#21 B-17G Fort Knox - Google Drive


1	B-17-G 42-30007 "Fort Knox" (airframe mission #4) 80th BS FORMATION: High DATE: 12 April 44 MISSION # 21 TARGET: Wiener Neustadt, Austria - Aircraft Assembly Plant
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4	Position	Rank	Name	Missions Complete	Kills this Mission	Total Kills	Awards	Status Fit for Duty
5	Pilot	1st Lt	Alvin Cooper	4				FfD
6	Co-Pilot	2nd Lt	Jamez Hernandez	4				FfD
7	Bomb	2nd Lt	BB Dean	4	1.25	1.25		FfD
8	Nav	2nd Lt	Dale Kendrickson	4	0.25	0.25		FfD
9	Engr	T/Sgt	Everson Brown	4	1	1		FfD
10	Radio	Sgt	Sheldon Arndell	4				FfD
11	Ball T	Sgt	Jimmy Joe Beldon	4	0.25	0.25		FfD
12	Pt W	S/Sgt	Randy Fraser	4				FfD
13	Stbd W	S/Sgt	William "Beans" Heinz	1	0.25	0.25		FfD
14	Tail T	Sgt	Zane Jones	4				FfD
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17	Enemy A/C	Intrcptd	B-17 Hits	FCAB - FCA - FBOA - Destroyed	Claims - Probable - Credited
18	FW-190 x8	6		- 1 - 3 - 2	2 - 0 - 2
19	Bf-110 x3	2		1 - - - 1	1 - 0 - 1
20	Flak		2
21	TOTALS - 11	8	2	1 - 1 - 3 - 3	3 - 0 - 3
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23	BOMB RUN: 40%
24	CREW CASUALTIES & STATUS
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26	DAMAGE: 26 points / 1x superficial =1 / 1 wing root = 25 /
27	AIRCRAFT DISPOSITION: Repairs and routine maintenance will be complete overnight.
28	CREW CHIEF: T/SGT Ted Kennedy 19 missions (Dedicated +2 Modifier to repairs and maintenance, +1 level every 10 missions)
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32	AFTER ACTION REPORT - It didn't take long for enemy a/c to show up. A FW got past the 52nd, diving straight down on us. He missed us and wheeled to come in from our 10:30 low, which put him in the sights of 6 very accurate 50 cals. He disappeared in a fireball. - Over Hungary we saw bombs falling through the formation. - (Random Event #12 - Bad Lufftwaffe Communications: remove on fighter from each wave) On our bomb run we took some flak damage to the starboard wing root. BB Dean felt it was a good drop. - Heading for home we ran into Me-110s. The 52nd got 2 and we got the other. They were followed by 2 FWs, and again our fighters distracted 2 and we got 1. - Over Yugoslavia the Mustangs chased off another 3 FWs that were nosing around. - No problems after that. Our chief wasn't pleased with the big hole in our wing, but there wasn't much else wrong with our a/c. Fighter cover was outstanding; they drove off 8 enemy a/c and my guys nailed the 3 that got past them. A decent bomb drop and not the crew came home healthy. We took some flak damage, but overall that was a good day!
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41	Submitted by 1st LTt A Cooper
42	Using TFT (Variants used: TFT Axis Fighter Aircraft Add-on Module (personal modification to not mix German and allied fighters. If a (I), (R), or (H) comes up, all fighters in that wave are the same nationality.) /Chris Riches' Variant Table for Mechanical Failure / Bruce Peckham’s German Fighter Pilots variant / Fuel Tank Leaks / Axis Aircraft Hit Effect Multipliers / Claiming Destroyed, Probable and Damaged Aircraft / Crew Chiefs / Jasta6 GAF Placement Variant / 509th Wound and Recovery
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