Getting ready for Mission 6 of #TargetforToday, an ongoing experiment in boardgaming, storytelling and history. pic.twitter.com/4nPBIRZLal
@barefootboomer @surrealmwshort @madpadre1 as the pilot of "Foxtrot", an 8th AF B17 pic.twitter.com/L8zEWXn8Ma
@surrealmwshort @brodyvburks @cindynorth1 @sabres_edge @PhilKlay @Oldguard12 @dixondaver @ltbarber And @Nissvik as "Swede", the tailgunner. pic.twitter.com/LcbCKygXEo- These are always #avgeek threads for the ages. https://twitter.com/madpadre1/status/904146205852274688 …
- @surrealmwshort @brodyvburks @cindynorth1 @sabres_edge @PhilKlay @Oldguard12 @dixondaver @ltbarber @Nissvik @soonergrunt PROLOGUE: 20 September, 1942. A USAAF aerodrome near Bovingdon, England, home of the 92nd Bomb Group.
- @surrealmwshort @brodyvburks @cindynorth1 @sabres_edge @PhilKlay @Oldguard12 @dixondaver @ltbarber @Nissvik @soonergrunt It's been six days since the Group's last raid on German UBoat pens at La Pallice was thwarted by heavy cloud cover. During those six days
- @surrealmwshort @brodyvburks @cindynorth1 @sabres_edge @PhilKlay @Oldguard12 @dixondaver @ltbarber @Nissvik @soonergrunt another planned raid on the same target was cancelled at the last minute. Morale in the Group is high. The crew of "Ragin' Cajun",
- @surrealmwshort @brodyvburks @cindynorth1 @sabres_edge @PhilKlay @Oldguard12 @dixondaver @ltbarber @Nissvik @soonergrunt thought to be lost in the La Pallice raid, was picked up unharmed by RAF Air/Sea rescue after ditching in the Channel. During debrief,
- @surrealmwshort @brodyvburks @cindynorth1 @sabres_edge @PhilKlay @Oldguard12 @dixondaver @ltbarber @Nissvik @soonergrunt they told a harrowing story of survival. "A whole shitton of ocean poured into the plane real fast, and we sort of barely new where the
- @surrealmwshort @brodyvburks @cindynorth1 @sabres_edge @PhilKlay @Oldguard12 @dixondaver @ltbarber @Nissvik @soonergrunt life rafts were. We were lucky to have gotten out." That leads the Old Man to order ditching drills throughout the Group.
- @surrealmwshort @brodyvburks @cindynorth1 @sabres_edge @Oldguard12 @dixondaver @ltbarber @Nissvik @soonergrunt Sorry I need to apologize to @PhilKlay - sorry sir. The actual ball turret gunner is @clipper377 - my bad.
Target For Today: Clouds and Fighters
Mission #6 for Foxtrot, a fictional B17 full of Twitter peeps, paying homage to the men of the US daylight bombing campaign in WW2. Saturday, 2 September, 2017.
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