Classic screwups - can you top this?

[321BAR]

Yep, see elsewhere on this bbs - the Dora loses something like that for the drop rack. I also believe empty Granatwerfer tubes cost you.

P47-D25 Rocket tubes do the same. they cause drag

[Volron]

I've done the B-25H thing, trying to fire my bombs out of the 75mm cannon.  I've done the troop thing, bringing field supplies instead of troops in my case (at least the v-sups would have been a lil more helpful with the few friendly gv's that were in town).  But, I'd have to say, bringing torpedo's (in 88's) to knock out a vh, yeah...     Another is one is, when I upped to take out some hangers in bombers, get calibrated and drop, only to realize as my bombs are being released that the salvo was set to sink a CV. 

[Karnak]

I've had more than one dogfight in which I flew, unknowingly, a gravid Mossie with eggs in her belly.  The thing about the Mossie is she hides it from you as you don't lose significant speed to those...


(Mossie rocket rails + rockets cost you 29mph on the deck, just the rails after the rockets are gone cost you 19mph)

[Mongoose]

I flew to the enemy base, attacked, flew home, rearmed, and attacked again.  Couldn't figure out why my bombs weren't exploding.  Then I realized I was upping with drop tanks instead of bombs.   

[Mongoose]

We could make this a weekly or monthly thread.  Each Monday we report our dumb mistakes of the preceding week.

[thndregg]

It has become a tradition in the Virtual 91st Bomb Group do do similar to what the real life bomb group did for a laugh in WW2 after screw-ups were made. In our group, after someone does something stupid (such as accidentally belly-land, or fly well, but taxi a wing off on a hangar, or run a big bomber mission into a hillside), we bring out the 91st salute known as the Rigid Digit:

example: <RD> thndrEGG.

I would post an historical photograph of Col. Stanely T. Wray, (C.O. of the 91st Bomb Group) demonstrating the "Rigid Digit", but Skuzzy previously demonstrated his omnipitent BBS powers as a result.

You will find it in this book, which is a great read: 

[Makoyouidiot]

Ok, so earlier tonight, I was attacking a flight of bombers in a Hurricane MK 1, just pumping them full of .303's, and not taking any hits. As I was passing underneath them, I checked six, and there was a 51 hot on me, so I reflexively yanked hard back and right on the stick while applying left rudder, and my lovely Hurricane rolled smartly, then skidded upwards...into the belly of one of the B-24's I was shooting at. *poof*

[BaldEagl]

Wow.  You guys are losers.      

[ebfd11]

I did a mission one night and I volunteered to take the goon, after 20 mins of NOE flight, and 10 mins of waiting on ground I got the OK from a squaddie, I get airbourne get up to the town and open the door.

When what to my wandering eyes appear as I release "troops"? Well let's put it to ya this way the smoking wirble in town got the needed supplies he had been asking for....

13 kills later (including myself) I get a big thank you from the other player, from my fellow country men I got cussed out.

Can you say DOH!!!

[Guppy35]

It has become a tradition in the Virtual 91st Bomb Group do do similar to what the real life bomb group did for a laugh in WW2 after screw-ups were made. In our group, after someone does something stupid (such as accidentally belly-land, or fly well, but taxi a wing off on a hangar, or run a big bomber mission into a hillside), we bring out the 91st salute known as the Rigid Digit:

example: <RD> thndrEGG.

I would post an historical photograph of Col. Stanely T. Wray, (C.O. of the 91st Bomb Group) demonstrating the "Rigid Digit", but Skuzzy previously demonstrated his omnipitent BBS powers as a result.

You will find it in this book, which is a great read: 
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The RAF referred to it as "Finger Trouble" 

[thndregg]

The RAF referred to it as "Finger Trouble" 

[humble]

Last weekend I log on with cup of coffee in hand and over vox 1st comment is squaadie on deck rtb/oil leak with 3-4 cons in trail on the deck. NP I grab a barbiefire and go flying out at 3k on wep sipping my coffee....after a few minutes I've got vis and keep my offest and dive back down to tree top level. They see me and pull of the squaddie ...so I drive on thru the gap figuring to get them pulling G's and convert to a sweeping low G zoom........................G lider

Needless to say I was there waiting in the tower still sipping my coffee when said squaddie arrived

[cobia38]

  dive bombing with ar234 and hit ratos instead of bombs = rocket powerd lawn dart 

[Shuffler]

Mensa once asked me to clear his 6 of three cons. I told him I'd be right there after stirring my margarita. He had the nerve to get shot down before I could get there.

These young folks these days have no patience.

[Becinhu]

One of the first times I upped a 262.  I was around 12k defending a port.  My gunnery was actually worse than it is now (amazing i know) so every fighter I engaged never even chipped their paint. I look down over my right wing and spot a flight of B-26s at around 5-6k. I rolled to the right and dropped in. I passed by the 26s at around 700 mph and left a nice hole on the beach.  What did I learn? Apparently when you dive at a 70 degree angle at full throttle in a 262 you compress very quickly.