 Regenburg Aircraft Component Factory

Tomorrow we hit the sister plant to the messerschmitt complex. This plant provides aircraft components to several factories, and destroying it will have an effect on the luftwaffe.

Tomorrows flight group is

WindDancer
Flying Crawfish
Mighty Madness
Flying Plantain
Crawling Chaos
Rust Bucket

[MrBug708]

The pilot passes out? Heh

[Airhog]

1/12/1944 Regensburg Component Factory Troubled skies

This mission starts out like every other mission. We fly out over the channel and into frace on our way towards the target. Midway to the first flak zone we run into some elite fighter pilots. They score a direct hit of The Flying Crawfish's #4 engine. It continues to run but black smoke pours out of it. I order them to drop their bombs and try to keep up. THe Flying PLantain takes a direct hit too the number 4 engine and it stops running. They are also forced to drop bombs and keep up. We knock 7 planes out of the sky, and press on towards the target. We enter into some flak but safely make it out without too much damage. Another group of fighters press into our midsts but we are successfully able to fend them off and down all four. Only 4 of the six planes drop bombs on the target, and it looks like a direct hit.(stupid ai and its low assesment, I destroyed all 4 of the main buildings, which should have been more. Oh well) We turn towards england and after another run through a flak zone we land safely without incident.

[Airhog]

A bug in the game is really the only thing that kept one of you from dying. It seems that somehow whenever a plane is going down due to both the pilot and co-pilot being injured, and you switch to that plane, then the plane immediately corrects itself and rejoins the formation. the downside is that this should not happen. For starters, its not very realistic how people suddenly without warning become incapacitated, even when they are not injured permanently. If I got shot in the leg my crew would know about it, unless I just passed out. Im still trying to come up with a solution to this problem, but I only see two anwsers. one would be to not select the plane and let it crash, however I should give the order to bail out. The other would be to jump in the plane and have someone take over flying, however this is unrealistic as well, since the plane will level out once i switch too it. Your input here would be most helpful as to what I should do.

[Airhog]

1/15/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works

This factory is located deep inside germany, nearly as far as the last target but more northerly. This is a big factory folks, and can easily take on any job that the luftwaffe needs. We suspect that with the recent attacks on several key factories that the luftwaffe is in the process of moving its FW 190 construction to this facility. Recon shows a few dozen FW 190's sitting around the plant. Hopefully this will further disorganize the Luftwaffe. We should see a significant decrease in overall fighter production as we have heavily damaged a large number of the factories that build fighters and bombers.

Flying will be

Tommyknockers
Cloudsplitter
Stormbringer
Hitler Sucks
Golden Bomber
Flying Horsemen

[Airhog]

hopefully I will able to fly some more soon. Ive just been busy with thanksgiving and all. Look for another update by sunday or so

[Airhog]

1/15/1944 Gotha Aircraft Factory

The luftwaffe is ready for us as we cross over into germany.
We are besieged by 109's After we finish shooting them down, 4 190's amd 4 109's join into the fray. We wound afew planes, and they limp back home. Stormbringer has her number 1 engine hit, and it starts to pour black smoke as they fall behind. They drop their payload and try to keep up with us. We cross over the first flak zone. Lucky for us, their aim seems a bit off. None of the planes are severly damaged as we reach the other side. We press on to the target, when another 4 109's attack our position. with help from our fighter escort we take care of them. We finally reach our target, but we have a tough time dropping the bombs, and only hit 3 buildings. We take some more flak as we head back to england. The rest of the flight is quiet, and we land safely.

[Airhog]

Here are the updated stats

Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Kills PL Diff. Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site TD 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site N. Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Mod 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility TD 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory TD 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
12/19/1943 Sotigen Engine Factory High 11 0 2x 18
12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory TD 6 0 2x 20
12/25/1943 Bremen Fockewulf Factory High 4 0 2x 18
12/28/1943 Brunswick AeroIndusty Factory High 0 0 2x 18
12/31/1943 Kassel AE Factory TD 8 0 2x 20
1/3/1944 HiddenHeim Engine Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
1/6/1944 SKF Instrument Factory TD 11 0 2x 20
1/9/1944 Regensburg Messerschmit TD 16 0 2x 20
1/12/1944 Regensburg Component Factory Low 11 0 1x 14
1/15/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works N. Miss 11 0 2x 12



Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 8 12 2 1 161 Active
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 8 9 1 1 142 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 8 4 1 0 144 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 8 7 1 0 136 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 8 6 0 0 152 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 8 14 1 1 168 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 8 13 1 0 162 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 8 15 1 1 164 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 8 19 2 0 210 Active
GoldenEagle Golden Bomber 8 15 1 0 176 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 8 5 2 0 150 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 7 5 1 0 146 Active
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 0 Destroyed
Render The Rajun Cajuns 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney BraveSaintSaturn 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve



Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 12 Alive
2 Freeman Golden Bomber 11 Alive
3 Robertson Flying horsemen 7 Alive
3 Hitchens Mighty Madness 7 Alive
3 Fajer Stormbringer 7 Alive
3 Salmi Tommy Knocker 7 Alive
3 Cooper Hitler Sucks 7 Alive
8 Miller Mighty Madness 6 Alive
8 Kuenzle Stormbringer 6 Alive
10 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 5 Alive
10 Lui CloudSplitter 5 Alive
10 Free Flying Plantain 5 Alive
10 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
14 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 4 Alive
14 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 4 Alive
16 Harms Flying Crawfish 3 Alive


Jay J. Meyer Rustbucket Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/6/1944
David O. Miller Mighty Madness Bronze Star 3 Kills 1/6/1944
John M. Hitchens Mighty Madness Soldiers Medal 5 Kills 1/6/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 1/9/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks DFC 3 Kills 1/9/1944
Matteo B. Lieberman TommyKnocker Purple Heart Light Wound 1/9/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/9/1944
Bill W. Freeman GoldenBomber Soldiers Medal 4 kills 1/9/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 4 Kills 1/12/1944
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Soldiers Medal 3 kills 1/15/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 2 kills 1/15/1944


Look for a few more rankings to come soon.

[Airhog]

Today we will attack the gotha aircraft factory again. We did a terrible job, and High command has told us that this is a very important target. We are not sure, but we suspect that a secret fighter project might be happening here. So we go back in hopes of further damaging this place.




On another note, I really wish they would have made another patch for this game. It could really use some tweaking to the AI as far as the germans are concerned, and several other options.
I wish that the german flights were more historically acurate. In the real war, the fighters would wait to engage the bomber groups after the escort had left, before the advent of the mustang. By the time that D-day rolls around, the mustang is flying the majority of escort misssions, whereas the p-38 lightning is more focused on strafing airfields and helping infantry.

German fighters also hit the planes as the bombers were flying towards the target and also away from the target. It would be more realistic if the game modeled this. also right now should be when the luftwaffe puts up its stiffest resistance. The majority of pilots are experienced fighters, unlike near the end of the war where very few of them were adequately trained.

[Nyarlahotep]

All I have to say is:

WOO HOO!!!! A medal!!!

[Airhog]

I have talked about bomb damage assesment in the past, about how inaccurate it was. Well I think this may not be a bug, but is pretty historical. Destroying a building that was building aircraft didnt mean that you actually destroyed that building's capability to produce aircraft. The building has nothing to do with it. In all actuallity the building isnt even needed. What is important is all that heavy manufacturing equipment. So I think that is how the game makes up for it. Now in real life, early in the war they had not learned this lesson, and it cost many men their lives.

[Airhog]

1/18/1944 The Calm before the storm Gotha Aircraft Factory

This mission is pretty quiet. We see most of our fighting right as we cross into france. we are attacked by 8 109's to begin with. And the action is fast and furious with Flying Crawfish racking up the kills. We dispatch the 8 just as another 4 fly up to greet us. We take relatively little damage. We fly through one flak zone on route towards the target. Everyone escapes pretty handily and we bomb the target. WE clean up here, and would have gotten a TD but we only managed to damage the last big building. However we destroyed 80% of the remaining buildings. We fly back to england safely.

[Airhog]

1/21/44 Regensburg Component Factory Second Time Around

We will be attacking this target again, to try and finish taking this site offline.

up for this mission will be

TommyKnocker
HitlerSucks
Golden Bomber
Mighty Madness
Stormbringer
Cloudsplitter

[Airhog]

1/21/1944 The Storm Rages On

The proves to be our toughest mission yet. Everything is quiet as we fly over the channel. Once we are inside germany, we are besieged by enemy planes. 8 of them strafe us over and over. The fighting is intense but we manage to subdue them. In the process, CloudSplitter is forced to drop their load early. There bomb bay doors are shot all up, so they are forced to manually open and close them. They lose their number 4 engine, but without the bombs, they manage to keep up. Another 8 planes try to knock us out of the sky. We fight them off, and manage to down some of them. Hitler Sucks continues their run of bad luck. Their number 4 engine starts to pour black smoke, and they drop out of formation. They quickly drop their bombs, and rejoin. We reach the target and 4 of the 6 planes drop bombs on it. It is good enough, and we score a Total Destruction of the site. We head back towards england and still have 1 more flak zone to cross through. We are pounded with flak, and Hitler sucks loses the number 3 engine. TommyKnocker also takes damage and the number 3 engine flames out. As we reach the end of the flak, we watch as golden bomber starts to lose altitude. They radio the flight leader, and let them know their plane's control surfaces are all shot up. They can no longer keep the plane level, without burning their engines up in a few minutes. They drop out of sight, and they radio us once more 30 seconds later. They are forced to bail out of the plane in enemy territory. and their plane crashes into the ground. Fortunately, all of the men survive. Unfortunately, all ten men are captured. Our group of beat up planes manage to make it back to england without any further losses.

That was really a tough one guys. Even on manual flight, I was unable to keep it level. I could keep it level if I cranked the engines all the way up, however it caused black smoke to pour out of all 4. WE were way too deep inside germany to fly like that for more than 5 or 10 minutes. I gave the order to bail out since their were no other options. It was really only a matter of time before we lost a plane. But it still a bit hard, especially when you have grown pretty attached to a plane.

[Airhog]

Latest Stats
Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Kills PL Diff. Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site TD 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site N. Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Mod 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility TD 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory TD 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
12/19/1943 Sotigen Engine Factory High 11 0 2x 18
12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory TD 6 0 2x 20
12/25/1943 Bremen Fockewulf Factory High 4 0 2x 18
12/28/1943 Brunswick AeroIndusty Factory High 0 0 2x 18
12/31/1943 Kassel AE Factory TD 8 0 2x 20
1/3/1944 HiddenHeim Engine Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
1/6/1944 SKF Instrument Factory TD 11 0 2x 20
1/9/1944 Regensburg Messerschmit TD 16 0 2x 20
1/12/1944 Regensburg Component Factory Low 11 0 1x 14
1/15/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works N. Miss 11 0 2x 12
1/18/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works High 10 0 2x 18
1/21/1944 Regensburg Component Factory TD 11 1 2x 20



Plane Miss Kills KIA Points Status
Cloudsplitter 9 14 1 179 Active
The Four Horsemen 9 10 1 164 Active
Rust Bucket 9 5 0 166 Active
The Flying Plantain 9 7 0 154 Active
Crawling Chaos 9 9 0 182 Active
The Mighty Madness 9 15 1 192 Active
The Stormbringer 9 16 0 194 Active
Hitler Sucks 9 19 1 190 Active
TommyKnocker 9 20 0 234 Active
Wind Dancer 9 6 0 172 Active
The Flying Crawfish 8 9 0 180 Active
The Rajun Cajuns 0 0 0 0 Active
Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 10 0 Destroyed
Golden Bomber 8 15 0 176 Destroyed
BraveSaintSaturn 0 0 0 0 Reserve



Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 12 Alive
2 Freeman Golden Bomber 11 MIA
4 Fajer Stormbringer 10 Alive
12 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 9 Alive
4 Salmi Tommy Knocker 8 Alive
3 Robertson Flying horsemen 8 Alive
9 Miller Mighty Madness 7 Alive
4 Hitchens Mighty Madness 7 Alive
4 Cooper Hitler Sucks 7 Alive
4 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 7 Alive
12 Lui CloudSplitter 7 Alive
9 Larsen Anxious Anxiety 6 Alive
9 Kuenzle Stormbringer 6 Alive
12 Free Flying Plantain 5 Alive
12 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 5 Alive
12 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
17 Harms Flying Crawfish 3 Alive
17 Compton RustBucket 3 Alive







Injured List
Name Plane Injury Injured Date Expected to return





Medal List January

Jay J. Meyer Rustbucket Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/6/1944
David O. Miller Mighty Madness Bronze Star 3 Kills 1/6/1944
John M. Hitchens Mighty Madness Soldiers Medal 5 Kills 1/6/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 1/9/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks DFC 3 Kills 1/9/1944
Matteo B. Lieberman TommyKnocker Purple Heart Light Wound 1/9/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/9/1944
Bill W. Freeman GoldenBomber Soldiers Medal 4 kills 1/9/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 4 Kills 1/12/1944
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Soldiers Medal 3 kills 1/15/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 2 kills 1/15/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 1/18/1944
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Silver Star 4 Kills 1/18/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/21/1944
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 3 Kills 1/21/1944
Mason M. Drumm TommyKnocker Purple Heart Light Wound 1/21/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 1 kill 1/21/1944


Mission Name Plane Kills
17 Robertson Flying Horsmen 1
17 Compton Rust Bucket 1
17 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 3
17 Larsen Flying Crawfish 4
17 Lahdesmaki Wind Dancer 1
18 Liu CloudSplitter 2
18 Niedeher Hitler Sucks 3
18 Salmi Tommy Knocker 1
18 Cooper Hitler Sucks 1
18 Hitchens Mighty Madness 1
18 Kuenzle Stormbringer 3

[Airhog]

Look for things to get a bit tougher. We are slowly moving deeper into germany. we only have 8 more targets that directly produce Aircraft parts. then we have a whole lot of targets that are important, but not as important. Also, we will try to stay in line with history a bit, and as d-day gets nearer, our focus will shift, much like the focus shifted in the real war.

[tucker342]

I have a feeling that it's only a matter of time before I get shot down.....

[Airhog]

Can all of our members check in please? Also I need confirmation from render that he still wishes to participate. Otherwise I will go to the next person on the list.

[sachmo71]

I'm still here!

[The Afoci]

I am still here

[Coffee Warlord]

Ditto

[Nyarlahotep]

Here.

[MrBug708]

Woot

[Breeze]

Still reading.

[Qwikshot]

Still reading...

[RendeR]

I'm still interested, what do I need to do?? =)

[Airhog]

Render: you will now have an active plane. There isnt a whole lot you can do, volunteer for a special mission or 2.

I will be posting several more mission updates today. At this rate we will be done in about 4 months :)

[Airhog]

1/24/1944 Halberstadt Aero Industry

Today we will attack a bomber plant. We believe they do some building of general parts used in the construction of bombers. Hitting this target should slow down the number of replacements.

[Airhog]

1/24/1944 Battle For Survival

We take off headed for germany. It isnt long before we are greeted by some enemy aircraft. 4 109's turn and burn through our group, hitting flying crawfish hard. They lose their number 1 engine and even after their bombs are dropped, they must return to base. We proceed further into germany and meet another group of 109's. This time Rust Bucket takes damage to their number 3 engine. They are unable to hold formation, so they drop their bombs early and pull back into the group. We make it over the target and prepare for the bomb run. Flak is very heavy here so we do our best to concentrate. We drop out bombs and start to pull away. Suddenly, The Four horsemens nose points towards earth and it starts to turn to the left. I notice that a big chunk of its left wing is missing along with part of its tail. It doesnt look as though they will pull it back level, and a short time later we see some parachutes. WE only are able to see 4 of them, and hope the rest of the crew was able to bail out. The rest of the flight group is able to fly home safely. Later we learn that all 10 crewmen from The Four Horsmen were captured. With a little luck some of them might actually make it back home alive.

[Airhog]

1/27/1944 Tutow Aircraft Works

Today we attack the tutow aircraft works. This is our deepest mission into germany yet, at 1545 miles. This is a large plant and high command believes that production of the fw 190's has been moved to this plant. Lets continue to hit them hard.

[Airhog]

1/27/1944 A sign of things to come?

Things start off bad right from the beginning. We are down one plane before we ever take off. A faulty landing gear on the Mighty Madness has grounded her for the day. This mission will be flown with just 5 planes. Also, Rajun Cajuns will be making their rookie mission, but it wont take long before they are veterens. We get the mission underway, and proceed into germay.We are blitzed by 2 waves of 109's. There is barely any time to catch our breath as fighters occupy us until deep into germany. Cloudsplitter gets really beat up. Their Tail Gunner Liu, is killed in action. They lose their number 2 engine, and our forced to drop their bombs early. We run into some more planes right over the target area, but they are rookies, and go down quite easily. We drop our bombs smashing the target. We limp home, and land safely.

This was really crappy for us having to fly 5 planes. Sometimes their are planes that are damaged I guess, but not severe enough to show it on the plane select clipboard. So I selected the 6 planes not knowing. and when i went to fly the mission on 5 were there. Usually I can go in and select another plane to fly in its place, however, it wouldnt let me do that, and I didnt save it after the last mission so I was forced to fly 5.

[Airhog]

Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Kills PL Diff. Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site TD 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site N. Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Mod 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility TD 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory TD 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
12/19/1943 Sotigen Engine Factory High 11 0 2x 18
12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory TD 6 0 2x 20
12/25/1943 Bremen Fockewulf Factory High 4 0 2x 18
12/28/1943 Brunswick AeroIndusty Factory High 0 0 2x 18
12/31/1943 Kassel AE Factory TD 8 0 2x 20
1/3/1944 HiddenHeim Engine Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
1/6/1944 SKF Instrument Factory TD 11 0 2x 20
1/9/1944 Regensburg Messerschmit TD 16 0 2x 20
1/12/1944 Regensburg Component Factory Low 11 0 1x 14
1/15/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works N. Miss 11 0 2x 12
1/18/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works High 10 0 2x 18
1/21/1944 Regensburg Component Factory TD 11 1 2x 20
1/24/1944 Halberstadt Bomber Factory TD 5 1 2x 20
1/27/1944 Tutow Aircraft Works TD 13 0 2x 20



Plane Miss Kills WIA KIA POW Medals Points Status
Cloudsplitter 10 15 4 2 0 6 187 Active
Rust Bucket 10 5 1 0 0 2 176 Active
The Flying Plantain 10 7 0 0 0 1 174 Active
Crawling Chaos 10 11 0 0 0 2 210 Active
The Mighty Madness 9 15 1 1 0 3 192 Active
The Stormbringer 10 18 2 0 0 8 222 Active
Hitler Sucks 10 21 2 2 0 4 212 Active
TommyKnocker 10 25 1 0 0 14 274 Active
Wind Dancer 10 7 1 0 0 1 196 Active
The Flying Crawfish 9 11 1 0 0 4 198 Active
The Rajun Cajuns 1 3 0 0 0 1 32 Active
BraveSaintSaturn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Active
Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 Destroyed
Golden Bomber 8 15 0 0 10 2 176 Destroyed
The Four Horsemen 10 10 1 1 10 5 164 Destroyed





Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 14 Alive
2 Fajer Stormbringer 11 Alive
2 Salmi Tommy Knocker 11 Alive
2 Freeman Golden Bomber 11 POW
5 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 10 Alive
6 Kuenzle Stormbringer 9 Alive
6 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 9 Alive
8 Cooper Hitler Sucks 8 Alive
8 Robertson Flying horsemen 8 POW
10 Miller Mighty Madness 7 Alive
10 Hitchens Mighty Madness 7 Alive
10 Lui CloudSplitter 7 KIA
13 Larsen Anxious Anxiety 6 Alive
14 Free Flying Plantain 5 Alive
14 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 5 Alive
14 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
14 Harms Flying Crawfish 5 Alive
18 Compton RustBucket 3 Alive


Most Decorated
Rank Name Plane Medals Status
1 Salami TommyKnocker 5 Alive
1 Fajer StormBringer 5 Alive
3 Cooper TommyKnocker 3 Alive
3 Ralls TommyKnocker 3 Alive
3 Kunzle StormBringer 3 Alive
3 Robertson Four Horsemen 3 POW
3 Lui CloudSplitter 3 KIA
8 Niedierher Hitler Sucks 2 Alive
8 Freeman Golden Bomber 2 POW




Injured List
Name Plane Injury Injured Date Expected to return





Medal List
Name Plane Medal Reason Date
Michael H. Free Flying Plantain Bronze Star 3 Kills 12/4/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/4/1943
Roy J. Vollmer RustBucket Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Chris G. Mercer CloudSplitter Purple Heart KIA 12/7/1943
Tim P. Pesonen Wind Dancer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/10/1943
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Purple Heart Light Wound 12/10/1943
Bill W. Freeman Golden Bomber Silver Star 4 Kills 12/10/1943
Hugh S. Thornell Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 12/13/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 12/13/1943
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 1 Kill 12/13/1943
Dave R. Contini Hitler Sucks Purple Heart KIA 12/13/1943
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Legion of Merit 5 Kills 12/13/1943
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Silver Star 2 Kills 12/13/1943
John C. Warners Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 12/13/1943
Colin W. Schub Mighty Madness Purple Heart KIA 12/16/1943
Jack M. Shave CloudSplitter Purple Heart Light Wound 12/16/1943
Rob W. Trojborg CloudSplitter Purple Heart Light Wound 12/16/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Silver Star 1 Kill 12/19/1943
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 12/19/1943
John H. Salami TommyKnocker DFC 2 Kills 12/19/1943
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Bronze Star Unknown 12/19/1943
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 12/19/1943
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 12/19/1943
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soliders Medal 1 Kill 12/31/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Bronze Star 4 Kills 12/31/1943
Kev C. Harms Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal Unknown 12/31/1943
Mike G. Ahola Flying Horsemen Purple Heart KIA 12/31/1943
Jay J. Meyer Rustbucket Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/6/1944
David O. Miller Mighty Madness Bronze Star 3 Kills 1/6/1944
John M. Hitchens Mighty Madness Soldiers Medal 5 Kills 1/6/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 1/9/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks DFC 3 Kills 1/9/1944
Matteo B. Lieberman TommyKnocker Purple Heart Light Wound 1/9/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/9/1944
Bill W. Freeman GoldenBomber Soldiers Medal 4 kills 1/9/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 4 Kills 1/12/1944
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Soldiers Medal 3 kills 1/15/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 2 kills 1/15/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 1/18/1944
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Silver Star 4 Kills 1/18/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/21/1944
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 3 Kills 1/21/1944
Mason M. Drumm TommyKnocker Purple Heart Light Wound 1/21/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 1 kill 1/21/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 kill 1/27/1944
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Bronze Star 2 kills 1/27/1944
Geoffrey R. Sheeran Hitler Sucks Purple Heart KIA 1/27/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Legion of Merit 3 Kills 1/27/1944
Wilbur M. Elrod Rajun Cajuns Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/27/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Purple Heart KIA 1/27/1944

19 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 2
19 Malmquist Wind Dancer 1
19 Harms Flying Crawfish 2
20 Liu CloudSplitter 1
20 Cooper Hitler Sucks 1
20 Ralls Tommy Knocker 2
20 Salmi Tommy Knocker 3
20 Elrod Rajun Cajuns 2
20 Tinschert Rajun Cajuns 1
20 Fajer Stormbringer 1
20 Compton Stormbringer 1
20 Neideher Hitler Sucks 1

[Airhog]

mckerney: Your up next my friend. :)

Also for those of you shot down, I need a new plane name if you wish to fly again.

[mckerney]

BS2 is ready to fly! Woohoo!

Yous guys had better not die right away again.

[Sublime]

Mind if "Zues' Ride" joins the rotation?

[Airhog]

Would Love to have you aboard

[sachmo71]

New plane... "Big Top Peewee"

[Godzilla Blitz]

Godzilla Blitz reporting for duty. Put me on the reserve list, sir.

I'm guessing you need a plane name...

Um...

Tinky Winky

Been watching too much Teletubbies with the boy. It's all I can think of at the moment.

[Airhog]

1/30/1944 Anthlam Aircraft Works

This plant is in the far northern area of germany, north of berlin and near the coast. You should see little Figther activity, although you can expect very heavy flak.

[Airhog]

1/30/1944 Quiet Ride

This mission proved to be one of our easier missions. The majority of our flight was over the ocean. Therefore we met little resistance from the luftwaffe until we approached land. Only one group of 109's came up to welcome us. The battle drug on, and were only able to down 3 of them. The other plane ran out of ammo, and had to return to base. We run through heavy flak on the approach towards the target, but luckily none of us is too damamged as we drop our bombs right on the mark. Tearing up the target. we turn around and head for home, thankful to be alive for another mission.

[Airhog]

2/2/1944 Heinkle Aircraft Plant

Today we attack a target Just north of berlin. This plant manufactures a large number of aircraft engines for several different planes. This should seriously hamper the german effort to repair and replace aircraft. Good luck men

In other news, talks between USA and GB continue. The possiblity for the invasion of europe looms closer. Also all the p-51 will be phased out of the 8th airforce. P-47's will replace many of them.

[Airhog]

2/2/1944 Bombs in Berlin

This could be one of our most dangerous missions yet. Berlin is pretty heavily defended. Luckily this target is on the outskirts of the flak zones. We should face some pretty stiff defenses. We ride into germany and everything is still quiet. 4 109's fly up to greet us. We are poor aims today or so it seems, as only 2 of them fall from our guns. Everything gets quiet again, as everyone expects the germans to unleash their full force upon us once we reach berlin. However, that attack never comes. We reach berlin, and although the flak is very heavy at times, we fail to see another enemy aircraft. Tommyknockers is hit the hardest. A piece of flak rips through the nose killing their bombadier. Their left waist gunner is also struck down by a flak burst. We bomb our target very successfully and head for home. Our landing is a little rough as flak had severed the hydraulics on tommyknockers landing gear, but they were able to crank it down before landing.

[Airhog]

Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Kills PL Diff. Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site TD 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site N. Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Mod 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility TD 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory TD 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
12/19/1943 Sotigen Engine Factory High 11 0 2x 18
12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory TD 6 0 2x 20
12/25/1943 Bremen Fockewulf Factory High 4 0 2x 18
12/28/1943 Brunswick AeroIndusty Factory High 0 0 2x 18
12/31/1943 Kassel AE Factory TD 8 0 2x 20
1/3/1944 HiddenHeim Engine Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
1/6/1944 SKF Instrument Factory TD 11 0 2x 20
1/9/1944 Regensburg Messerschmit TD 16 0 2x 20
1/12/1944 Regensburg Component Factory Low 11 0 1x 14
1/15/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works N. Miss 11 0 2x 12
1/18/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works High 10 0 2x 18
1/21/1944 Regensburg Component Factory TD 11 1 2x 20
1/24/1944 Halberstadt Bomber Factory TD 5 1 2x 20
1/27/1944 Tutow Aircraft Works TD 13 0 2x 20
1/30/1944 Anklam Aircraft Works High 3 0 2x 18
2/2/1944 Heinkle Aircraft Plant TD 2 0 2x 20

Name Plane Miss Kills WIA KIA POW Medals Points Status
Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 10 15 4 2 0 6 211 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 11 5 1 0 0 2 194 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 11 8 0 0 0 1 196 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 11 11 0 0 0 2 228 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 10 15 1 1 0 3 212 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 11 18 2 0 0 8 242 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 11 21 2 2 0 4 232 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 11 25 1 2 0 14 286 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 11 7 1 0 0 1 214 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 10 11 1 0 0 4 216 Active
Render The Rajun Cajuns 1 3 0 0 0 1 52 Active
Mckerney BraveSaintSaturn 2 2 0 0 0 0 26 Active
Sublime Zeus Rides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Sachmo72 Big Top PeeWee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Godzilla Blitz Tinky Winky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 Destroyed
Golden Eagle Golden Bomber 8 15 0 0 10 2 176 Destroyed
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 9 10 1 1 10 5 164 Destroyed




Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 15 Alive
2 Fajer Stormbringer 11 Alive
2 Salmi Tommy Knocker 11 Alive
2 Freeman Golden Bomber 11 POW
5 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 10 Alive
6 Kuenzle Stormbringer 9 Alive
6 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 9 Alive
8 Cooper Hitler Sucks 8 Alive
10 Miller Mighty Madness 8 Alive
8 Robertson Flying horsemen 8 POW
10 Hitchens Mighty Madness 7 Alive
10 Lui CloudSplitter 7 KIA
13 Larsen Anxious Anxiety 6 Alive
14 Free The Flying Plantain 5 Alive
14 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 5 Alive
14 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
14 Harms Flying Crawfish 5 Alive
18 Compton RustBucket 3 Alive



Most Decorated
Rank Name Plane Medals Status
1 Salami TommyKnocker 5 Alive
1 Fajer StormBringer 5 Alive
3 Cooper TommyKnocker 3 Alive
3 Ralls TommyKnocker 3 Alive
3 Kunzle StormBringer 3 Alive
3 Robertson Four Horsemen 3 POW
3 Lui CloudSplitter 3 KIA
8 Niedierher Hitler Sucks 2 Alive
8 Freeman Golden Bomber 2 POW


Jay J. Meyer Rustbucket Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/6/1944
David O. Miller Mighty Madness Bronze Star 3 Kills 1/6/1944
John M. Hitchens Mighty Madness Soldiers Medal 5 Kills 1/6/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 1/9/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks DFC 3 Kills 1/9/1944
Matteo B. Lieberman TommyKnocker Purple Heart Light Wound 1/9/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/9/1944
Bill W. Freeman GoldenBomber Soldiers Medal 4 kills 1/9/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 4 Kills 1/12/1944
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Soldiers Medal 3 kills 1/15/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 2 kills 1/15/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 1/18/1944
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Silver Star 4 Kills 1/18/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/21/1944
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 3 Kills 1/21/1944
Mason M. Drumm TommyKnocker Purple Heart Light Wound 1/21/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 1 kill 1/21/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 kill 1/27/1944
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Bronze Star 2 kills 1/27/1944
Geoffrey R. Sheeran Hitler Sucks Purple Heart KIA 1/27/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Legion of Merit 3 Kills 1/27/1944
Wilbur M. Elrod Rajun Cajuns Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/27/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Purple Heart KIA 1/27/1944
Graham M Nabahowski TommyKnocker Purple Heart KIA 2/2/1944
Steve M Lander TommyKnocker Purple Heart KIA 2/2/1944

21 Shue Brave Saint Saturn 2
21 Bruijn Flying Plantain 1
22 Miller CloudSplitter 1
22 Ralls Tommy Knocker 1

[Coffee Warlord]

My crew cannot hit shit!

But hey, we're surviving....somehow.

[RendeR]

Rock on Rajun Cajuns!

[Blade6119]

Blade6119 reporting for duty

my planes name?....hmmm:The Dominator

[Poli]

Ardent Enthusiast checking in as promised. Someone PM me with rules and regs and what's required of me. I'd prefer no one ask me for my name, rank, and serial #. :)

[Godzilla Blitz]

Originally posted by Blade6119
Blade6119 reporting for duty

my planes name?....hmmm:The Dominator

Oh god, no.

Keep me away from this one. I don't want to die young.

Wait a second.

On second thought, he'll probably draw all the enemy fighters and flak to him and leave the rest of us safe.

I've changed me mind. Tinky Winky would be honored to fly with The Dominator.

[Blade6119]

Originally posted by Godzilla Blitz
Oh god, no.

Keep me away from this one. I don't want to die young.

Wait a second.

On second thought, he'll probably draw all the enemy fighters and flak to him and leave the rest of us safe.

I've changed me mind. Tinky Winky would be honored to fly with The Dominator.

Im usually the dynasty punching bag, and am ok with that...just know zilla, that my boys havent forgotten that whole: "i dont know what happened....you just stood there while getting shot in the face" thing...they might "misfire" with their guns

[Airhog]

AE: all you need is a plane name. Occasionally I might post some volunteer missions, but since it is almost a contest, I thought that might favor people who spend far to much time here.

GB: thats a good idea, however he could just be a terrible aim. Ill try not to let your plane get in his gun sights :D

Blade: i will do my best to make sure your planes are shot down more than anyone elses...Its the least I could do

[MrBug708]

Well, I lost two guys, but not my gunners

[Poli]

Airhog, if all I need is a plane name let's go with "Freedom".

[Airhog]

Always a good choice AE. I have 2 more missions completed, but I still need to do some stuff before I post them.

[MrBug708]

What about....Pumpkin. That's much cooler

[Poli]

Done. Change it. :)

[Airhog]

2/5/1944 Basdorf AeroEngine Plant

We will be heading deep into germany today. Our target is a large engine plant. They manufacture engines strictly for Airplanes, so this is a high priority target.

[Airhog]

2/5/1944 One bumpy ride

Cloudy skies greet us over the channel and we prepare for another run deep into the bowels of germnay. We a far inside enemy territory when we are attacked, and the luftwaffe holds back nothing as they send 8 planes up to take us down. Our bomber wing holds together and is able to down 7 of the 8 aircraft. Misfortune strikes Brave Saint Saturn, as one of their crewmembers is hit by a stray bullet and killed. Black smokes pours out of their #2 engine, but they are able to stay information. The luftwaffe sends up another 4 planes. These guys are much better pilots. However, they picked the wrong group to mess with, and we down 3 of them. We reach the target amidst a hail of flak, some of the heaviest we will see. Luckily the Ground crews are a bad aim, and we narrowly avoid the worst of it. Our bombs are dropped, doing high damage to the target, and we fly back home to england, thankful to be alive.

[Airhog]

NEWS ALERT

Word has just reached us from high command. Studies have shown that the actual number of enemy planes produced per month has not be slowing down. New findings indictate that the bombing is ineffective, and that a new plan is being devised.




High command has given us a new mission priority. They had found that the ball bearing industry is a bottleneck industry for the german war machine. Destroying the capability to produce precision ball bearings will severly hurt the ability of produce and repair aircraft, tanks, submarines, etc. Ball bearing plants have been given the highest priority, and we expect you to take these targets out.

[Airhog]

2/8/1944 Operation Rolling thunder Elberfield Ball Bearing Plant

Our next series of targets are going to be against the ball bearing industry.

This first target is a decent sized factory for the germans. It does not produce any specific sizes, and can quickly switch to procduce a wide range of ball bearings. This plant must go first, so the germans will really feel the weight of the 8th wing bearing down on them.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Originally posted by Airhog
GB: thats a good idea, however he could just be a terrible aim. Ill try not to let your plane get in his gun sights :D

If his plane shoots here like he shoots in X-COM, please, keep me right in front of his sights. That would be the safest place.

[Airhog]

2/8/1944 The Loss of a good friend

This mission starts out like all others, cloudy weather and the blue channel below us, as we fly towards destiny.

We get hit hard and often on this mission with 11 different people claiming kills. During the first wave of enemy aircraft, Tommyknockers was hit really bad, their plane started to lose alitude and we never saw them again. CloudSplitters lost their number 2 and 3 engines and was forced to turn back to england. We battled on, and managed to down 15 enemy fighters in the process. We reach the target, and even though we are missing 2 planes, we drop our bombs perfectly, destroying or damaging every building. We turn back home and our thoughts are with TommyKnockers. We approach the base, and land safely. Upon our return we are met by the CO. He says that Tommyknockers made it back to base safely. Their radio was knocked out of commission. Some bad news though, one of Stormbringers hotshots, Kunzle was wounded pretty badly and died on the operating table. They also lost another member of their crew, Coninck. But for the rest of the crew, they will fly once more.

[Airhog]

Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Kills PL Diff. Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site TD 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site N. Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Mod 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility TD 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory TD 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
12/19/1943 Sotigen Engine Factory High 11 0 2x 18
12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory TD 6 0 2x 20
12/25/1943 Bremen Fockewulf Factory High 4 0 2x 18
12/28/1943 Brunswick AeroIndusty Factory High 0 0 2x 18
12/31/1943 Kassel AE Factory TD 8 0 2x 20
1/3/1944 HiddenHeim Engine Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
1/6/1944 SKF Instrument Factory TD 11 0 2x 20
1/9/1944 Regensburg Messerschmit TD 16 0 2x 20
1/12/1944 Regensburg Component Factory Low 11 0 1x 14
1/15/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works N. Miss 11 0 2x 12
1/18/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works High 10 0 2x 18
1/21/1944 Regensburg Component Factory TD 11 1 2x 20
1/24/1944 Halberstadt Bomber Factory TD 5 1 2x 20
1/27/1944 Tutow Aircraft Works TD 13 0 2x 20
1/30/1944 Anklam Aircraft Works High 3 0 2x 18
2/2/1944 Heinkle Aircraft Plant TD 2 0 2x 20
2/5/1944 Basdorf AeroEngine Plant High 11 0 2x 18
2/8/1944 Elberfield Ball Bearing Plant TD 15 0 2x 20



Name Plane Miss Kills WIA KIA POW Medals Points Status
Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 12 17 4 2 0 7 225 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 11 5 1 0 0 2 212 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 11 8 0 0 0 1 218 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 11 13 0 0 0 2 254 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 11 18 1 1 0 3 244 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 12 19 2 2 0 10 266 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 12 24 2 2 0 4 264 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 12 32 1 2 0 18 320 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 11 8 1 0 0 1 236 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 11 18 1 0 0 5 250 Active
Render The Rajun Cajuns 2 4 0 0 0 1 76 Active
Mckerney BraveSaintSaturn 2 3 0 1 0 1 42 Active
Sublime Zeus Rides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Sachmo72 Big Top PeeWee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Godzilla Blitz Tinky Winky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Blade6119 Dominator 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Ardent Enthusiast Freedom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 Destroyed
Golden Eagle Golden Bomber 8 15 0 0 10 2 176 Destroyed
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 9 10 1 1 10 5 164 Destroyed




Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 18 Alive
2 Salmi Tommy Knocker 13 Alive
2 Fajer Stormbringer 11 Alive
5 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 11 Alive
2 Freeman Golden Bomber 11 POW
6 Kuenzle Stormbringer 10 KIA
6 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 9 Alive
10 Miller Mighty Madness 9 Alive
10 Hitchens Mighty Madness 9 Alive
8 Cooper Hitler Sucks 8 Alive
13 Larsen Anxious Anxiety 8 Alive
14 Harms Flying Crawfish 8 Alive
8 Robertson Flying horsemen 8 POW
10 Lui CloudSplitter 7 KIA
14 Free Flying Plantain 5 Alive
14 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 5 Alive
14 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
15 Bode Crawling Chaos 4 Alive






Most Decorated
Rank Name Plane Medals Status
1 Salami TommyKnocker 6 Alive
2 Fajer StormBringer 5 Alive
3 Ralls TommyKnocker 4 Alive
4 Cooper TommyKnocker 3 Alive
4 Larson Flying Crawfish 3 Alive
4 Kunzle StormBringer 3 KIA
4 Robertson Four Horsemen 3 POW
4 Lui CloudSplitter 3 KIA
9 Niedierher Hitler Sucks 2 Alive
9 Freeman Golden Bomber 2 POW



Graham M Nabahowski TommyKnocker Purple Heart KIA 2/2/1944
Steve M Lander TommyKnocker Purple Heart KIA 2/2/1944
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/5/1944
Wheeler Brave S.S. Purple Heart KIA 2/5/1944
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/8/1944
Albert G. De Coninch StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/8/1944
Sean T. Schantz CloudSplitter Bronze Star 1 Kill 2/8/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/8/1944
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 2/8/1944

23 Bruijn Flying Plantain 1
23 Bode Crawling Chaos 2
23 Larsen Flying Crawfish 2
23 Harms Flying Crawfish 3
23 Ford Flying Crawfish 1
23 Blahusch Wind Dancer 1
23 Shue Brave S. S. 1
24 Miller Mighty Madness 1
24 Kitchens Mighty Madness 2
24 Kuenzle Stormbringer 1
24 Cooper Hitler Sucks 1
24 Hildebrandt Hitler Sucks 1
24 Niedeher Hitler Sucks 1
24 Ralls Tommy Knocker 3
24 Salmi Tommy Knocker 2
24 Schub Tommy Knocker 1
24 Elrod Rajun Cajuns 1
24 Schantz CloudSplitter 1

[MrBug708]

Those bastards thought they had taken me out, HA!!


Never! I'm a flying legend

[Nyarlahotep]

Originally posted by MrBug708
I'm a flying legend


I thought you were a legendary fly?

[tucker342]

Oh ya, 2nd place in points. Soon to be first place:)

[Airhog]

well, I tried to get a mission done today. Unfortunately I was not able to. My power supply fan has all but gone out. I was in the middle of flying back to england when the game suddenly exited. Luckily I noticed no circulation after I cleaned it out. I may have another power supply that i can put in. If so I will try to fly some missions tomorrow.

[mckerney]

Boo our guys dying.

I thought after the first mission mine had done enough dying. :(

[MrBug708]

Originally posted by tucker342
Oh ya, 2nd place in points. Soon to be first place:)

Kamikazing yourself to pass me isn't worth it

[Blade6119]

it could be....depends on how bad he wants those points

[Airhog]

2/11/1944 Stuttgart BB factory

Today we attack the Ball Bearing factory at stuttgart. A very important target. They are one of only 3 stand alone sites, and hitting them will hurt the germans.

We have changed the rotation to reflect the bomber crews. Going out today will be

Rustbucket
Flying Plantain
Wind Dancer
Rajun Cajuns
Brave Saint Saturn
Crawling Chaos

[Airhog]

2/11/1944 The Germans fight back

This mission proves to be interesting. We make it across the channel and we are besieged by the enemy over the coast of france. Crawling Chaos is almst immediatly hit by a fighter. Their number 2 smokes and goes out. They start to fall back, but manage to down 2 fighters. Killed in the action is Van Meeteren when a bullet rips through the plexiglass nose, and hits him in the neck. We fight our way through some more fighters. Rustbucket loses a man, Charborneau. He is wounded very badly with little chance to make it home alive. It is uncertain if he would even survive a bail out. The captain gives him a choice, and he chooses to stay on board. He loses conciousness soon after, and dies. We reach our target and deliver our payload wiping it out. We return home safely.

[Airhog]

2/14/1944 Shweinfurt BB Factory A

This is the mother of all factory sites. Basically there are 5 different sites here to hit. Sites A through E Each factory produces a specific range of ball bearings, and related components. We will be hitting each site. this should crush the germans capability to produce them.

Flying Today

TommyKnocker
Mighty Madness
CloudSplitter
Flying Crawfish
Stormbringer
Hitler Sucks

[Airhog]

2/14/1944 Bad Aim

We meet plenty of resistance over the skies of france today. However, we cannot seem to shoot them down. Most of them run out of ammo and return. They do some damage though, as Hitler sucks is forced to drop out and return to base. TommyKnockers is also forced out of formation after losing their number 3 engine. Miller onboard cloudsplitters is injured, but will most likely survive. This mission features a whole bunch of flak. We get hit by it twice on the way to the target, and three times coming out of it. Our planes look like swiss cheese by the time we land. Post mission recon, shows that we have decimated our target.

[Airhog]

2/2/1944 Heinkle Aircraft Plant TD 2 0 2x 20
2/5/1944 Basdorf AeroEngine Plant High 11 0 2x 18
2/8/1944 Elberfield Ball Bearing Plant TD 15 0 2x 20
2/11/1944 Stuttgart Ball Bearing Factory TD 7 0 2x 20
2/14/1944 Schwienfurt BB A Factory TD 4 0 2x 20


Name Plane Miss Kills WIA KIA POW Medals Points Status
Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 13 17 5 2 0 7 245 Active
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 13 7 1 1 0 3 234 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 13 8 0 0 0 1 238 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 13 15 0 1 0 3 266 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 12 19 1 1 0 3 268 Active
Archer219 The Stormbringer 13 21 2 2 0 10 294 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 13 25 2 2 0 4 274 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 13 32 1 2 0 18 330 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 13 9 1 0 0 1 260 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 12 18 1 0 0 5 274 Active
Render The Rajun Cajuns 5 5 0 0 0 1 100 Active
Mckerney BraveSaintSaturn 4 4 0 1 0 2 66 Active
Sublime Zeus Rides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Sachmo72 Big Top PeeWee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Godzilla Blitz Tinky Winky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Ardent Enth. Pumpkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 Destroyed
Golden Eagle Golden Bomber 8 15 0 0 10 2 176 Destroyed
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 9 10 1 1 10 5 164 Destroyed



Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 18 Alive
2 Salmi Tommy Knocker 13 Alive
3 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 11 Alive
3 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 11 Alive
3 Freeman Golden Bomber 11 POW
6 Fajer Stormbringer 10 Alive
6 Kuenzle Stormbringer 10 KIA
8 Miller Mighty Madness 9 Alive
8 Hitchens Mighty Madness 9 Alive
10 Cooper Hitler Sucks 8 Alive
10 Larsen Anxious Anxiety 8 Alive
10 Harms Flying Crawfish 8 Alive
10 Robertson Flying horsemen 8 POW
14 Lui CloudSplitter 7 KIA
15 Free Flying Plantain 5 Alive
15 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 5 Alive
15 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
18 Shue Brave S. S. 4 Alive
18 Bode Crawling Chaos 4 Alive
18 Meyer RustBucket 4 Alive







Most Decorated
Rank Name Plane Medals Status
1 Salami TommyKnocker 6 Alive
2 Fajer StormBringer 5 Alive
3 Ralls TommyKnocker 4 Alive
4 Cooper TommyKnocker 3 Alive
4 Larson Flying Crawfish 3 Alive
4 Kunzle StormBringer 3 KIA
4 Robertson Four Horsemen 3 POW
4 Lui CloudSplitter 3 KIA
9 Niedierher Hitler Sucks 2 Alive
9 Freeman Golden Bomber 2 POW


Medal List
Graham M Nabahowski TommyKnocker Purple Heart KIA 2/2/1944
Steve M Lander TommyKnocker Purple Heart KIA 2/2/1944
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/5/1944
Wheeler Brave S.S. Purple Heart KIA 2/5/1944
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/8/1944
Albert G. De Coninch StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/8/1944
Sean T. Schantz CloudSplitter Bronze Star 1 Kill 2/8/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/8/1944
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 2/8/1944
Jack Miller CloudSplitter Purple Heart WIA 2/14/1944

Mission Kills
25 Shue Brave S. S. 1
25 Meyer Rust Bucket 2
25 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 2
25 Tinschert Rajun Cajuns 1
25 Yoder Wind Dancer 1
26 Sullivan Mighty Madness 1
26 Fajer Stormbringer 2
26 Wilkinson Flying Crawfish 1

[Airhog]

I have some news which is good for me, but bad for the dynasty. Due to our outstanding achievements, I may be up for promotion. Im not sure yet if this will end the game for me, but it looks that way. I may not know anything for some time, but if our success continues, I might get it. Ill try to come up with a solution, but in the mean time, we will continue to play.

[Poli]

Can't you just sabotage us? :)

[Blade6119]

Originally posted by ardent enthusiast
Can't you just sabotage us? :)
You mean send me out with you guys...ithas the same effect

[Airhog]

well, the only way to sabotage you guys would be to send you all out into the ground from 30000k feet

[Poli]

I assume we're not talking Aussie flying rules.

One of the rules is that any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

Any landing where the plane is still usable is an excellent one.

[mckerney]

Originally posted by Airhog
2/11/1944 Stuttgart BB factory

We're finally bombing Stuttgart! Just wait 'til Jeeber finds out. :)

[Blade6119]

I go from reserve to not even on list....nice

[Airhog]

oh poop, did I leave your name off?

Well Ill be sure to demote the guy that does the list to cleaning the latrine with a spoon

[Poli]

Poor guy. :)

[tucker342]

yummy

[Airhog]

I am going to try and post an update tonight. I ahve been really busy with a project, and just havent had time this week to play

[Airhog]

well It looks like my golf game with the other commanders lasted longer then I thought. I had a full plate this weekend. But i did get one mission finished. I tried to do another mission tonight but my gf took over my computer. If I dont have time to do one tomorrow, I will post what i have

[Airhog]

2/17/1944 SchweinFurt BB Factory #C

More of the same today folks. We have hit almost half of the sites. Here today we plan to continue hitting them hard. This should really put the pinch on them.

[Airhog]

2/17/1944 Fire in the hole

We meet some heavy resistance inside france. Our planes are constantly under attack from 4-8 planes nearly all the way to the target. We are forced to fly through three flak zones, so we have an increased risk of losing a plane. Midway to our target, Rajun Cajuns gets raked pretty good from cannon fire. They lose their tail gunner and a waist gunner. Rustbucket is dinged up, but continues to stay in formation. After fighting our way though the enemy we drop our bombs. They demolish the site, and end any chance of ball bearing being produced for some time at this site. Everything is fine until we run into our final flak zone. A flak shell rips through the wing of Rustbucket, and it leaves a big hole. It must have hit the controls, because they start to fall out of formation. They continue to dive, and I give the order to bail out. However, they are pulling alot of g's and we only see a few parachutes deploy. Sadly we continue home, and later learn that only 5 men survived, but were taken prisoner

[Airhog]

2/20/1944 Schweinfurt Ball Bearing Factory #B

High command has informed us to keep up the good work. If we continue to knock these sites out, they expect the ball bearing production to drop by 55-70 percent.

[Airhog]

2/20/1944 Unexpected Results

This mission is pretty routine to begin. We run into some moderate fighter pressure over france. They manage to ding up both cloudsplitter and tommyknocker. Both planes are forced to turn around and head back to base. Amidst fending of fighters, we drop our bombs and tear most of the target up. We turn back to england and make it through our final flak zone. We start across the channel, when Stormbringer radios in with problems. His number 1 engine was out, and now his number 4 engine is out. He feathers both engines, and continues home. We near the coast of england, and he drops out of formation. He starts to slowly lose altitude. Black smoke starts to pour from his engines. Rather then risk bailing out into the cold english channel, he decides to risk making it back to england. He finally makes it back over the coast and is about 1500 feet in the air. more complications arise though, his number 3 engine catches on fire. The engine sputters and they start to head towards the ground rapidly. The pilot makes a valiant effor to save the plane, and manages to get the nose up. However it does little good as they are falling to fast. They hit the ground and the plane catches on fire. We fly home, and learn that all of the men still alive when the plane crashed were most likely killed instantly.

[Airhog]

Update



2/2/1944 Heinkle Aircraft Plant TD 2 0 2x 20
2/5/1944 Basdorf AeroEngine Plant High 11 0 2x 18
2/8/1944 Elberfield Ball Bearing Plant TD 15 0 2x 20
2/11/1944 Stuttgart Ball Bearing Factory TD 7 0 2x 20
2/14/1944 Schwienfurt BB A Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
2/17/1944 Schwienfurt BB C Factory TD 17 1 2x 20
2/20/1944 Schwienfurt BB B Factory TD 11 1 2x 20

Name Plane Miss Kills WIA KIA POW Medals Points Status
Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 14 21 5 2 0 8 271 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 14 10 0 0 0 3 266 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 14 18 0 1 0 4 298 Active
Tasan The Mighty Madness 13 19 1 1 0 3 288 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 14 29 2 2 0 5 310 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 14 34 1 2 0 18 348 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 14 12 1 0 0 2 292 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 13 19 1 0 0 5 298 Active
Render The Rajun Cajuns 6 12 0 2 0 5 136 Active
Mckerney BraveSaintSaturn 5 6 0 1 0 3 94 Active
Sublime Zeus Rides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Active
Sachmo72 Big Top PeeWee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Active
Godzilla Blitz Tinky Winky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Ardent Pumpkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Blade The Dominator 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 Destroyed
Golden Eagle Golden Bomber 8 15 0 0 10 2 176 Destroyed
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 9 10 1 1 10 5 164 Destroyed
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 14 7 7 6 5 8 204 Destroyed
Archer219 The Stormbringer 14 21 2 12 0 20 234 Destroyed

Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 20 Alive
2 Salmi Tommy Knocker 13 Alive
3 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 12 Alive
3 Cooper Hitler Sucks 12 Alive
5 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 11 Alive
5 Freeman Golden Bomber 11 POW
7 Fajer Stormbringer 10 KIA
7 Kuenzle Stormbringer 10 KIA
9 Miller Mighty Madness 9 Alive
9 Hitchens Mighty Madness 9 Alive
9 Harms Flying Crawfish 9 Alive
12 Larsen Anxious Anxiety 8 Alive
12 Elrod Rajun Cajuns 8 Alive
12 Robertson Flying horsemen 8 POW
15 Lui CloudSplitter 7 KIA
16 Free Flying Plantain 5 Alive
16 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 5 Alive
16 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
16 Schantz Cloudsplitter 5 Alive
20 Shue Brave S. S. 4 Alive
20 Bode Crawling Chaos 4 Alive
20 Meyer RustBucket 4 Alive
20 Tinschert Rajun Cajuns 4 KIA
20 Blahusch Wind Dancer 4 Alive








Most Decorated
Rank Name Plane Medals Status
1 Salami TommyKnocker 6 Alive
1 Fajer StormBringer 6 KIA
3 Cooper TommyKnocker 4 Alive
3 Ralls TommyKnocker 4 Alive
3 Kunzle StormBringer 4 KIA
6 Nablowski Crawling Chaos 3 Alive
6 Larson Flying Crawfish 3 Alive
6 Lui CloudSplitter 3 KIA
6 Robertson Four Horsemen 3 POW
10 Niedierher Hitler Sucks 2 Alive
10 Shue Brave S S 2 Alive
10 Free Flying Plantain 2 Alive
10 Elrod Rajun Cajuns 2 Alive
10 Tincshert Rajun Cajuns 2 KIA
10 Freeman Golden Bomber 2 KIA

Graham M Nabahowski TommyKnocker Purple Heart KIA 2/2/1944
Steve M Lander TommyKnocker Purple Heart KIA 2/2/1944
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/5/1944
Wheeler Brave S.S. Purple Heart KIA 2/5/1944
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/8/1944
Albert G. De Coninch StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/8/1944
Sean T. Schantz CloudSplitter Bronze Star 1 Kill 2/8/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/8/1944
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 2/8/1944
Jack Miller CloudSplitter Purple Heart WIA 2/14/1944
Jacob G.Federrici RustBucket Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Martin A.Guidi RustBucket Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Henricus M. Sullvan RustBucket Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Paul D. Battles RustBucket Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Oscar P. Grund RustBucket Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Marcus M. Lahdesmaki Flying Plantain Purple Heart WIA 2/17/1944
Joe V. West Rajun Cajuns Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Devin V. Tinschert Rajun Cajuns Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Devin V. Tinschert Rajun Cajuns Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/17/1944
Christopher J. Shue Brave S. S. Bronze Star 2 Kills 2/17/1944
Michael H. Free Flying Plantain Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/17/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 2/17/1944
Wilbur M. Elrod Rajun Cajuns Silver Star 5 Kills 2/17/1944
Joel G. Blahusch Wind Dancer Bronze Star 3 Kills 2/17/1944
David F. Smiley StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Dirk G. Yoder StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Sean C. Blahusch StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Lister C. Whitley StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
John. F. Kuenzle StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Roger C. Compton StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Henricus Johansen StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
David B. Smeck StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Gareth Robillo StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 2 Kills 2/20/1944

7 Tinschert Rajun Cajuns 2
27 Shue Brave S. S. 2
27 Free Flying Plantain 2
27 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 3
27 Elrod Rajun Cajuns 5
27 Blahusch Wind Dancer 3
28 Cooper Hitler Sucks 2
28 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 2
28 Ralls Tommy Knocker 2
28 Miller CloudSplitter 2
28 Schantz CloudSplitter 2
28 Harms Flying Crawfish 1



Coffee Warlord and Archer219: I need new plane names from you if you wish to continue to participate.

[Airhog]

2/23/1944 SchweinFurt BB factory #E

Only two targets remain at Schweinfurt. We will be taking out the small factory today. We believe it it mainly a rail depot, and a shipping yard for the complex. This site is an important link, and this will further help stop the flow of ball bearings.

[Archer219]

Originally posted by Airhog
We start across the channel, when Stormbringer radios in with problems. His number 1 engine was out, and now his number 4 engine is out. He feathers both engines, and continues home. We near the coast of england, and he drops out of formation. He starts to slowly lose altitude. Black smoke starts to pour from his engines. Rather then risk bailing out into the cold english channel, he decides to risk making it back to england. He finally makes it back over the coast and is about 1500 feet in the air. more complications arise though, his number 3 engine catches on fire. The engine sputters and they start to head towards the ground rapidly. The pilot makes a valiant effor to save the plane, and manages to get the nose up. However it does little good as they are falling to fast. They hit the ground and the plane catches on fire. We fly home, and learn that all of the men still alive when the plane crashed were most likely killed instantly.

Nooooooooo!

[Coffee Warlord]

Oh my god! You killed Rust Bucket!

YOU BASTARDS!

The "Rusty Avenger" shall come and bring hope!

[Poli]

Pumpkin is ready to go!

[Blade6119]

ahead of me....despite signing up after me...even here, and not just in MO, do you overshadow me...at least i still have my 1,000% winning percentage against you

[Airhog]

Blade: Once again I find the list guy at fault. I will make the nessecary corrections, and you will be placed ahead of AE. Of course it just means that he will take over your spot when you die :D

[Airhog]

2/23/1944 Rockin the Boat

We have shuffled the planes around once more. Flying today is

BigTop Peewee
Zues Rides
Brave Saint Saturn
Rajun Cajuns
Flying Plantain
Wind Dancer

As you can see, its mostly are new crews, but I figure this gives them more of a chance to improve their skills and earn kills.

We fly over france, and run into some germans today. They manage to wound A man on Big Top Peewee. He is pretty seriously hurt, but would rather stay onboard. We dispatch one round of fighters, and head into some flak. Wind Dancer, loses their number 4 engine to a flak burst, and have no other option but to turn back. Dunn, onboard Zues Rides, is killed when a flak fragment rips through the glass nose cone. We engage some more fighters after leaving the flak. These give us much less trouble, and we press on to the target. IT is very cloudy, but our excellent bomber manages to hit the target destroying it. We turn for home, and pass through the final flak zone unharmed.

[Airhog]

2/26/1944 Schweinfurt BB factory #d

Well we finally hit the last site at Schweinfurt. Germany must be hurting, and hopefulyy our efforts were not in vain. Flying today is

TommyKnocker
HitlerSucks
CloudSplitter
Mighty Madness
Crawling Chaos
Flying Crawfish

[Airhog]

2/29/1944 Final Thoughts

Its a pretty normal flight to begin with. Fighters intercept our group in france. Immediatly Crawling Chaos has their number 4 engine hit. They manage to stay up for the time being. We take out one group of fighters, just as another group hits us again. Mighty Madness takes some damage, but everything looks okay. We press on, and finally manage to fight our way over the target. WE drop our bombs, but our aim is slightly off. We only manage a high amount of damage. We fly on towards home, and pass through the final flak zone. We recieve word from Mighty Madness, that they have taken damage. Their number #1 engine goes out, and they start to fall behind a bit. We reach the channel, and begin across it. Mighty Madness is still barely in sight, when they radio us again. Their plane has lost its number 2 engine also. They attempt to fly it back over land before bailing out, or attempting to crash land. However, with both engines on one side out, they have no chance, being in the middle of the channel, so they put out a mayday. They are basically flying in circles with no chance of reaching the coast. They stay aloft as long as possible, before issuing the command to bail out. Upon returning home, we learn that only 2 members were killed in the ditch attempt. The rest of the crew survived. One of the members was badly hurt, and is expected to live.

[Airhog]

Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Kills PL Diff. Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site TD 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site N. Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Mod 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility TD 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory TD 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
12/19/1943 Sotigen Engine Factory High 11 0 2x 18
12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory TD 6 0 2x 20
12/25/1943 Bremen Fockewulf Factory High 4 0 2x 18
12/28/1943 Brunswick AeroIndusty Factory High 0 0 2x 18
12/31/1943 Kassel AE Factory TD 8 0 2x 20
1/3/1944 HiddenHeim Engine Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
1/6/1944 SKF Instrument Factory TD 11 0 2x 20
1/9/1944 Regensburg Messerschmit TD 16 0 2x 20
1/12/1944 Regensburg Component Factory Low 11 0 1x 14
1/15/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works N. Miss 11 0 2x 12
1/18/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works High 10 0 2x 18
1/21/1944 Regensburg Component Factory TD 11 1 2x 20
1/24/1944 Halberstadt Bomber Factory TD 5 1 2x 20
1/27/1944 Tutow Aircraft Works TD 13 0 2x 20
1/30/1944 Anklam Aircraft Works High 3 0 2x 18
2/2/1944 Heinkle Aircraft Plant TD 2 0 2x 20
2/5/1944 Basdorf AeroEngine Plant High 11 0 2x 18
2/8/1944 Elberfield Ball Bearing Plant TD 15 0 2x 20
2/11/1944 Stuttgart Ball Bearing Factory TD 7 0 2x 20
2/14/1944 Schwienfurt BB A Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
2/17/1944 Schwienfurt BB C Factory TD 17 1 2x 20
2/20/1944 Schwienfurt BB B Factory TD 11 1 2x 20
2/23/1944 Schwienfurt BB E Factory TD 9 0 2x 20
2/26/1944 Schwienfurt BB D Factory High 11 1 2x 18




Member list
Name Plane Miss Kills WIA KIA POW Medals Points Status Plane Name in game
Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 14 22 5 2 0 8 293 Active
JeeberD Flying Plantain 15 12 0 0 0 4 284 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 15 19 0 1 0 6 306 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 15 30 2 2 0 7 336 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 15 38 1 2 0 19 348 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 15 13 1 0 0 2 306 Active
The Afoci Flying Crawfish 14 23 1 0 0 7 328 Active
Render Rajun Cajuns 7 14 0 2 0 5 164 Active
Mckerney Brave S. S. 6 7 0 1 0 3 118 Active
Sublime Zeus Rides 1 1 0 1 0 1 18 Active
Sachmo72 Big Top PeeWee 1 2 1 0 0 1 28 Active
Godzilla Blitz Tinky Winky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Active
Blade The Dominator 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Ardent Pumpkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Coffee Warlord Rusty Avenger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney Square Root 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 Destroyed
Golden Eagle Golden Bomber 8 15 0 0 10 2 176 Destroyed
Sachmo71 Four Horsemen 9 10 1 1 10 5 164 Destroyed
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 14 7 7 6 5 8 204 Destroyed
Archer219 Stormbringer 14 21 2 12 0 20 234 Destroyed
Tasan Mighty Madness 14 19 2 3 0 6 276 Destroyed



Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 20 Alive
2 Salmi Tommy Knocker 16 Alive
3 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 13 Alive
3 Cooper Hitler Sucks 13 Alive
5 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 12 Alive
5 Harms Flying Crawfish 12 Alive
7 Freeman Golden Bomber 11 POW
8 Fajer Stormbringer 10 KIA
8 Kuenzle Stormbringer 10 KIA
10 Miller Mighty Madness 9 Alive
10 Hitchens Mighty Madness 9 Alive
12 Larsen Anxious Anxiety 8 Alive
12 Elrod Rajun Cajuns 8 Alive
12 Robertson Flying horsemen 8 POW
15 Lui CloudSplitter 7 KIA
16 Free Flying Plantain 6 Alive
16 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 6 Alive
16 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
16 Schantz Cloudsplitter 5 Alive








Most Decorated
Rank Name Plane Medals Status
1 Salami TommyKnocker 7
2 Fajer StormBringer 6 KIA
3 Cooper TommyKnocker 5
4 Ralls TommyKnocker 4
4 Kunzle StormBringer 4 KIA
4 Nablowski Crawling Chaos 4
4 Larson Flying Crawfish 4
8 Lui CloudSplitter 3 KIA
8 Robertson Four Horsemen 3 POW


Don M. Dunn Zeus Rides Purple Heart KIA 2/23/1944
Phil S. Kaumeier BigTop Peewee Purple Heart WIA 2/23/1944
Michael H. Free Flying Plantain Bronze Star 1 Kills 2/23/1944
Joel I. Savas Crawling Chaos Purple Heart KIA 2/26/1944
Terry K. Poiters Mighty Madness Purple Heart KIA 2/26/1944
John M. Hitchens Mighty Madness Purple Heart KIA 2/26/1944
Rune P. Wesberg Mighty Madness Purple Heart WIA 2/26/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 2/26/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 2/26/1944
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 2/26/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Bronze Star 3 Kills 2/26/1944
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal Unknown 2/26/1944
Kev C. Harms Flying Crawfish DFC 3 Kills 2/26/1944


29 Edward Brave S. S. 1
29 Roberts Zeus Rides 1
29 Free Flying Plantain 1
29 Bruijn Flying Plantain 1
29 Shagen BigTop Peewee 2
29 Francis Rajun Cajuns 2
29 Lahdesmaki Wind Dancer 1
30 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 1
30 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 1
30 Cooper Hitler Sucks 1
30 Salmi Tommy Knocker 3
30 Harms Flying Crawfish 3
30 Miller Cloud Splitter 1
30 Sheeran Sheeran 1



Tasan and Archer, I need new plane names from you if you wish to continue.

[RendeR]

Rock on Rajun Cajuns!!! Kick that Nazi Ass!~

[Airhog]

2/29/1944 Bethune Oil Factory

We will be hitting targets of oppurtunity today. Bethune is a small refinery inside france. Taking this site out, will definately help us in preperation for the invasion

[Airhog]

2/29/1944 Incendiary Sucks

This mission is rather short. we are under constant attack throughout the mission. This group is mainly new planes, but they do a good job today of getting us through everything. However, the lead bomber does a terrible job of hitting the target. We totally miss the sight, just doing collateral damage. This mission is over before we know it, and luckily no planes are lost.

[Airhog]

2/3/1944 Bethune Again

We will try to knock out this site again. hopefully our more experienced crew can finish the job.

[Airhog]

2/3/1944 Final Farewell

This mission is more of the same. Just like the last mission we are under constant attack. We do manage to inflict high damage on the site and return home safely









I apologize for the poor write-ups. However, I finished this mission and got the letter ending the game for us. I have been promoted, and their is really nothing I can do. I enjoyed this dynasty, but I am also glad that it is over. I might do another dynasty similar to this at a later date. I hope everyone enjoyed this dynasty, and I would like to thank everyone that participated. I have an idea for another group like dynasty, and those of you that were waiting to get a shot, will get the first dibs in my next dynasty. The stats account for everything but the final mission kills and medals. It immediately exited my game after finishing.

[Airhog]

Final Stats


Mission List
Date Target Attacked Result Kills PL Diff. Base Points
12/1/1943 Watten Special Weapons Site TD 3 1 1x 10
12/4/1943 Abbeville V1 Rocket Site N. Miss 4 0 1x 6
12/7/1943 Lieven Oil Production Facility Mod 7 0 1x 8
12/10/1943 Harnes Oil Production Facility TD 8 0 1x 10
12/13/1943 Tours Aircraft Factory TD 16 0 2x 20
12/16/1943 Sotigen Airframe Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
12/19/1943 Sotigen Engine Factory High 11 0 2x 18
12/22/1943 Osnabruck Aircraft Factory TD 6 0 2x 20
12/25/1943 Bremen Fockewulf Factory High 4 0 2x 18
12/28/1943 Brunswick AeroIndusty Factory High 0 0 2x 18
12/31/1943 Kassel AE Factory TD 8 0 2x 20
1/3/1944 HiddenHeim Engine Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
1/6/1944 SKF Instrument Factory TD 11 0 2x 20
1/9/1944 Regensburg Messerschmit TD 16 0 2x 20
1/12/1944 Regensburg Component Factory Low 11 0 1x 14
1/15/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works N. Miss 11 0 2x 12
1/18/1944 Gotha Aircraft Works High 10 0 2x 18
1/21/1944 Regensburg Component Factory TD 11 1 2x 20
1/24/1944 Halberstadt Bomber Factory TD 5 1 2x 20
1/27/1944 Tutow Aircraft Works TD 13 0 2x 20
1/30/1944 Anklam Aircraft Works High 3 0 2x 18
2/2/1944 Heinkle Aircraft Plant TD 2 0 2x 20
2/5/1944 Basdorf AeroEngine Plant High 11 0 2x 18
2/8/1944 Elberfield Ball Bearing Plant TD 15 0 2x 20
2/11/1944 Stuttgart Ball Bearing Factory TD 7 0 2x 20
2/14/1944 Schwienfurt BB A Factory TD 4 0 2x 20
2/17/1944 Schwienfurt BB C Factory TD 17 1 2x 20
2/20/1944 Schwienfurt BB B Factory TD 11 1 2x 20
2/23/1944 Schwienfurt BB E Factory TD 9 0 2x 20
2/26/1944 Schwienfurt BB D Factory High 11 1 2x 18
2/29/1944 Bethune Oil Factory Miss 11 0 2x 10
3/3/1944 Bethune Oil Factory High 0 0 2x 18




Qwikshot Cloudsplitter 16 22 5 2 0 8 311 Active
JeeberD The Flying Plantain 16 13 0 0 0 4 298 Active
Nyarlahotep Crawling Chaos 16 19 0 1 0 6 324 Active
Tucker342 Hitler Sucks 16 30 2 2 0 7 354 Active
Mrbug708 TommyKnocker 16 38 1 2 0 19 348 Active
Breeze Wind Dancer 16 17 1 0 0 3 332 Active
The Afoci The Flying Crawfish 15 23 1 0 0 7 346 Active
Render The Rajun Cajuns 8 14 0 3 0 6 180 Active
Mckerney BraveSaintSaturn 7 9 0 1 0 3 136 Active
Sublime Zeus Rides 2 2 0 1 0 1 32 Active
Sachmo72 Big Top PeeWee 2 5 1 0 0 2 50 Active
Godzilla Blitz Tinky Winky 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 Active
Blade The Dominator 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Ardent Pumpkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Coffee Warlord Rusty Avenger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reserve
Mckerney Square Root of Snoopy 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 Destroyed
Golden Eagle Golden Bomber 8 15 0 0 10 2 176 Destroyed
Sachmo71 The Four Horsemen 9 10 1 1 10 5 164 Destroyed
Coffee Warlord Rust Bucket 14 7 7 6 5 8 204 Destroyed
Archer219 The Stormbringer 14 21 2 12 0 20 234 Destroyed
Tasan The Mighty Madness 14 19 2 3 0 6 276 Destroyed




Hotshots
Rank Name Plane Kills Status
1 Ralls Tommy Knocker 20 Alive
2 Salmi Tommy Knocker 16 Alive
3 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 13 Alive
3 Cooper Hitler Sucks 13 Alive
5 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 12 Alive
5 Harms Flying Crawfish 12 Alive
7 Freeman Golden Bomber 11 POW
8 Fajer Stormbringer 10 KIA
8 Kuenzle Stormbringer 10 KIA
8 Lahdesmaki WindDancer 10 Alive
11 Miller Mighty Madness 9 Alive
11 Hitchens Mighty Madness 9 Alive
13 Larsen Anxious Anxiety 8 Alive
13 Elrod Rajun Cajuns 8 Alive
13 Robertson Flying horsemen 8 POW
16 Lui CloudSplitter 7 KIA
16 Shue Brave S. S. 7 Alive
18 Free Flying Plantain 6 Alive
19 Mercier CloudSplitter 5 Dead
19 Schantz Cloudsplitter 5 Alive



Most Decorated
Rank Name Plane Medals Status
1 Salami TommyKnocker 7
2 Fajer StormBringer 6 KIA
3 Cooper TommyKnocker 5
4 Ralls TommyKnocker 4
4 Kunzle StormBringer 4 KIA
4 Nablowski Crawling Chaos 4
4 Larson Flying Crawfish 4
8 Lui CloudSplitter 3 KIA
8 Robertson Four Horsemen 3 POW



Injured List
Name Plane Injury Injured Date Expected to return
Phil S. Kaumeier BigTop Peewee Severe Wound 2/23/1944 3/15/1944
Rune P. Wesberg None Severe Wound 2/26/1944 3/18/1944





Medal List
Name Plane Medal Reason Date
Michael H. Free Flying Plantain Bronze Star 3 Kills 12/4/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/4/1943
Roy J. Vollmer RustBucket Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/7/1943
Chris G. Mercer CloudSplitter Purple Heart KIA 12/7/1943
Tim P. Pesonen Wind Dancer Purple Heart Flesh Wound 12/10/1943
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Purple Heart Light Wound 12/10/1943
Bill W. Freeman Golden Bomber Silver Star 4 Kills 12/10/1943
Hugh S. Thornell Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 12/13/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 12/13/1943
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 1 Kill 12/13/1943
Dave R. Contini Hitler Sucks Purple Heart KIA 12/13/1943
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Legion of Merit 5 Kills 12/13/1943
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Silver Star 2 Kills 12/13/1943
John C. Warners Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 12/13/1943
Colin W. Schub Mighty Madness Purple Heart KIA 12/16/1943
Jack M. Shave CloudSplitter Purple Heart Light Wound 12/16/1943
Rob W. Trojborg CloudSplitter Purple Heart Light Wound 12/16/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Silver Star 1 Kill 12/19/1943
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 12/19/1943
John H. Salami TommyKnocker DFC 2 Kills 12/19/1943
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Bronze Star Unknown 12/19/1943
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 12/19/1943
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 12/19/1943
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soliders Medal 1 Kill 12/31/1943
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Bronze Star 4 Kills 12/31/1943
Kev C. Harms Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal Unknown 12/31/1943
Mike G. Ahola Flying Horsemen Purple Heart KIA 12/31/1943
Jay J. Meyer Rustbucket Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/6/1944
David O. Miller Mighty Madness Bronze Star 3 Kills 1/6/1944
John M. Hitchens Mighty Madness Soldiers Medal 5 Kills 1/6/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Dale C. Robertson Four Horsemen Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 1/9/1944
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Soldiers Medal Unknown 1/9/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks DFC 3 Kills 1/9/1944
Matteo B. Lieberman TommyKnocker Purple Heart Light Wound 1/9/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/9/1944
Bill W. Freeman GoldenBomber Soldiers Medal 4 kills 1/9/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 4 Kills 1/12/1944
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Soldiers Medal 3 kills 1/15/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 2 kills 1/15/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 1/18/1944
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Silver Star 4 Kills 1/18/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/21/1944
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 3 Kills 1/21/1944
Mason M. Drumm TommyKnocker Purple Heart Light Wound 1/21/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 1 kill 1/21/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 kill 1/27/1944
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Bronze Star 2 kills 1/27/1944
Geoffrey R. Sheeran Hitler Sucks Purple Heart KIA 1/27/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Legion of Merit 3 Kills 1/27/1944
Wilbur M. Elrod Rajun Cajuns Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 1/27/1944
Pexi M. Lui CloudSplitter Purple Heart KIA 1/27/1944
Graham M Nabahowski TommyKnocker Purple Heart KIA 2/2/1944
Steve M Lander TommyKnocker Purple Heart KIA 2/2/1944
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/5/1944
Wheeler Brave S.S. Purple Heart KIA 2/5/1944
Mike E. Kunzle StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/8/1944
Albert G. De Coninch StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/8/1944
Sean T. Schantz CloudSplitter Bronze Star 1 Kill 2/8/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/8/1944
Charles. F. Ralls TommyKnocker Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 2/8/1944
Jack Miller CloudSplitter Purple Heart WIA 2/14/1944
Jacob G.Federrici RustBucket Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Martin A.Guidi RustBucket Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Henricus M. Sullvan RustBucket Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Paul D. Battles RustBucket Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Oscar P. Grund RustBucket Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Marcus M. Lahdesmaki Flying Plantain Purple Heart WIA 2/17/1944
Joe V. West Rajun Cajuns Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Devin V. Tinschert Rajun Cajuns Purple Heart KIA 2/17/1944
Devin V. Tinschert Rajun Cajuns Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/17/1944
Christopher J. Shue Brave S. S. Bronze Star 2 Kills 2/17/1944
Michael H. Free Flying Plantain Soldiers Medal 2 Kills 2/17/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 3 Kills 2/17/1944
Wilbur M. Elrod Rajun Cajuns Silver Star 5 Kills 2/17/1944
Joel G. Blahusch Wind Dancer Bronze Star 3 Kills 2/17/1944
David F. Smiley StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Dirk G. Yoder StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Sean C. Blahusch StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Lister C. Whitley StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
John. F. Kuenzle StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Roger C. Compton StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Henricus Johansen StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
David B. Smeck StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Gareth Robillo StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Gary V. Fajer StormBringer Purple Heart KIA 2/20/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Bronze Star 2 Kills 2/20/1944
Don M. Dunn Zeus Rides Purple Heart KIA 2/23/1944
Phil S. Kaumeier BigTop Peewee Purple Heart WIA 2/23/1944
Michael H. Free Flying Plantain Bronze Star 1 Kills 2/23/1944
Joel I. Savas Crawling Chaos Purple Heart KIA 2/26/1944
Terry K. Poiters Mighty Madness Purple Heart KIA 2/26/1944
John M. Hitchens Mighty Madness Purple Heart KIA 2/26/1944
Rune P. Wesberg Mighty Madness Purple Heart WIA 2/26/1944
Mark M. Nabalowski Crawling Chaos Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 2/26/1944
Marti D. Cooper Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 2/26/1944
Brian C. Niedierher Hitler Sucks Soldiers Medal 1 Kill 2/26/1944
John H. Salami TommyKnocker Bronze Star 3 Kills 2/26/1944
Derek M. Larson Flying Crawfish Soldiers Medal Unknown 2/26/1944
Kev C. Harms Flying Crawfish DFC 3 Kills 2/26/1944
Mark T. fields Rajun Cajuns Purple Heart KIA 2/29/1944
Marcus M. Lahdesmaki Flying Plantain Bronze Star 4 Kills 2/29/1944
Stuart E. Morgan BigTop Peewee Soldiers Medal Unknown 2/29/1944




Mission Name Plane Kills
17 Robertson Flying Horsmen 1
17 Compton Rust Bucket 1
17 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 3
17 Larsen Flying Crawfish 4
17 Lahdesmaki Wind Dancer 1
18 Liu CloudSplitter 2
18 Niedeher Hitler Sucks 3
18 Salmi Tommy Knocker 1
18 Cooper Hitler Sucks 1
18 Hitchens Mighty Madness 1
18 Kuenzle Stormbringer 3
19 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 2
19 Malmquist Wind Dancer 1
19 Harms Flying Crawfish 2
20 Liu CloudSplitter 1
20 Cooper Hitler Sucks 1
20 Ralls Tommy Knocker 2
20 Salmi Tommy Knocker 3
20 Elrod Rajun Cajuns 2
20 Tinschert Rajun Cajuns 1
20 Fajer Stormbringer 1
20 Compton Stormbringer 1
20 Neideher Hitler Sucks 1
21 Shue Brave S. S. 2
21 Bruijn Flying Plantain 1
22 Miller CloudSplitter 1
22 Ralls Tommy Knocker 1
23 Bruijn Flying Plantain 1
23 Bode Crawling Chaos 2
23 Larsen Flying Crawfish 2
23 Harms Flying Crawfish 3
23 Ford Flying Crawfish 1
23 Blahusch Wind Dancer 1
23 Shue Brave S. S. 1
24 Miller Mighty Madness 1
24 Kitchens Mighty Madness 2
24 Kuenzle Stormbringer 1
24 Cooper Hitler Sucks 1
24 Hildebrandt Hitler Sucks 1
24 Niedeher Hitler Sucks 1
24 Ralls Tommy Knocker 3
24 Salmi Tommy Knocker 2
24 Schub Tommy Knocker 1
24 Elrod Rajun Cajuns 1
24 Schantz CloudSplitter 1
25 Shue Brave S. S. 1
25 Meyer Rust Bucket 2
25 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 2
25 Tinschert Rajun Cajuns 1
25 Yoder Wind Dancer 1
26 Sullivan Mighty Madness 1
26 Fajer Stormbringer 2
26 Wilkinson Flying Crawfish 1
27 Tinschert Rajun Cajuns 2
27 Shue Brave S. S. 2
27 Free Flying Plantain 2
27 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 3
27 Elrod Rajun Cajuns 5
27 Blahusch Wind Dancer 3
28 Cooper Hitler Sucks 2
28 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 2
28 Ralls Tommy Knocker 2
28 Miller CloudSplitter 2
28 Schantz CloudSplitter 2
28 Harms Flying Crawfish 1
29 Edward Brave S. S. 1
29 Roberts Zeus Rides 1
29 Free Flying Plantain 1
29 Bruijn Flying Plantain 1
29 Shagen BigTop Peewee 2
29 Francis Rajun Cajuns 2
29 Lahdesmaki Wind Dancer 1
30 Nabowski Crawling Chaos 1
30 Niedieher Hitler Sucks 1
30 Cooper Hitler Sucks 1
30 Salmi Tommy Knocker 3
30 Harms Flying Crawfish 3
30 Miller Cloud Splitter 1
30 Sheeran Sheeran 1
31 Lahdesmaki Wind Dancer 4
31 Hall Flying Plantain 1
31 Roberts Zeus Rides 1
31 Shue Brave S. S. 1
31 Hall Brave S. S. 1
31 Morgan BigTop Peewee 2
31 Skagen BigTop Peewee 1


Name Plane Kills Status
Schantz Cloudsplitter 5 Alive
Mercier Cloudsplitter 5 Alive
Liu Cloudsplitter 8 KIA
Miller Cloudsplitter 4 Alive
Free Flying Plantain 8 Alive
Brujn Flying Plantain 4 Alive
Hall Flying Plantain 1 Alive
Bode Crawling Chaos 4 Alive
Nabowski Crawling Chaos 15 Alive
Hitchens Mighty Madness 10 Alive
Miller Mighty Madness 7 Alive
Shagen Mighty Madness 1 Alive
Sullivan Mighty Madness 1 Alive
Niedecker Hitler Sucks 13 Alive
Contini Hitler Sucks 2 Alive
Cooper Hitler Sucks 13 Alive
Schafer Hitler Sucks 1 Alive
Hildebrandt Hitler Sucks 1 Alive
Ralls Tommy Knocker 20 Alive
Salmi Tommy Knocker 16 Alive
Schub Tommy Knocker 1 Alive
Sheeran Tommy Knocker 1 Alive
Larsen Anxious Anxiety 8 Alive
Harms Anxious Anxiety 12 Alive
Warners Anxious Anxiety 1 Alive
Ford Anxious Anxiety 1 Alive
Wilkinson Anxious Anxiety 1 Alive
Lahdeskami Wind Dancer 10 Alive
Malmquist Wind Dancer 2 Alive
Blahusch Wind Dancer 4 Alive
Yoder Wind Dancer 1 Alive
Elrod Rajun Cajuns 8 Alive
Tinschert Rajun Cajuns 4 KIA
Francis Rajun Cajuns 2 Alive
Shue Brave S. S. 7 Alive
Edward Brave S. S. 1 Alive
Hall Brave S. S. 1 Alive
Roberts Zeus Rides 2 Alive
Shagen BigTop Peewee 3 Alive
Morgan BigTop Peewee 2 Alive
Freeman Golden Bomber 11 POW
Zurawski Golden Bomber 2 POW
Katzmann Golden Bomber 2 POW
Robertson Four Horsmen 8 POW
Thornell Four Horsmen 2 POW
Kuenzle Stormbringer 10 KIA
Fajer Stormbringer 10 KIA
Compton Stormbringer 1 KIA
Compton RustBucket 3 Killed
Meyer RustBucket 4 Killed


Medals
Name Plane Number of Medals
Salami TommyKnocker 7
Cooper TommyKnocker 4
Ralls TommyKnocker 4
Lieberman TommyKnocker 1
Drumm TommyKnocker 1
Lander TommyKnocker 1 KIA
Nabahowski TommyKnocker 1 KIA
Fajer StormBringer 6 KIA
Kunzle StormBringer 4 KIA
Connick StormBringer 1 KIA
Smiley StormBringer 1
Yoder StormBringer 1
Blahusch StormBringer 1
Whitley StormBringer 1
Kuenzle StormBringer 1
Compton StormBringer 1
Johansen StormBringer 1
Smuck StormBringer 1
Robillo StormBringer 1
Robertson Four Horsemen 3 POW
Thornell Four Horsemen 1 POW
Ahola Four Horsemen 1 KIA
Niedierher Hitler Sucks 3
Contini Hitler Sucks 1 KIA
Sheeran Hitler Sucks 1 KIA
Cooper Hitler Sucks 2
Schub Mighty Madness 1 KIA
Miller Mighty Madness 1
Hitchens Mighty Madness 2 KIA
Weisburg Mighty Madness 1
Poiters Mighty Madness 1 KIA
Shave CloudSplitter 1
Trojborg CloudSplitter 1
Lui CloudSplitter 3 KIA
Mercer CloudSplitter 1 KIA
Schantz CloudSplitter 1
Miller CloudSplitter 1
Harms Flying Crawfish 2
Larson Flying Crawfish 4
Warners Flying Crawfish 1
Grund Rust Bucket 1 KIA
Federicci Rust Bucket 1 KIA
Guidi Rust Bucket 1 KIA
Sullivan Rust Bucket 1 KIA
Battles Rust Bucket 1 KIA
Vollmer Rust Bucket 1 POW
Meyer Rust Bucket 1 KIA
Charbonneau Rust Bucket 1 POW
Pesonen Wind Dancer 1 KIA
Blahusch Wind Dancer 1
Lahdesmaki Wind Dancer 1
Elrod Rajun Cajuns 2
West Rajun Cajuns 1 KIA
Tincshert Rajun Cajuns 2 KIA
Fields Rajun Cajuns 1 KIA
Nablowski Crawling Chaos 4
Meeteren Crawling Chaos 1
Savan Crawling Chaos 1 KIA
Freeman Golden Bomber 2 KIA
Wheeler Brave S. S. 1
Shue Brave S. S. 2
Free Flying Plantain 3
Lahdesmaki Flying Plantain 1
Dunn Zeus Rides 1
Skaumeier BigTopPeewee 1
Morgan BigTopPeewee 1

[Nyarlahotep]

Thanks man, it was fun while it lasted.

[MrBug708]

Woot, I was our Ace

[Godzilla Blitz]

I saw combat! And lived!

Thanks, Airhog. It was a fun read. Looking forward to the next one!

[Airhog]

Im still bummed out that it ended suddenly. of course, if it had gone till the end of the war, I might have not made it too the end :D

[The Afoci]

Good Job. Way to keep me alive!

[Breeze]

AirHog...enjoyed it.

[tucker342]

Originally posted by MrBug708
Woot, I was our Ace

Ya but who had the most points? ummmmm, I think I did!:D

[tucker342]

dola-

Great dynasty Airhog!:D

[Poli]

Bump. Was thinking of this earlier today.