LOOPY LULU LOST RETURNING FROM ROSTOCK

TENINTIN LOST ON MISSION 5

TENINTIN TAKES OVER

 

RECENT PICTURES FROM 1944 TOUR

 

B-17 SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES

I've been tinkering about and made the following changes to the rules-

• the AIFT now gets much more dangerous at higher FP and there are more columns
• Now its [1|2|3|4|6|8|10|12|16|20|24|28|32|40|48|64]
• The heavier armed fighters - LW Fw190A-8/R8 for example] have 48FP
• HEROIC fighter pilots now have a -2 DRM - so a 32 FP shot would use the 48FP column
• if a HEROIC pilot is firing with 48 or 64 FP already I just make the result one step worse - X2 -> X3 etc
• This helps the Germans damage the B-17s [and especially the B-24s] which counterbalances the improved effectiveness of ESCORTS and B-17s in FORMATION.

The initial test is promising  - and GREEN QUEEN IV was shot down after dropping out of formation due to HEAT and OXYGEN out in multiple compartments.

GREEN QUEEN III LAST MISSION

GREEN QUEEN III - 1944 BEGINS WELL

GOTHA mission went well - apart from missing the target that is!

This is what we might call an FW190 sandwich

One shot down and the other broke off damaged - 1 P-47 also broke off due to violent maneuvering

More intense ESCORT battle

But GREEN QUEEN III made it home with no damage and only the CP lightly wounded
- this was a lucky escape from an X3 on the Pilot Comp thst could easily have been devastating

GREEN QUEEN II CREW BAIL OUT OVER CHANNEL

This was a very intense mission with a lot of opposition.

GREEN QUEEN II hitting the target in Bordeaux while on fire - pity the Bombardier didn't bail out in time and was KIA. Any medals or commendations would be posthumous.

GREEN QUEEN CRASHES ON LANDING AFTER 10 MISSIONS

BLACK JACK SHOT DOWN OVER SOLINGEN