{"id":1612,"date":"2017-07-02T21:15:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T04:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2017-07-02T21:15:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T04:15:14","slug":"find-a-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/find-a-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"Find a Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found a random name\/age\/home state generator for Target for Today.<\/p>\n

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The crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress “Super-X”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nName<\/td>\nRank<\/td>\nAge<\/td>\nHome State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bomber<\/td>\nSuper-X<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pilot<\/td>\nWallace Thompson<\/td>\nLt.<\/td>\n21<\/td>\nNY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Co-Pilot<\/td>\nLeon Mitchell<\/td>\nLt.<\/td>\n28<\/td>\nOH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Navigator<\/td>\nRonald Long<\/td>\nLt.<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nTN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bombardier<\/td>\nChester Bryant<\/td>\nLt.<\/td>\n25<\/td>\nCT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Engineer<\/td>\nWayne Hill<\/td>\nSgt.<\/td>\n21<\/td>\nIL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Radio Operator<\/td>\nDavid Stewart<\/td>\nSgt.<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nMT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ball Gunner<\/td>\nBilly Hughes<\/td>\nSgt.<\/td>\n23<\/td>\nNJ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Left Waist Gunner<\/td>\nEdwin Bennett<\/td>\nSgt.<\/td>\n23<\/td>\nGA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Right Waist Gunner<\/td>\nPhilip Martin<\/td>\nSgt.<\/td>\n20<\/td>\nCA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tail Gunner<\/td>\nJoe Hayes<\/td>\nSgt.<\/td>\n21<\/td>\nMA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This gives the game a bit more ‘character’, like it did in the older B-17 Queen of the Skies. \u00a0By putting names to a fictional crew, you pull for them to survive.<\/p>\n

Back in the day, I used names of people I knew. \u00a0Still do, as the B-17 QotS campaign for the bomber “Facebook” will attest.<\/p>\n

First mission is ready, raid on the airfields of Amiens, France.<\/p>\n

Wheels up in the morning. \u00a0I should be done with the rules by then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found a random name\/age\/home state generator for Target for Today. The crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress “Super-X”: Name Rank Age Home State Bomber Super-X – – – Pilot Wallace Thompson Lt. 21 NY Co-Pilot Leon Mitchell Lt. 28 OH Navigator Ronald Long Lt. 22 TN Bombardier Chester Bryant Lt. 25 CT Engineer Wayne … <\/p>\n

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