This is one of ET37's B-29 missions. Earl wrote this and we all played it out.
8-13-13 MISSION DIALOG
ET37 LINES WILL BE IN BLACK
DHAWK'S LINES WILL BE IN GREEN
Glnbb's LINES WILL BE IN GOLD
GARD06'S LINES WILL BE IN RED
SKCOLT'S LINES WILL BE IN BROWN
MET'S LINES WILL BE IN PURPLE
Eagle327's LINES WILL BE IN BLUE
Limbo's lines will be in Rose
Mistic011's lines will be in Bright Green
The B-29's call sign will be SNOW BALL
Dhawk will be ET37's flight engineer
SKcolt will be ET37's Navigator-bombardier
Met will be ET37's Crew chief and left waist gunner, #5 position
Climber will be radar operator and air traffic controller on the USS Yorktown
Glnbb's P51D's, call sign Top Dog, will help cover B-29's
Limbo's P-47M's will be TANGO Flight, and will also cover the B-29's
Dialog will start after lift-off of the runway for the B-29's.
GARD06'S CALL SIGN ON TINIAN AIR FORCE BASE, WILL BE "HAWKEYE"
ET37
Engineer, give me climb power, cooler doors open for now, cowl flaps at 20 degrees, ADI off.
Dhawk
Roger, sir, ADI off, cowl flaps 20, cooler doors open for now, 48 inches on manifold, and 2650 RPM, all instruments in green, #2 oil temp running a little on the high side. Recomend we leave cowl flaps on #2 full open for now until we see what the oil temp is going to do.
Met
A/C number 5, left wing is clean, no leaks for now, flaps are at 25 degrees, landing gear housing closed.
ET37
Roger 5, flaps coming up now, keep a close eye on #2, engineer ok on the cowl flaps for #2. Navigator, give me a heading for Oak Tree, now less see if we can contact Hawkeye.
Hawkeye, Hawkeye, Snowball flight with you out of ______, heading____, squawking 221 on the IFF.
GARD06
Roger, snow ball, radar contact, continue heading, climb to 12,000, report out of 10,000, you have possible traffic conflict 1 O'clock your position, believed to be PBY4 on submarine patrol, I have no radio contact with him. say your number of aircraft and souls on board.
ET37
Roger Hawkeye, I'll keep my eyes open for now, have flight of 12, with 10 on board each a/c.
GARD06
Roger, Snowball, REDBIRD, REDBIRD FLIGHT, DO YOU READ HAWKEYE DEPARTURE?
GLNBB
Roger, Hawkeye, Redbird flight with you, squawking 115, we are out of________(BB jsut give him your currecnt altitude), heading______.
Roger, Redbird flight, fly heading________to intercept Snowball flight, report out of 10,000, be advise many contacts, unknown targets, 85 miles Northwest your current position. I suspect a group of KI-67 Betty bombers on the way to Guam and altitude unknown!
GLNBB
Roger, Hawkeye, we'll keep a eye open in that direction, if they approach the bomber stream, lit us know, we'll say hello to them.
Attention,all Redbird flight, go to cruise climb, 48 inches and 2700RPM, boost pumps on low, arm salvo's in cause we have to intercept those Betty bombers.
Gard06
Tango Flight, tango flight, you copy Hawkeye tranimission?
Limbo
Roger, Hawkeye, Tango flight with you out of________(give him your current altitude and heading), heading____________, sqawking 142 on the IFF.
Gard06
Roger Tango flight turn to heading______, climb and maintain flight level 250, report out of flight level 200 for further traffic advisories.
Limbo
Roger, tango flight turning to heading_______, understand cleared to flight level 250, will give you a call out of flight level 200.
Dhawk
Engineer to A/C, oil temp on #2 still climbing, recommend we increase airspeed to see if it will cool off any. I think if I back the power off a little, it might help.
EAGLE327
Hawkeye, Hawkeye, Boxer flight with you out of ________(EAGLE, just add in your present altitude when you get to your lines and heading), heading____, squawking 121 on the IFF.
GARD06
Roger Boxer flight, maintain present heading, climb and maintain 15,000, will advise on traffic or boogie contacts
GLNBB
Hawkeye, Redbird flight with you out of 10,000 for flight level 250 do you have further info on suspected KI-67 bombers?
GAUD06
Roger, Redbird flight, cleared to maintain climb to flight level 250, Betty's, if that is what the contacts are, are going to pass in front of the bomber stream by at least 50 miles. I do not see them as a threat at this time, will keep you advised. Radar service terminated at this time, if you need further assistance, USS Destroyer Pell City at 265.0 UHF, will be about 50 miles your 11:00 position.
GLNBB
Roger, understand radar service terminated, if I need further assistance, will contact Pell City, 265.0. Good day sir and thank you for your help.
Met
Number 5 to A/c, we have a oil leak on the wing behind #2, its not much right now.
ET37
Roger #5, ok engineer on your recommendations, looks like we may have a problem with #2 today, Maybe a loose clamp on oil return line, you know they had to replace all the cylinder head cooling baffling around the cylinders and somebody probably left a hose clamp loose.
SKcolt
Navigator to A/C, unable to get a shot on the sun, to many clouds, recommend we fly tactical briefing heading until we get above these clouds. Permission to extent Low frequency antenna and see if I can get a fix on Hawkeye and Tinian Base to get us a positive fix on our position.
ET37
Roger, navigator, go ahead and extend the LF antenna and check your Loran system, you should be able to pick up enough info for a position check. Radio, see if you can raise Pell City on 246 megahetze to see if he can help us with out position reports.
Met
Number 5 to A/C, I am beginning to see a wisp of smoke on the left side of #2 engine, but it looks like the fluid or oil, what ever was leaking, has about stopped for now.
ET37
Roger #5, its probably oil dripping on the exhaust stack on that side of the engine, lets just hope it doesn't get any worst.
GARD06
Boxer and snowball flights, contact Pell city on 246, radar service is terminated, good day and good luck!
ET37
Roger Hawkeye, thank you for your help and good day sir!
EAGLE327
Roger Hawkeye, understand radar service is terminated, thank you sir for your help.
ET37
Pell City, Pell City, you copy Snowball one"
Mistic011
Roger Snoball 1, radar contact, contuine climb to flight level 250, say your current altitude and airspeed.
ET37
Roger Pell City, we are out of_______, heading_______ and understand cleared to flight level 250, any traffic advisories for us at this time?
Mistic011
Snowball 1, no bad guy contacts at this time, believed to be flight of KI67's 70 miles Southeadt your position, heading 150 degrees, not sure where they are going.
ET37
roger Pell City, will guard 246 for further advisories, thank you sir.
SKcolt
(colt, wait until we are about 24,000 feet before you make this next announcement to me)
Navigator to A/C, sir our ground speed has fell off to 194 knots, we must be getting into that southern jet stream that weather briefed us on.
ET37
Roger nav, maybe we can get on top of it, but then that's going to screw up our bomb drop, so I may see if we can bomb from 22,000 instead of 25,000. Radio, get me "tinsel town" on the horn, I need to talk to Colonel Houston about change in bombing altitude.
(Morse code signal will be played at this time)
ET37
Ok, Snow Ball flight, less descend to 22,000 feet for bombing altitude, set your salvo's on 4, drop ALL bombs on town, save . Salvo settings for town targets will be 4 because of our altitude.
DIALOG WILL END AT THIS TIME, EXCEPT FOR ANYTHING ANYONE WANTS TO ADD IN THE AIR TO AIR COMMUNICATIONS FROM THIS POINT ON".
