#13 B-24-D Betty Anne - Google Drive


1	B-24-D-CO 41-11773 "Betty Anne" (airframe mission #8) 78th BS FORMATION: High - Tail DATE: 11 March 44 MISSION # 13 TARGET: Toulon, France - Submarine Repair Facilities
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4	Position	Rank	Name	Missions Complete	Kills this Mission	Total Kills	Awards	Status Fit for Duty
5	Pilot	1st Lt	George Bailey	7			AM KIA	FfD
6	Co-Pilot	2nd Lt	Jamieson Lawler	3			KIA	FfD
7	Bomb	2nd Lt	Bill Jones	7		2	AM PH KIA	FfD
8	Nav	2nd Lt	Aldo Billagio	7	0.5	1	AM KIA	FfD
9	Engr/TT	S/Sgt	Vern Jackson	7	1	3.5	AM PH KIA	FfD
10	Radio	Sgt	Ed Grady	7			AM KIA	FfD
11	Ball T	Sgt	Dean Isaakson ACE	7		5	AMx2 KIA	FfD
12	Pt W	Sgt	Drew Wolitarsky	7		0.5	AM KIA	FfD
13	Stb W	Sgt	Bernie Dell	7		0.5	AM PH KIA	FfD
14	Tail T	Sgt	Leroy Brown	7	2.5	0.5	AM KIA	FfD
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17	Enemy A/C	Intrcptd	B-24 Hits	FBOA - FCA - FCAB - claimed destroyed	Claims - Credits
18	FW-190 x10	3	22	- 9 - 4 -	3 - 2
19	Flak		5
20	Me-109 x4	2	6	- 1 - - 2	2 - 2
21	TOTALS x14	5	33	- 10 - 4 - 2	5 - 4
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23	BOMB RUN: 40%
24	CREW CASUALTIES & STATUS
25	2nd Lt Bill Jones, LW, thigh grazed
26	Sgt Bernie Dell, SW, broken rib, inflamed lung
27	S/Sgt Vern Jackson SW, broken rib, inflamed heart
28	All crew KIA in attempted water landing
29	DAMAGE: 221 points prior to crash landing at sea - 1x Stbd Wing Root = 25 / 1x LW = 2 / 1x Fuel Tank, self-sealed = 10 / 2x SW = 10 / 1x Aileron = 10 / 1x O2 = 10 / 1x Aileron = 10 / 1x Autopilot = 10 / 1x Elevator = 10 / 1x Fire Ext System = 10 / 1x Engine #4 = 35 / Fire = 25 / 22x superficial damage = 44
30	A/C DISPOSITION: Aircraft lost at sea
31	CREW CHEIF: SGT Baker Rogers (Rookie -1 modifier, +1 level every 10 missions) 8 missions
32	AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
33	PH awarded posthumously to entire crew
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35	AFTER ACTION REPORT
36	- It was uneventful until we crossed the shoreline and got bounced by a couple of 190s that got past the Brits. One coming in from 6 high was claimed by my gunners. The second FW dove on us scored a few ineffectual hits. He swung round attacking from our 10 and was blown up by our fire. They were followed by 109s, two getting past the Hurricanes. On their first pass one missed us and the other was forced to bail out. On his second pass we swapped lead with little effect. On his third pass, the highly skilled pilot hit us hard. Jonesy took some shrapnel to his leg, a fuel tank start to spew fuel but fortunately sealed, and holes appeared in the sheet metal around my left leg. The worst of it was Sgt Dell who took a 7.92 round in the chest. Fortunately, his flak jacket stopped the shell, but he was spitting a bit of blood. - The flak was deadly accurate and we got peppered, but fortunately it all seemed to be sheet metal damage. With decent visibility Lt Jones was confident we had a good drop. Flak continued to be accurate on egress, punching a big hole in our starboard wing. - Back over the water, we got hit by a 109 and two more 190s. Leroy in the tail knocked down the 109, one 190 took hits and disappeared, the other 190 did us some damage including knocking out my O2. Coming around again he took more hits and passed under us. - Without oxygen, I was forced to reduce altitude after informing the squadron we were vacating the Tail End spot. - With our coast in sight, we got bounced by 4 FWs, although a P-47 happened by and took one out. The quality of enemy pilots was significantly better than we'd seen before, and they put a lot of lead into Betty Anne. Vern also had his flak jacket stop a shell, but he seemed in worse shape than Dell. We took a lot of hits and our a/c was starting to look like a sieve, but no critical damage so far. However, on his next pass by the FW-190 started a fire in #4 and we discovered our extinguisher system had been knocked out. Since we were already at low altitude, and with two SW crewmen and unable to bail out, I decided to attempt a water landing.
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49	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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