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B17: GROG WAGON (B-17 Community AAR)
Beginning a career with B-17 Queen of the skies and the Grogs have been assigned to the Grog Wagon. It is time to assemble the crew and see if we can last all of our 25 mission career. Below are the available crew positions so let me know if you would like to be apart of the crew and which position you would like to take.
As we progress through the campaign I will update the nose of the A/C to reflect our accomplishments (starting in another post).
Pilot: Capt. PanzersEast
Co Pilot: Lieut. Jason Pratt
Bombardier: Lieut. Banzai_Cat
Navigator: Lieut. Windigo
Engineer: Mst. Sgt. Staggerwing
Radio Operator: Sgt. mirth
Ball Turret: Sgt. Arctic Blast
Port Waist Gunner: Sgt. bob48
Starboard Waist Gunner: Sgt. undercovergeek
Tail Gunner: Sgt. Barthheart
Once we fill most of the positions we will be off to our first mission.
PE
My (late) Grand-uncle John Reed said he was the youngest B-17 pilot in the war (lied about his age when taking the pilot's test), flying "Slightly Dangerous" on... one and a half tours? Something like that.
I'd be glad to be listed as the co-pilot, but I have no idea what's expected for the campaign. :) (Do we discuss things for decisions during the turn, etc.)
My grandfather was a tailguuner in a Lancaster at the end of the war so I could take that spot.
And my wife's uncle was a navigator in a pathfinder Lancaster so that could work too.
I like to tell people where to go...Navigator please
I am merely suggesting that Biggs could be the engineer... or W8aminute
BTW how the hell could a navigator rank above an engineer????
I'll go as a waist gunner - either side will do.
Quote from: JasonPratt on January 23, 2014, 04:19:13 PM
I'd be glad to be listed as the co-pilot, but I have no idea what's expected for the campaign. :) (Do we discuss things for decisions during the turn, etc.)
May try a couple of things, initially I will just run the mission then maybe come up with a couple of ways to be more interactive.
@Barthheart
I plan to run a Lancaster Campaign Next.....
PE
Quote from: bob48 on January 23, 2014, 04:43:12 PM
I'll go as a waist gunner - either side will do.
Put me the other side to Bob
Just remember, the long barrel thingie points out of YOUR side of the aircraft.............
Quote from: bob48 on January 23, 2014, 04:55:41 PM
Just remember, the long barrel thingie points out of YOUR side of the aircraft.............
Lmao..... Sat in a and e and snorted out loud!
WTF you doing in A&E - not got your hand stuck in minigeeks piggy bank again have you?
Quote from: bob48 on January 23, 2014, 05:14:04 PM
WTF you doing in A&E - not got your hand stuck in minigeeks piggy bank again have you?
Knees buggered..... kneecap is slightly off centre, has been for a few months..... totally given up on drive back from London, can't turn it, bend it or stand on it and it hurts like a bastard
Bloody hell mate. Hope they sort you out OK, sounds very painful.
Quote from: bob48 on January 23, 2014, 05:18:36 PM
Bloody hell mate. Hope they sort you out OK, sounds very painful.
It'll be cool.... strap me up and drive me home.... I have 2 ipa left from event and a bottle of johnnie walker blue
Yeah, well take it easy, poor old sod.
I'll be the crazy psychopath who will blast away at Me109's in the ball turret.
I'll be the bombadier!
By the way, great idea! Since we talked about this briefly in the other thread, I was thinking of pulling out my copy and giving it a shot. Didn't even think of this, honestly.
I'll gladly crew whatever position is open. Engineer, maybe?
Radio Operator, please.
Crew is assembled, time to go to briefing room and get mission orders.
PE
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PE and Jason- you guys look vaguely familiar... ???
Quote from: PanzersEast on January 23, 2014, 04:50:57 PM
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@Barthheart
I plan to run a Lancaster Campaign Next.....
PE
WOOT!
8)
Chocks away old fruit! Cabbage crates over the briny. Roger that - wilco.........
...erm, sorry. Got a bit carried away there.
Windy: no Canadianistanian beer farts up here in the nose, please. At least not until I can get my oxygen mask on.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on January 23, 2014, 05:50:38 PM
I'll be the crazy psychopath who will blast away at Me109's in the ball turret.
Well done!
Quote from: Staggerwing on January 23, 2014, 07:07:21 PM
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PE and Jason- you guys look vaguely familiar... ???
I look like I forgot to visit the can before I left.... or constipated.
PE
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 24, 2014, 10:37:00 AM
Windy: no Canadianistanian beer farts up here in the nose, please. At least not until I can get my oxygen mask on.
No worries.... my camel-shit cigarettes will cover up the smell
Too bad Ghosty isn't here; he'd copy-paste my face into that photo. With a chainsaw. (I mean, a co-pilot has to be able to do something useful until unless the pilot gets shot by someone.)
I hope you're good at feathering props, JP, because that's about all a co-pilot does in this game, IIRC. ;)
We'll probably get at least two Me-109s at 12-level tearing the piss out of the nose section/cockpit. Or getting the dreaded "walking hit" result.
whatever you do.... keep the heat/electricity on... I get pissy when cold
Quote from: bob48 on January 24, 2014, 10:07:42 AM
Chocks away old fruit! Cabbage crates over the briny. Roger that - wilco.........
...erm, sorry. Got a bit carried away there.
Keep your cabbage to yourselves. I've equipped the turret with my own refreshments.
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This is an awesome idea! I know I'm late to the party but can I be one of the Focke Wulfs that go after your B-17? ;D
don't think the b17 was pressurized so you better drink'em early
Quote from: W8taminute on January 24, 2014, 06:00:11 PM
This is an awesome idea! I know I'm late to the party but can I be one of the Focke Wulfs that go after your B-17? ;D
I think we need a radio operator.... please play more classical - less of that ballroom crap
Nope, Mirth called that radio operator gig.
W8 can be Baron Graf und Verve Helmut von Finkelschtein. I bet he piloted one of those Me-109s that got winged by you, Windy. So now...so now...so now BGuVHvF has this awesome eye patch he has to wear to cover the hideous eye wound he got. As he blazed by our beautiful B-17 bomber, he saw the name and the two red dice on the side, and swore eternal vengeance "VOULD BE MINEN!"
So, now, he's totally on a mission to have revenge, or something.
^Yes! I so want to be the guy with the eyepatch.
This one is my favorite:
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lmao thats piloting in style W8
Yay! -- OUR SWORN ENEMY HAS NO DEPTH PERCEPTION!!!
{oiling chainsaw}
Quote from: Arctic Blast on January 24, 2014, 05:33:02 PM
Keep your cabbage to yourselves. I've equipped the turret with my own refreshments.
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Banzai said he'd be running the Lancaster campaign NEXT! :P
If there is enough interest maybe we could crew more than one plane and see how each plane does. I'd be willing to join a crew since I'm late the party as well.
Good Hunting.
MR
I know it's been 120+ days since this was updated, but wanted to bring this thread to everyone's attention:
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=10981.0
PE inspired me to try this now that I have a copy of B-29 Superfortress in my hands. I hope PE will continue the adventures of this B-17. I also figured anyone here that was interested in having their name on a B-17 might not mind a B-29, flying high over shark-infested waters. :)
Count me in, you suicidal feline. :)
MUWAHAHAHAHA
Err, I mean, Great!
Head over there and post and tell me what position you want out of what's left. Also if you have a name suggestion for it, let me know.
PE: will your GrogWagon adventures continue by chance?
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on August 21, 2014, 02:20:36 PM
MUWAHAHAHAHA
Err, I mean, Great!
Head over there and post and tell me what position you want out of what's left. Also if you have a name suggestion for it, let me know.
PE: will your GrogWagon adventures continue by chance?
Yep, I will start them back up. I thought that we were close to the new release at the time, however it is a ways off. I will begin posting back soon. Also, I have a couple ideas as we get into the holidays, as well as the 2nd Annual Grogheads Boxing Tournament.
PE
Sweet! IIRC, I won that first one. 8)
GrogCrew FALL IN.... we have new orders.
PE
WooT!
O0
I re-did the graphic for the A/A battles
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Nice work, PE! Where'd you get the source graphics?
Quote from: PanzersEast on October 06, 2014, 10:16:04 AM
GrogCrew FALL IN.... we have new orders.
PE
Present!
(Good thing I just got some wool socks from home. Last trip I almost froze my toes off... it gets em-effing
cold up there!)
{!transmitting my mental brain across the world to the body of my other equivalent personality!}
{!fueling chainsaw!}
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 06, 2014, 04:28:05 PM
Nice work, PE! Where'd you get the source graphics?
I found an aerial photo, made my own clouds and used a graphic of the B-17 I found. O0
PE
Quote from: PanzersEast on October 07, 2014, 07:47:43 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 06, 2014, 04:28:05 PM
Nice work, PE! Where'd you get the source graphics?
I found an aerial photo, made my own clouds and used a graphic of the B-17 I found. O0
PE
Nicely done!