"Gun's jammed, dammit!" you hear from gbasden and raydude at the same time. The frigid temperatures at 20,000 have frozen their guns and they work frantically to unjam them before the next fighter wave finds the bomber. Gbasden finally manages to clear his gun while raydude is only able to get one of his guns working in his turret which will have to do since waves of fighters have found the formation and begin their attack.
Raydude and gbasden target a Me-109 heading right for the nose of the plane and the fire from the gunners shatters the cockpit, the pilot slumped over and the fighter diving past the bomber and into the ground. Not much time to celebrate as another Me-109 attacks from 1:30 high but isgrimnur and zenn7 fire and score a solid hit on the fighter's left wing, tearing off the flap. The fighter continues the attack but due to the loss of control misses the bomber and flies off.
A Fw-190 approaches from 10:30 while a Me-110 attacks from below. Isgrimnur, lawbeefaroni and raydude fires at the Fw-190, hitting the left wing but not causing enough damage to drive it off. The fighter misses however and veers away. Hentzau scores a hit on his target and causes some damage but not enough to prevent the Me-110 from landing some hits of his own as shells pepper the left wing and pilot compartment. But other than some holes and near misses of the flight crew the bomber is no worse for wear as the Me-110 limps away.
A third wave of fighters finds the Agnes. Gbasden frantically fires at a Fw-190 coming right at him, scoring a hit but the fighter pushes his attack and fires, raking the bomber with shells. Holes appear in the radio room and bomb bay but nothing important was damaged. Lawbeefaroni feels a sharp pain in his thigh and as he looks down finds torn fabric with a little blood on it but nothing major seems to have been hit
(for the curious, search for "vastus muscle"). Lordmortis takes a shot at the fighter as it passes under the Agnes but the hits he scores don't do much damage as the fighter swings around to attack again. Zenn7 and hentzau have better luck with their bandit at 3:00 as the bullets tear off the Me-109's wing sending the fighter into the ground. The pilot was able to bail out and counts himself lucky to have escaped with his life. Raydude and isgrimnur trade shots with the Me-109 at 1:30 but both miss and the fighter flies off to pounce on another target.
The determined fighter ace that scored a hit on the bomber makes another run at the Agnes. Hentzau and lordmortis fire a line of tracers at the Fw-190 causing it severe damage but as a final statement before disappearing in a fireball the ace fires back and shells pepper the Hellcat Agnes. Rounds damage the tail rudder but the plane still holds steady. The radio room, however, takes a severe hit and themix's head is a bloody mess as he slumps over, not dead but not moving very much. The worst part of the attack are the shells that hit the instrument panel in the cockpit which spark and smoke. All of the sudden the oxygen gauges start dropping towards zero and smoove_b immediately dives the plane to 10,000 feet, realizing that the oxygen controls have been destroyed and the only chance for their survival is to lose altitude before they all suffocate.