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Originally Posted by Iowanian
What is this about?
Me scores 2 hits
-superficial damage to radio room
-superficial damage to pilot compartment
2 Mes circle, attack again
brent102fire fires, misses
hydrae fires, misses
braincase fires, misses
rednfeisty fires, misses
Both Mes miss, break off attack
Heavy Flak – 5 hits
-superficial damage to starboard wing
-port root damage to tail
-starboard root damage to tail
-superficial damage to tail
The fifth hit comes in. As a note, flak was fired from an 88-mm shell, which exploded at altitude to create shrapnel.
If you were unlucky, the shrapnel hit your plane.
If you were really unlucky, the 88-mm shell hit your plane.
If you were really, really unlucky, the 88-mm shell hit a fuel tank.
An 88-mm shell hits the port wing.
It explodes in the inboard fuel tank.
The fuel tank explodes.
The left wing shears off.
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From memory, this was from some sort of text based game on the Planet about WW2. Planeteers made up bomber crews on B-17s or B-29s for bombing runs.
I'll see if I can locate details.