Player Name:  Earl Schultz

Player email:  earl_8minus0@...

Player Aircraft:  Secret Victory

Squadron: 317th Bomber Squadron

Mission #: 82 (Flight # 7 for this plane and crew)

Target City : Munich Germany / Zone 7; Aircraft Parts Factory

Did the B-17G Bomb the target: No

Bomb Run: 0% - Off Target

Aircraft status:  Take off and landing without a hitch.

·       The plane took one hit of superficial damage, while

the crew suffered no injuries during the flight.

Aircrew:
# KIA: 3 - Ball Gunner unable to bailout, Port and Starbd Waist Gunners died of wounds (LW plus SW).
# WIA: 1 - Bombardier
# POW: 7 - Bombardier, Navigator, Pilot, Co-Pilot, Enginner, Radio Op, Tail Gunner
# Crew Evaded capture: No bailout was over Germany. 

Names & positions of replacement crew members: Information to flow in seperate email. 

Total Enemy A/C Claimed by type:

•   Ball Gunner - Destroyed a Fw 190

·       Engineer – Damaged a Fw 190

·       Navigator – Destroyed a Fw 190

Mission Narrative:

Secret Victory was having a good flight until we arrived over the target when the heavy flak caused not only 6 hits but also a burst inside the plane in the waist compartment.  By the time the crew had conducted an emergance bail out the following damage not only to the plane but the crew as well had taken effect.  Enemy fighters had already knocked out the tail gunner's heater so we knew expected to make a tough call after the ball run.  The following results in no certain order made that situation seem small compared to spending the rest of the war in a POW compound.  Supperficial damage had caused 10 hits throughout the aircraft.  The port wing's landing break was inop.  The control cables had taken a hit.  While compounded wounds (SW followed by LW) to both waist gunners was a big hit to the morale of the crew.  When the Stbd wing took an inboard fuel tank hit that caught fire resulting in everyone minus the Ball Gunner being able to bail out into enemy hands.

Sincerely,

Lt Schultz