... DATE .............•................ ROUTE FORECAST PERIOD ......•....................

(1)

WEATHER

(2)

CUHJDS

FREEZING(3) LEVEL AND INDEX

(4)

VISIBILITY

HEIGHT

SURFACE (5)

FT (6)

FT (7)

FT (8)

FT (9)

FT (10)

FT (11)

(A) (B) (C) (D)

DIRECTION VEWCITY DIRECTION VELOCITY DIRECTION VEWCITY DIRECTION VELOCITY

BASE ALTIMETER SETTING •••.••••••• TARGET SURFACE TEMP ••.••••••••.• TARGET MEAN TEMP •.•••••••.•• TARGET SURFACE PRESSURE ••••••••• .

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DAY

UISSIOll' No . e7 Dftte :e4 FEB. 44

TO: SCHWEINFIJRT, GER.

DE:e'hFIEDPER ~ ~l p_ ~~ BY ,· NA~ .___EATE.=J4k'2.:..1J I ...----

BBADQUARTKRS 401S1' B<XB~ GROUP (B)

OFFICI 01 THI OPBRA.TIOIS OJTIC~

SUBJIC1'1 Leader• 1 Iarrative, -&Ollt Bomb Group, Mi a1on ot 24 February 1944.

1'0 a · Co11111And1ng Oftioer, 40lat Boab Group (B).

1- _.,

1. The 40lat Grou'O turniahed the low box ot the g4th Coabat 1'1ng. Aasembly ~. on 11X._ Bunoher at 14,000 feet tor low box. Group assembly 1ffll 11~ but foraation had 17 ahipa ahortly after leaving •x• Bunohe~. Wing asaembly waa poor. The low box trailed the lead box until point •z• and the high box was not 1n 1lght until ahort]!y after leaving point •z•.

2. Low box flew o~ right of' lead box until the I.P. The Group formation was good throughout the mia1ion. · There were aeveral attaokl by enemy tighter•· .oatly by individua.l plane• or in pair1. friendly tighter aupport was good.

a. J'lak ali the target waa moderate. Th.e lead navigator did an excellent job 1n avoiding all flak areaa along the route.

'· Weather wa1 perfeot throughout the route which was followed a1 briefed. Visual bombing as done with good resul ta.

5. Low box had seventHn plane• throughout the mission. There were no los••••

- 1 -

WILLIAM C. GARLAND, Captain, Air Corps, Group Leader.

DE~~FIED PER ~,,h/~ ~n{b BY ,·NARA DATE~ ! __ _.

HBADQUA...'t'fERS -'018! BCJIBARDMENT GROUP (R)

orFIOI OF THE 0 ERATIOWS OJ7ICER

26 Pebruary 1944

SUBJEC'fa OperatiOD&l arratiTe. Ki11ion lo. 27. 24 Peb 1944. (Low Box)

!0 C anding otricer. 40lat Boabar ent Group (H) .

1. G RAL KARRATIVE. 'fhe 40lat Group rurni1hed eighteen (18) 1hip1 plua three \a) aparea for the law box. Three ahipa were abortive• and one apare returned early leaving a total of seventeen 1hip1 in the low box thro hout the aiasion. Group aaaeably waa slow but ~ot to~ether atter leaTing point X and trailed the lead box to point Z before getting into ing formation. fhe route in and out was nearly ae briefed and the low box tlew on the right to t e IP due to difficulty of looking into aun. Low box dropped bo ba Tisu lly on the primary targ t and aa third Group ot Win to drop boaba. Reaulta could not be accurately determined becauae of th a oke over the target but lead bo~bardier states that he picked up the JIPI and releaaed on 1 t. A. tfiW righter• attack• were ex­perienced and there waa moderate flak at the target. All flak areaa on the route were avoided and all ahips returned to th base safely.

2. AI CRAFT OT ATTACKING. Of the three bortivea . two were due to peraoDDel ?aiiur;-' and one was a Mohanica.l failure. !he apare that returned early had chanical f~ilure.

S. Bo aircraft wer lost.

•• ror tionll

a. Formation at 'f/0 and on cruise. (diagram attached.)

b. lor tion over target. (d,agr attached.)

5. Result• of bombing have been covered in paragrapA one (1).

•

DELJflll I SILVD. Captain. jir Corpa. Acting Opna o •

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40l ST T • BOX

Combat Flight Leader 2 J. r I 4 4. Date

Deputy Flight Leader FVSEli

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HEADQUAR'l' IS 401 .BOli D 'N'r G OOP

ottice oft he ir . -c; tistioe.l Officer J.AP stati• lU 2t- February 1'"•

SUIEJC'f• 8tat11t1oal -ry. •olat Gr CNp, • hat .. ot 21 r e rua.17 l Mt-.

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8!A'l'IS !'ICAL S~Rf fJt J:llC JllP! A!T.A.~IW -IUaber ot A/ 0 !akin& Ott •••••••••••••••• Zl u.ber of Spar • •• •• ••• • •••••••••••••••• I

A/C faking Ott Less Unuaed Sparea •••• • •• 20 luaber ot A/C Diap toha4 ••••••••••••• • •• 17 u.ber ot Sorties ( .E. r . ) •••••••••••••• l?

lumber or eturna rly ( ot . J . t . ) •••• S er ot A~ Attack1ng ••••••••• •••• • ••• l 1

Humber ot A/b Not ttaokin •••••••• • •• • •St

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11 16• ( 178 60 GP 1/10 1/100 2 500# Smoke bOJBba

Other Attaoka (T. o.: (Leiohterabaoh, Ger. ) (l) 1 12 500f

Total Bomba on Targets 190 60

oth r Bomb ::Xpindi turel

BOIIIba Returned 38 OC!Jt.

Total {Loaded on A/ C !'akiJll Ott) 228 600~

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.l • DAUBLI Captain, Air ~orpa ta.tiatioal Ofticer

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OFFlCt ·' ~· ~ .. ~"'r_':'~ l:, OF'FICER

AFO 634

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2 . Tr~ck Ci~rt ~~t~c ~d .

3 . Uarrc...tiv"' •

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(1) Clouds ~lCths

(2) Vis ability mi l~s

(3) dind o.t &ltitude de_,rees ,. __...._ __ M Knots per hour .

g . M<Ju.ns of' !"l.avi[:...t'i 0.~ ove r .wngland .

h . r;Ieans .. cr.ac 'dng ::_ t. ro inds

DE~hFIED PER~ ~ID ~ BY ,·NA~ ~ATE_ · 1 __

k . Fighter Rendezvous :

(1) Going in: hours . - ---- -hours. (2)

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(1)

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(3 ) How d ,rmindd:

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(1) (2) (3) ( 4 ) (G)

T L r.w b omb s a tay s • Method of tu.- g,et---rd'miti••won nnd WPather over target :

Gee:

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(2 ) Time hours .

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FROM

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fLIC.HT PLAN PILOT _____________________ NAVICATOR ___________________________________________ DATE ______________________ _

. STATIONS ENCINES TAXI T. 0. ,_---~---

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O.R. i373 HEIGHTS IN FEET

DAJ)QlWtTJllS .011! BCIIIA!tDDft GROOP (B)

CW'PICI or !lD BOtmiiG OJ'!'ICIR

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2o Photegrapu ot beJab hita oan Mt be pioke4 eut du. w the great MO\Int et •-k••

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Mission of so•irii~!"ll~utt--------

Target~-----------------

( l ) Designation of Gro1.lp

(2 ) Total No . of A/C airborne , incl . SpP.r~JS

(3 ) Total No . of A/C Dispatched

(4 ) No . of A/C Attacking

( 5 ) No . of A/C Dispatched but not Attacking

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(o)Enemy Action (l ost before target) __

(d ) Other

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(J ~ ) I SIQ ... ·~(c)Type _ _ _ • ( 9 ) Bomb s on Bnch Target

(10) Per sonnel Casualties ------....;.. Type :

(a ) Number Killed (b ) Number Wounded' __ _ (c ) Number Missing ----

(ll) A/C Suffer ing Battle Damage

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Target No. 4 (a) 7 · KUGELFISCHER, Etc.

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SCHWEINFURT (GERMANY)

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Illustration No. 4 (a) 7/ 9

Issued February 1944

A. KUGELFISCHER.

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' l. Target as u whole comprises 5 individuul works (Kugulfischer)-nll m~fg. ball benrings. ~Fe&&etioa ii now bar,k ±g 7~~ of ngr~J a£t8r cla~~be eo!'le ltut fg,l!L. Intelligence reports that the supply of this oroduct is tltrained ::.n GerT".any and the Jerries have been rressed to placinE orders with Sweden and Sw!ttzerland.

~1 ill all, t'be teget canstit!ltes the mast important rwfg . eel"t~

-ef tfi e !H"ed:ttct---i~ 2 . Your J.r-I is h complete mfg;. unit, mfb• all types of ball bea.rinc;s

and 0ther A/C component parts and is estimated to produce 24.,., of tho total Axis supply. This plaat employs 11,000 persons and the l";orks cover an firea of 50 acres.

3. Considerable qu&ntities of oil and inflammable material are $t.ID"~1i used and stored in the works which, if hit, will further the dnT'lage done by bombin~:,.

4. Scilme of tht'l buildin6s in this area are painted to simulate darn.ae;e and others ar'J camouf !aged with disruptive painting.

2 . l"':ile you are hittint; this tnrget, the other divcn<ims will be strikin;; ~=~.t Gotha s.nd Tut;?J' in Germany and the 3rd. Div • .,.-5.11 be in Posen, -roland.

2-!'· .; -' 3 . Show ro1.-te on ;.'f:p l:c:;OJ,OOO

l.There will be a "spoof" diversion >with planes operatinL mandrel e1ipmont to foul up the enemy ~adar.

From 6700 , A/C will fly up ana down the English Goa st t0 screen the take-off and asseT'l.bly. :lln~YJ(

To-day the Jerry Radar should be n 11 saaffooed and the: · shotldn 1 t have a chance to get set for you in any one place.

4. 'li'ighter support l. Gain~ In

..., llps 47's 5236-0437 to 5234-0630 "

3 c;ps ,. 5234-0630 to 5233-0750 3 Gps " 52:13-0750 tp 1"210-0845

2 Gp 51's 5210-0015 to 5105-1005 2 " 3d 1 s 5105-1005 to 5030-0740

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2. G-r.int, out 3 Gps 47 1 s 5030-0740 to 5028-0610 2 ,. .. 5029-0610 to 503~-J510 2

,, ,, 5033-0510 to lini t ranr e.

Cne Gp 51 1 s will s n~p ~:.reR S of Jrussels; 8 Sq Spits 1ill cover frum 5040-0450 to coast •

5. Flak 1.nd F laic -:rap 1. ~eneral, going in.

"'he route, if followed as outlined, shodmld be rela+i,rel-r free of flak except for a little at the tar;;et. The areas to s'.irt on the way in are Osnabruck b.nd na r nc ver .and Kassel.

2. 'li'lak over the taq;et area itRel£' should be ncderate to meae;er. '"'here are only 44 e;uns within ranbe and you ~=~.re .;oin~ in on the number 1 nriort~r and lea vinb on the n w: ber 2 !" th. ~ a.. 4

- '( ~ • 3.comin ..... out of the ta::-get, the best pos~ible route is a sharp turn lTo,..th.

Tl•e heaviest co"Gcentrati( n of ba-cteries beil'l;.: p-:1 the c-1· edGe of town. 4. Pt.rticularly avo.:..d Frankf1 rt l:lnd l{obl 7 eo1ning home. 5. ~he route ot<t sholl lcxx:tx:' be kept well S of 1Tuppy alley, Ltiee;e and

ostend on the coast.

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6. Chaff will be carried by t~e le::.d ,p ' anr:l. the lead groups of er~ch f'ollowinb wing .

7 . QT'loke screens ar~ knovm to bo at tl1e tar~et, v•it~ l"l0'1t of the installa­tions on the ~ ana f, · side of the target.

a . ':'he wind is 10 }~...,H fror.1 270 degrees which means s! uke. if used, will be blo"inL across tl~ tarGet on )OUr a 1 ro~ch .

6 . ~hew ~ite taruet ch~rt. a. cons.iderable snow is expected to Le on the goanrld in this a!·ea w:fucich

s 10uld tltslp n l)ic..: :inb uut 1 e.ndmarks.

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l. ecornrnended 1. ''Jtzlar-Qpti cal ••orkn ("how photo 1. 32 , 000) 2. Dollbergen-Oil Refinery. About 20 ni NE of can,1over.

2. For all CB,...., n.ny military objective definitcl~r identified as being il Germany ("n thout disrupting fit;hter Ruppl rt)

3. No targets ~ill be bombed in enemy occupied ~~ritory.

9. 3:tecit.l !nstr c~i)ns . 1. pjr-r

If forced dovm in Gernnny travel at nite. J~nke st!rc yon h~ve your escape kit end food vii th you ns it is inarlvisabil:a: to contact the people nnd boca•..tse of snow, it is impossible to lve off the land.

Head for Fr~nce or Belgium. "";ach m.n be sure to o:npty his pockets of identifying r.u'lterialjrrave

~·our pa"sport photos with ;you anu carry your GI shoes benause of the sno ~< . 2 . Friendly A/C

n . P-38 1 s painted silver-no camo uflage . b. P-47 1 s with red, yellow and blue nos6s.

3. Landint, in neutr!:ll countries s.. 8' i t"tHland-

Destruction of plane and eqt..iprnent SOP re attack by ~viss A/c

4. DOH'T l.tErTIOH THE TA'"'GE, ttFTEn LEAVING l'HIS ROCH •

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Office of the Operations Officer APO 634

24 February 1944

SUBJECT:: Loading List

TO: Op~rations Officer, 40lst Bomb. Gp., APO 634

1. The following is a list of Combat Crews partifipation in ~oday 1 s migsion.

Plane 42-97496

p CP N

2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. S/Sgt. S/Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. Sgt.

Hagan Dunn Cordell Graham Barr Simmons Cox Parker Huston Stone

MPrion John Wilbur Fred Martin Harry Wade Harry Arthur James

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0-803190 0-690067 0-811569 0-676214 33238106 33251053 15071368 39030361 37264453

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Plane 42-39837

p CP N B RO TTG BTG TG LWG RWG

1st Lt. 1st Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. T/Sgt. T/Sgt. s/sgt. S/Sgt. S !Sgt. Sgt.

Plane 42-39765

P 2nd Lt. CP 2nd Lt. N 2nd I::t. B 2nd Lt. RO T/Sgt. TTG T/Sgt. BTG S/Sgt. TG S(.~

- ~sgt. Plane 42-31662

p CP N B RO TTG BTG TG LWG RWG

2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. T/Sgt. S/Sgt. S/S gt. S/Sgt. Sgt. S/S6 t.

Sellers George Shapiro Rementeria

·Lehr Parrish Mace Rishel Judd Daniel

West McKinnon Nutter Montgomery Andrus Russel Wen!'t5 e

--- Lefkin Russell Morini

Bingham Head Tomlinson Lott McCawley Dunn Yeatts Johns Carey Sierra

William Jack Ae.ron David Jesse Donald Kenneth Dale Loyde James

George Douglas Lloyd Thomas Robex­

ra.nc1s John Michael Hugh Alfred

George Francis Harvey Eugene Fred Johnny Lal''son Carl Joe Charles

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Slane 42-39~ p 2nd Lt. T,.nner John R. 0-803901 612th CP 2nd Lt. McDaniel Robert E. 0-687317 II

N 2nd Lt. Strom Kenneth L. 0-690690 .. B 2nd Lt. Szungyi John ; P. 0-349656 " RO T/Sgt. Grahem James J. 16099737 II

TTG T/Sgt. Cable Harvey T. 39531286 ii BTG S/Sgt. No.rris John B. 14093939 TG S/Sgt. Staley Phillip c. 39151877 il

LWG S/Sgt. Daniel Edward P. 09251499 .. RWB S/Sgt. Francis Raymond R. 39038724 il

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p 2nd Lt. John so~ Benjamin H. ar. 0-7258'3 " CP 2nd Lt. Waller Jack E. 0-121813 II

N 2nd Lt. ·Fishbeck Ho11rard D. 0-68730 " B 2nd Lt. Musso David M. 0-682584 w RO S/Sgt. Brandt Melvin A. 37318955 It

TTG S/Sgt. Sellitto John ~ 32425913 It . -BTG Sg!. Schaefer Do,pald E. 36704434 II -TG Sgt •. Blaugh Joseph M. 35598397 II

LWG s7sgt. Shannon James L. 13047826 II

RWG S/Sgt. Litchfield Russell E. 37371053 II

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613th BOMBARDMENT SQ.U.ADRON (H) OFFICE OF THE OPERATIONS OFFICER

TO 1 Operations Officer, 40lst Bomb Gp. (H), APO # 634.

24 FEBRUARY ~944

1. Following is the list of Combat Crews participating in today•~ Mission.

Plane # ~ Jt-J..-310~1

DU'lY RANK LAST ( NAME ) FIRST OII) SQ.

p lat Lt. JONFS DONALD E. 613th. CP - 2nd Lt. O'NEIL EDViARD T. • N 1st Lt. BENNETT CYRUS P. • B lst Lt. GRATE LOUIS B. • RO - T/SGT. SCEBENBERGER NICHOLAS D. • 'ri' - T/SGT. tmMSON Tli>MAS (NMI) • BT - PVT. BRANDT GORDON F. • TG - S/SGT. DE CINQ.UE LoUIS A. • um - S/..SG BUR .ARTHUR (NMI) • RWG- S/SGT. FERLAND ARTHUR .... •

Plane # k2-:310Z2

p 2nd Lt. VOKATi ALFRED E. • CP - 2nd Lt. GAMBRELL ~ ILLIAM L. JR. • N 2nd l,.t. SC.HACHI'ER SHEA (NMI) • B. - 2nd Lt. ST.RODE CHARlES R. • RO - S/SGT. HA.LPIN RONAlD c • TT - S/SGT. BOROS JOSEPH J. • BT - SGT. CRULL HOi'ARD •· • TG - SGT. CANTER 'iARREN (NMI) • LJG- SGT. SANDERS ROY G. JR. • RViG - PVT. CAMPBELL JOHN F. •

Plane # 42-350Z

p 2nd Lt. SHEAHAN WILLIAM c. • CP - 2nd Lt. OGDEN ELLIOTT • N 2nd Lt. DAVIS ROBERT o. • B. - 2nd Lt .. CONWAY DOUGLAS M. •

S/SGT. SILVERST IN DONALD ....

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24 Febrt1ary 1944

JEATW.R II TE..t:tROGATIOH Sill J ARY FOR l1ilSSION CF 24 FEBRUARY l9L~l~

TAKE-OFF: 0850 . Nil clouds . Visibility 3)00 yds .

ROUTE OUT: Nil clouds . Visibility unlirilited at flight level .

TARGET : 1341. Nil clouds. Visi .... ility unlirri.ted at fli~ht level.

ROUTE BACK: Nil clouds . Visibility unlir,ited at flight level.

BASES On RETUR1: 1615 . 5/10 cumulus, bases 2500 1 , tops 3000 '. Visibility 4 l"liles .

2El Afdl.2 : Fo contrails from bonb8rs . Dense, non- persistent contrails frol"l fie;hters at 27- 30,000 1 • Temperat-ures 3 dee; . Yrarmer than briefed; - 29 deg . at 21, 000 1 • rfinds aioft : Direction as briefed; veloc i ties 5- 7 lmots less than briefed, 5 deg . E to target .

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DATE .............•................ ROUTE FORECAST PERIOD ......•....................

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CLOUDS

FR.EEZING(3) LEVEL AND INDEX

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VISIBILITY

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SURFACE (5)

FT (6)

FT (7)

FT (8)

FT (9)

FT (10)

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DIRECTION VELOCITY DIRECTION VELOCITY DIRECTION VELOCITY DIRECTION VELOCITY

BASE ALTIMRI'ER SETTING........... TARGET SURFACE TEMP ............. TARGEI' MEAN TEMP ............ TARGEI' SURFACE PRESSURE ........ ..

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OFFIC3 OF THE INTEL~ISElCE OFFIC~R STAT r·:t 128 - APO 634

u. s. P. ;!Y

24 F~bru~ry 1914.

SUBJECT: Comments of Crews Participatint; in SCH'G::Ii1F.JRT .Ussion, 24 February 1941.

TO Com:nanding Offocer, 401..st Boob Group (II), Station 128, (Throu~h Lt Col. Broolts and Lt Col. Voorhees.)

1. A/C fl07 Z - Lt. Vokaty, pilot, "Leader of Group formation flew too fast ( 165 to 170), wild cl imbint;. Leader of second element in lead sqlladron flew too high and too far back. Second element was so f~r bqck when we bombed that the bomb pattern COUld not havecbeen (!OOd for S':l_Uadron. 11

2. A/C lt7843- Lt Rustand, CP, "P-1:7 escort we.s vPry good.'' Lt. Christe sen, Dilot, "Formation Very good."

6. A/C rt"9837 - Lt Rementeria, Bombardier, "Emtirely too lJlUCh talkin:: on VT1F, Gl'ttto:c in particular."

4. A/C frl891 - F/0 rtush, navigator, "'1Vnitec forty l'tndinb. Short on~ map in folder, had two of one kind. sets; bakelite ones become hcrribly E®ccmfor 'lble."

minutes for truck lim ~eed rubber cups for head-

5. A/C ff9b46 - Lt; Sobolak, CP, "'rriangl~ "U" A/C# 251540, call "~. forced Lt. D3.wes out of the fo1·mAtion while Lt. Dawes was feather in._; an engine. 457th was flying all over the sky. 11

6. A/C ifooso - Lt },~usso, S/S:;t. Shannon and Sgt. Schefer, "Hard earcups hutt."

7. A/C f.:l081 - Lt. Jones, pilot, ttMess carri""d out a pan full of e~gs after ref'usin:; to serve seconds. il.rrare;e for trs.nsuort for gunners from mess to arma­r:Jent to c •.• arters after' issior." Lt. o•r·eil, 8P, "Su,;g:est lee.vins f,llnS in crew chief's tent."

8. A/C 11 ~ :;73 Lt Post , pilot, "S-2 did very well in brd.efing - lie;ht flnk. 11

9. A/C 7rl485- Capt. Garland, Group Lead, "•Vinr; assembly not c;ood:·strae;glint; to coast; 457th too hi.gh; Goocl group formation, but didn't fmt into Ji.ng • . All did good job.

0. A/C it7833 - Lt .iysocke, pilot. "dindshield messed up by de-icing fluid, throu;':h no fault of the crew chilef."

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11. A/C 1fl368 - \lholo crew, "Transportation still poor; caused us to be a little late to planP-. 11 Lt . :F'itzberald, bor bardc.er, "Suggest cle9.11. ra s to clean plexi~lass . 11

12 . \jC )f99;5G -Lt. Levey, 'bombR.rdier, "Bomb acks a!ld screws on fiLnest conditio!' I have ever seen." Lt Smith, pilot, "Can't sometninz be dono to have trucks meet planes? Late a good ha.l6 hour on last three Missions.

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Qlo"'FICE OF THE ENGINEERING OFFICER STATION 128

APO 63-t

2~ February,l944

SUBJECTs Battle Daaage Report

TO Group Engineeri~ Officer, ~1st Beabardaeat Greup (iO.Statioa 128. APO 634:. u.s.Army

1. The following is the battle damage report tor the airpla.es operated by this Squadron on the oombat aission completed this dates

AIBPLANE NO.

~-31891

4:2-314:96

42-399~3

42~050

42-31662

BATTLE DA!lA.GE

loFl&k hole ia rt. horizontal stabilizer around statioa 62, ia bottea out top.Tore atite .. r. ·

2. Flak aole tarJ rudder tria tab. around atatioB 5.

1 o Flak hole ia :u.ia entr.... door. Went out lett side of fUBelage between statio• 6K and station 7o

2. Flak hole in bottom or rt. horizontal stabiliaer arouad station 229.1.

3. Flak hole in bottoa of fuselage, rt. side around atation 6G.

1. Flak hole on top iaspeetion pla~ ot No. 4: oil ooeler.

2. Flak h~le on top ot lett wing between statioa 1 aad 2o

3. Flak hole on top of lett wing arouad statiea ~~ ~. Flak hole o:u. bQttoa ot lett wing around statiol'l 2lo

1. Flak hole ia rto aide ot aese seotiea 2. Flak hole on top ot I 2 naaelle 3. Flak hole oa top o• lett wing statio• 21 -'• Right aileron pUll.etured by 30 odiber statica 23

1. Flak hole on left aide of cllia turreto 2. 20 Dm hole thru rt. horizontal stabilizer and

eleT&tor, statioa 1~8; requires replaoe~nt

l.Fl&k hoJ.e on botto~ fuselage, station 3G.Se~red bomb bay eatwalk diagonal braee.

2. 50 cal. hole in gua aount lett side ot fuselage

DEG..J.,h~SIFIED PER ~£5/D 31lfij BY ~\'? tl, , NA~ __ ATE f I

3o Expl oding skell d~ged rt. side of nose section station 2,A..

'· Flak hole Tert ioal stabili,er station 10.

~~~ 1st Lt. Air Corps Engineering Officer

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