The Mighty Eighth B-17 Interactive Dynasty - Page 3

Airhog · 11-21-2003, 04:26 AM

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 · 11-21-2003, 04:41 AM

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 · 11-21-2003, 04:42 AM

Latest stats.

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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 · 11-21-2003, 09:11 AM

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

Nyarlahotep · 11-21-2003, 09:47 AM

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

Breeze · 11-21-2003, 10:11 AM

Thank God we could manually drop the landing gear.

Airhog · 11-21-2003, 01:58 PM

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 · 11-21-2003, 07:43 PM

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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 · 11-21-2003, 11:07 PM

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 · 11-22-2003, 03:52 AM

6 kills isn't bad.....

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

mckerney · 11-22-2003, 04:00 AM

BS2 is up for flying in the next mission.

Airhog · 11-22-2003, 04:55 AM

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 · 11-23-2003, 05:43 PM

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 · 11-23-2003, 05:48 PM

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 · 11-23-2003, 05:54 PM

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 · 11-23-2003, 05:57 PM

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 · 11-23-2003, 06:01 PM

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 · 11-23-2003, 06:15 PM

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 · 11-23-2003, 06:18 PM

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 · 11-23-2003, 06:25 PM

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 · 11-23-2003, 07:03 PM

Only one kill?

Better then zero I guess

Coffee Warlord · 11-23-2003, 07:41 PM

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

Airhog · 11-23-2003, 08:17 PM

Here is the latest stats.

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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 · 11-23-2003, 08:29 PM

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 · 11-23-2003, 08:31 PM

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 · 11-24-2003, 06:40 AM

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 · 11-24-2003, 11:19 AM

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

Airhog · 11-24-2003, 02:33 PM

Yeah he should, Ill see what i can do

Airhog · 11-25-2003, 01:26 PM

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 · 11-25-2003, 01:50 PM

Woo Hoo!!!!!!

Airhog · 11-25-2003, 04:40 PM

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 · 11-25-2003, 04:52 PM

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 · 11-25-2003, 04:55 PM

Awesome! Three kills

Airhog · 11-25-2003, 04:57 PM

Updated Stats

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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 · 11-25-2003, 05:08 PM

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 · 11-25-2003, 08:09 PM

The pilot passes out? Heh

Airhog · 11-26-2003, 02:53 AM

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 · 11-26-2003, 02:57 AM

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 · 11-26-2003, 03:02 AM

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 · 11-28-2003, 11:24 PM

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 · 11-30-2003, 12:03 PM

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 · 11-30-2003, 12:05 PM

Here are the updated stats

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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 · 11-30-2003, 12:12 PM

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 · 11-30-2003, 02:36 PM

All I have to say is:

WOO HOO!!!! A medal!!!

Airhog · 11-30-2003, 05:47 PM

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 · 12-01-2003, 05:51 PM

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 · 12-01-2003, 05:55 PM

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 · 12-01-2003, 05:56 PM

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 · 12-01-2003, 05:57 PM

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 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 · 12-01-2003, 06:01 PM

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.

11-21-2003, 04:26 AM	#101
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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 __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again! Last edited by Airhog : 11-21-2003 at 04:29 AM.

11-21-2003, 04:41 AM	#102
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-21-2003, 01:58 PM	#107
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-21-2003, 11:07 PM	#109
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	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! __________________ 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

11-22-2003, 04:55 AM	#112
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-21-2003, 09:11 AM	#104
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	Wow! At this rate, we will have knocked the Luftwaffe out of the sky by '44!

11-21-2003, 09:47 AM	#105
Nyarlahotep College Benchwarmer Join Date: Mar 2003	Ok, now I have to ask. Does my plane have guns?

11-21-2003, 10:11 AM	#106
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	Thank God we could manually drop the landing gear.

11-22-2003, 03:52 AM	#110
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	6 kills isn't bad..... Not only that, I haven't even been destroyed yet

11-22-2003, 04:00 AM	#111
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	BS2 is up for flying in the next mission.

11-23-2003, 05:43 PM	#113
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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 __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again! Last edited by Airhog : 11-23-2003 at 05:44 PM.

11-23-2003, 05:48 PM	#114
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again! Last edited by Airhog : 11-23-2003 at 05:49 PM.

11-23-2003, 05:54 PM	#115
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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 __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-23-2003, 05:57 PM	#116
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-23-2003, 06:01 PM	#117
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-23-2003, 06:15 PM	#118
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-23-2003, 06:18 PM	#119
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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 __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-23-2003, 06:25 PM	#120
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-23-2003, 07:03 PM	#121
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Only one kill? Better then zero I guess

11-23-2003, 07:41 PM	#122
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Hey, I've only gotten 1 kill in 5 missions, ya whiner.

11-23-2003, 08:29 PM	#124
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-23-2003, 08:31 PM	#125
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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 __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-24-2003, 06:40 AM	#126
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	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. Last edited by Breeze : 11-24-2003 at 06:40 AM.

11-24-2003, 11:19 AM	#127
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	That was close.... at least I didn't get shot down.....

11-24-2003, 02:33 PM	#128
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	Yeah he should, Ill see what i can do __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-25-2003, 01:26 PM	#129
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-25-2003, 01:50 PM	#130
Nyarlahotep College Benchwarmer Join Date: Mar 2003	Woo Hoo!!!!!!

11-25-2003, 04:40 PM	#131
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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! __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-25-2003, 04:52 PM	#132
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-25-2003, 04:55 PM	#133
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	Awesome! Three kills

11-25-2003, 05:08 PM	#135
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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 __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-25-2003, 08:09 PM	#136
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	The pilot passes out? Heh

11-26-2003, 02:53 AM	#137
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-26-2003, 02:57 AM	#138
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

11-26-2003, 03:02 AM	#139
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	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 __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!