MISSION PREP B-17

Name B-17
Record Crew
Roll for Target City Roll for B-17
Position
Roll for Squadron
Position
Consult Flight Log Proceed to
FLYING TO
Queen of the Skies
TARGET Gameplay Aid by Al Wilson
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March, 2015
G-1, G-2, G-3 G-4 G-4 G-11
Missions 6-25 Only

FLYING TO TARGET & FLYING HOME LANDING & DEBRIEFING

Move B-17 Counter Roll for Fighter Roll for # of Resolve Proceed to Roll for Weather Roll for Landing Resolve Crew &
One Zone Closer to Cover Attacking Waves AIR ENTERING TARGET Over England B-17 Disposition
Target / Home COMBAT ZONE
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- Never more than 2 turns G-5 B-1 O-1 G-9, G-10 BL-4, BL-5, Notes
in one zone
- Must abort if 2 eng. out Ignore for Zone 1 Proceed to See Rules if Landing in
LANDING & Europe or Landing in Sea
DEBRIEFING

ENTERING TARGET ZONE & BOMBING RUN

Roll for Weather Roll for Fighter Cover Resolve Roll for Flak Over Resolve Flak Roll for Bomb Run & Turn B-17 Roll for Fighter Cover Resolve Proceed to
Over Target & # of Attacking Waves AIR Damage & Injuries Accuracy Counter & # of Attacking Waves AIR FLYING
Target, Hits, & Around for
COMBAT Effects Return COMBAT HOME
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O-1 G-5 (Zones 2,3,4) O-2 through O-5 P-1 through P-6 O-6, O-7 G-5 (Zones 2,3,4)
B-2 BL-1 through BL-4 B-2

AIR COMBAT (Repeat process below for each wave - air combat is complete when all waves resolved)
Roll for Attacking Place Fighters on Roll for Fighter Place Markers for Roll for Defensive Roll for Surviving Roll for Shell Hits Roll for Area
Fighters in Each Map Board Cover Defense / Def. Fire Fire & Damage Fighter Attack(s) Damage
Wave Remove Fighters
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B-3 M-4 - Record ammo use on M-1, M-2 M-3 B-4 B-5
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Zones 2, 3 and 4 only - Record Kills Remove fighter from play Observe FW-190 & ME-110
- Cheek guns cannot fire if no hits scored modifiers
together
- Gunner is Ace after 5 kills
OUT OF FORMATION - Ace adds 1 to die rolls

· Add 1 Me-109 at 12 Level per wave of attacking fighters; if Remove (#) Fighters Place Fighters on Roll for Successive Tail Gunner Resolve Damage &
no waves appear, neither does this fighter From Initial Fighter Map Board Attack Position Opportunity Injuries
· Any Table B-1 or B-2 mods are changed to 0; ignore the Cover Roll (Hit on “6”)
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additional fighter that normally appears when the B-17 is
the lead or tail bomber B-6 - Fighters attacking from P-1 through P-6
10:30, 12 or 1:30
· Any fighter automatically makes 3 attacks, even if it fails to Only 2 successive attacks - Intercom must be BL-1 through BL-4
working
hit, unless it is first destroyed or takes a “FBOA” result - Mark off ammo
- If 2+ engines out, B-17
must abort
· If out of formation and at low altitude due to oxygen or - See Rules Folder for: Heat
heat, or because of engine trouble, then over ever zone that Out, Oxygen Out, Engines
Out, Out of Formation,
is at least partially land, roll 2D twice on the light flak Injured Crew
column of table O-3
· Bombs may be jettisoned to avoid possibility of them
exploding if the bomb bay is hit.
ABORTING THE MISSION
Players may choose to abort mission after resolving combat in
any zone for the following reasons:
· Bomb Bay doors, intercom, or Norden sight inoperable
· Heat or suit heater inoperable for one or more crew
· Bombardier seriously wounded or KIA
· If Navigator is seriously wounded or KIA and B-17 is out of
formation, B-17 must abort
· Out of formation
· Oxygen out for one of the crew
· One or more engines out; if two or more engines are out, B-
17 must abort
OXYGEN OUT/FIRES
· Two shell hits to an oxygen system will knock it out and the
B-17 must drop to 10,000 feet (out of formation); however,
if a vacancy exists due to the death of another crew
member, the crew member with no oxygen can move and
the B-17 can stay in formation
· Use marker to indicate oxygen fire
· When a fire breaks out, one crew member in that
compartment or adjacent compartment must be
immediately designated to fight the fire; may not operate
gun that turn; makes 3 attempts to fight fire on table Bl-3
· If the fire is not put out after 3 attempts, the crew must bail
out on Table G-6.
EVASIVE ACTION
· Only allowed for B-17's flying out of formation
· All attacking fighters subtract 1 from their die roll on Table
M-3 (a roll of 6 is still a hit regardless of modification)
· Defensive fire must roll a 6 to score a hit on a fighter; Ace
bonus is still in effect
No evasive action is allowed if:
· The B-17 is still in formation
· Two or more engines are out
· Control Cables are out
· The B-17 has accumulated 3+ negative landing modifiers
· Anyone other than the Pilot or Copilot is flying the plane
· Any damage previously received specifically disallows it
FLAK BURSTS INSIDE PLANE (BIP)
· All crewman in compartment are KIA
· Wing, Tail or Pilot Compartment; Bailout on Table G-7
· Bomb Bay with bombs; plane and crew destroyed
· Nose, empty Bomb Bay, Radio Room or Waist; B-17 out of
formation, 2 turns in each following zone, assumed to have
received every damage result possible on the damage table
for that compartment, landing roll on either Tables G-9 or
G-10 is -4, no evasive action possible, unable to fly again.
BORROWING MG AMMO
· When a gun position runs out of ammo, it may borrow from
another position in increments of 2 bursts
· Twin gun mounts (Ball, Top, and Tail) may only obtain
ammo from another twin mount.
· Ammo can only be exchanged during a turn when no fighter
waves are rolled on Tables B-1 or B-2, or after all attacking
fighters have been driven off by friendly cover or other B-
17's
WOUNDED CREWMEN
· Seriously wounded crewman can no longer fire guns or
perform any actions; another crew member may take his
place
· Wounded men must be placed where they have a source of
heat and oxygen; one additional man may be placed in the
pilots' compartment and in the radio room
· Crew movements can be made with no penalty during
“safe” turns; these are the only turns that movement is
allowed if the intercom is out
· If crew movements are made in a zone that is attacked, the
moving members may not fire guns from their old or new
positions until the attacks of one wave of fighters has been
resolved
· Crew movements can be made within the same
compartment with no penalty
· Gunners that move to a new position can only hit fighters
by rolling a 6; exceptions are that the Ball and Top gunners
may replace each other, and the Waist gunners may replace
each other, with no loss of effectiveness
· Any crew member may fly the B-17 if the Pilot and Copilot
are both seriously wounded or KIA, but the first one to take
over must be the Engineer; if the Engineer is subsequently
seriously wounded or KIA, than anyone else may take over,
with the appropriate modifiers to the landing
· Up to two KIA crew may be placed in the waist, one in the
radio room, one in the pilots' compartment and two in the
bomb bay (but only if the bombs are gone)
· If Navigator is seriously wounded or KIA, B-17 spends 2
turns in each future odd numbered zone
LANDINGS
In England; assumed to be landing at an air base
· Roll on Table G-9
In Europe; assumed to be a crash landing and B-17 lost
· Roll on Table G-9, subtracting 3 from roll
Landing in Sea
· Roll on Table G-10
· Crewmen rescued from zones 2-5 are returned to England;
6-7 are captured
ENGINES OUT
One Engine Out
· Can only stay in formation if bombs immediately jettisoned;
can perform bombing run if already in target zone and
remain in formation
· Otherwise, it is out of formation and must spend 2 turns in
each zone while it still has its bombs; normal rate of
movement after jettisoning bombs but remains out of
formation
· No landing modifiers for having 1 or 2 engines out
Two or Three Engines Out
· Must jettison bombs, drop from formation, and spend 2
turns in each zone
· Must drop to 10,000 feet and is subject to light flak if over
land
· Attacking fighters add 1 to their attacking die roll on table
M-3 and the B-17 may not take evasive action
One Engine Operating
· The B-17 may go one zone further then a) crash land or b)
the crew must bail out on Table G-6
· The crew may throw overboard all bombs, guns, ammo, and
fire extinguishers, and fly 2 zones past the zone in which the
third engine was lost
· When landing with only one engine, subtract 3 from the
landing roll on Tables G-9 and G-10
No Engines Operating
· The B-17 must a) crash land in current zone on table G-9 or
G-10 or b) bail out on table G-6 or G-8.
· If crash landing with all engines out, landing roll is -7 on
Table G-9 and -4 on table G-10
HEAT OUT/FROSTBITE
· When any crew suit heat or compartment heat is out, the B-
17 may travel one more zone at the current altitude and in
formation; thereafter it must a) descend to 10,000 feet for
warmth (out of formation) or b) stay in formation and roll
for frostbite once per zone for each affected crewman; Roll
1D: 1-3 = Frostbite; 4-6 = No Frostbite
· Once a crewman is frostbitten, he can hit attacking fighters
only by rolling a 6
· After landing, roll for effects of frostbite; Roll 1D: 1-3 =
Serious Injury/Amputation, may not fly again; 4-6 =
Recovers, may fly next mission
· Any frostbitten crew member who is also seriously
wounded adds 1 to his serious wound survival die roll
Rev 1.0