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Original Crew & Bomber

B-17 Name: Irascible Girl

Pilot: 1st Lt. Carl Cook
Co-Pilot: 2nd Lt. Ralph Allen
Bombardier: 2nd Lt. Jesse Moore
Navigator: 2nd Lt. Alvin Martinez
Engineer: T/Sgt Martin Jones
Radio Operator: Sgt Samuel Davis
Ball Gunner: S/Sgt Ronald Wood
Port Waist: Sgt Richard Lopez
Starboard Waist: S/Sgt Theodore Powell
Tail Gunner: Sgt Paul Walker

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17F-30BO-42-5072 – “Irascible Girl”

80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



MISSION

Date: 10 Sep 1943

Mission Number: 47

Mission this bomber: 1

Target: OPERATION AVALANCHE - Salerno, Italy - Ground Support

Formation: Middle / Middle



BOMB RUN: On target - 20%


CREW

Position	Rank & Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Carl Cook	1	0	0		RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	1	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	1	0	0		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Alvin Martinez	1	0	0		RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	1	1	1		RTD
Radio Operator	SGT Samuel Davis	1	0	0		RTD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Ronald Wood	1	0	0		RTD
Port Waist	SGT Richard Lopez	1	0	0		RTD
Starboard Waist	S/SGT Theodore Powell	1	0	0		RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Walker	1	1	1		RTD

Casualties: no casualties

Awards/Promotions requests: none

AIRCRAFT

Landing: OK at Maison Blanche

Damages:

• Tail: superficial damages (x1) – 1 point
  
• Radio Room: superficial damages (x1) – 1 point
• Bomb Bay: superficial damages (x1) – 1 point
• Pilot Compartment: superficial damages (x1) – 1 point
• Pilot Compartment: Pilot and Co-pilot Oxygen Supply out – 10 points
• Left Tail Root: 1 hit – 25 points + 10 points

Damage Points: 49

Status: Overnight repaired (1 day)



ENEMY AIRCRAFT

Fighters Encountered (10 total):

Zone 8 Outbound: 1 wave, 3 fighters

Zone 9 Outbound: 1 wave 3 fighters

Zone 9 Inbound: 1 wave, 4 fighters

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Bf-109	3	0	1	0
MC-202	3	0	1	2
Fw-190	4	0	0	2
Total	10	0	2	4

Claims:

T/SGT Martin Jones claimed 1 C-202 – Approved

SGT Paul Walker claimed 1 Bf-109 - Approved


REPORT (Flown with TFT)
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Take-Off: After a smooth takeoff, we made our way to the target of our mission: the Italian coast in front of the city of Salerno, to support the landing of allied troops by eliminating as much as possible any enemy presence.


Zone 2-7 Outbound: Nothing to report


Zone 8 Outbound: We met enemy resistance as soon as we approached the coast. On our way in, we had to deal with 3 italian MC-202 (Macchi M.C.202 Folgore) that our escort did not managed to disperse. The first fighter approached from 10.30 Lv but it was immediately shot down by Top Turrett fire, which with several shots to the fuselage made the aircraft ungovernable and forced the pilot to bail out with a parachute. The other two MC-202 attacked us from positions 10.30 H and 1.30 Lv. The first one was hit on the fuselage but with little damage, missing us with its gun and continuing to make a second attack; the second one, hit on the rudder and rendered inoperative, fired missing us and broken off. The second attack by the remaining aircraft did not cause any damage, while he was hit to the gun on the right wing and preferred to abandon the fight.


Zone 9 Target Zone Outbound/Inbound: We were immediately attacked by GAF with 3 Bf-109's: two from 6 H and 6 L and another aircraft in VD. The response of our guns was insufficient, only a few hits on the fighter at 6 L which with a few hits on the right wing had the gun inoperable. We tried to do better in the second attack, but our guns still missed two enemies (fortunately they did not hit us too) while the tail gun fire hit the third fighter, coming from 6 L, breaking its right wing and causing the plane to crash, bolting, with the pilot unable to bail out. The enemy aircraft interrupted their attack leaving space for the Flak work, which fortunately did not cause any damage.

We continued to our target, dropping bombs on target but, from a projection, only 20% hit it. We were immediately attacked by a new wave of enemy fighters on our return to home route. Our escort was too small to keep them away. Four Fw-190s tried to prevent us from returning to base. The first 9 H fighter was stopped by left waist fire which damaged its fuselage and forced it to abandon the attack. Two other Fw-190s, after an exchange of fire between us and them, without damage to either of them, immediately moved away, while the fourth fighter, coming from 1.30 H before abandoning the attack due to fuselage damage, managed to hit us causing some damage. The most serious to the oxygen supply of the pilot compartment. We were forced to exit the formation and descend to 10,000 feet to avoid trouble, not before being hit by some flak shots which caused only superficial damage to the tail and the radio room.


Zone 8 Inbound: spotted some enemy fighters but they did not detect us or more simply ignored us.


Zone 7-2 Inbound: Nothing to report


Base: Safely landed at Maison Blanche.
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Carl Cook, 1 LT, USAAF, Commanding
B-17: Irascible Girl B-17F-30BO-42-5072
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17F-30BO-42-5072 – “Irascible Girl”

80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force


MISSION

Date: 19 September 1943

Mission Number: 48

Mission this bomber: 2

Target: La Spezia, Italy – Harbor Facilities

Formation: Middle / Middle



BOMB RUN: On target - 20%

CREW

Position	Rank & Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Carl Cook	2	0	0	-	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	2	0	0	-	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	2	1	1	-	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Alvin Martinez	2	0	0	PH	KIA
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	2	0	1	PH	LW
Radio Operator	SGT Samuel Davis	2	0	0	-	RTD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Ronald Wood	2	0	0	PH	LW
Port Waist	SGT Richard Lopez	2	0	0	-	RTD
Starboard Waist	S/SGT Theodore Powell	2	0	0	-	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Walker	2	0	1	PH	SW

Casualties:

- 2nd Lt. Alvin Martinez – KIA – due to hits to abdomen that cause ruptured intestine

- SGT Paul Walker – SW – cracked occipital skull bone – 4 weeks in hospital (rolled 4) - RTD on 14 October 1943

- T/SGT Martin Jones – LW – leg cut – RTD (rolled 2)

- S/SGT Ronald Wood – LW – leg cut – RTD (rolled 3)



Awards/Promotions requests:

- PH (posthumous): 2nd Lt. Alvin Martinez

- PH: SGT Paul Walker

- PH: T/SGT Martin Jones

- PH: S/SGT Ronald Wood

AIRCRAFT

Landing: OK at Maison Blanche


Damages:

- Nordern Bombsight Out (10)

- Tail Section Oxygen Out (10)

- Top Turret guns inoperable (20)

- Bomb -bay Rubber Rafts destroyed (10)

- Elevators out (20)

- Left Wing Root 1 hit (25)

- 13 Superficial hits (13)


Damage Points: Bomber 108 + Wounds 19 = 127 pts

Status: 2 repairing days needed – Bomber operative on 22 September 1943



ENEMY AIRCRAFT

Fighters Encountered (8 total):

Zone 7 Outbound: 2 waves, 6 fighters

Zone 7 Inbound: 1 wave 2 fighters

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Bf-109	4	0	1	2
FW-190	4	0	0	3
Total	8	0	1	5

Claims:

2lt Jesse Moore claimed 1 Bf-109 – Approved, full credit awarded (rolled 4)

REPORT

(Flown with TFT)

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Take-Off: It was supposed to be a fairly uneventful mission, at least until we were over the target, but during take-off some engine lights were showing anomalies, but after a quick check by Lieutenant Allen it turned out to be a false alarm. We took off without a problem and joined the rest of the squadron. This event, however, should have foreshadowed what this mission would bring us.


Zone 2-6 Outbound: Nothing to report


Zone 7 Outbound: We met enemy resistance as soon as we approached the target zone. On our way in, we had to deal with 4 FW-190.

The absence of escort fighters makes you realize their importance during these moments!

The first fighter arriving from 9H was immediately knocked out by shots that sent black smoke billowing from its engine, forcing it to leave the scene immediately. The second 12Lv fighter was also driven away with shots fired at the left wing. His shots missed us and he broken off. We were immediately attacked by two other fighters, one at 9Lv and the other at 12H. The first fighter was hit in the engine and propeller, but despite this it aimed at us and its shots knocked out the tail oxygen system plus other surface hits. The tail gunner immediately donned his portable O2 device.

The second fighter attacked us from 12H, unfortunately our shots missed, while his were very accurate and numerous: hit the elevators plus other superficial damage but unfortunately some shrapnel penetrated inside the aircraft and hit the navigator 2nd Lt. Martinez in the abdomen. SGT Davis immediately moved from the Radio Room to help his wounded comrade, while the rest of the men prepared for the second German fighter attack. The first came from 6L, we missed him thanks to his precise evasive maneuvers (he was definitely a Luftwaffe Ace) while his accurate shots as well as superficial damage, top turret inoperative, wounded S/SGT Wood's ball gunner with a superficial cut to his right leg and, more seriously, hit tail gunner SGT Walker in the head. The second fighter came through our fire unharmed and caused us just some superficial damages. After these attacks both fighters broke off.

We didn't even have time to help our wounded comrades when a second wave of fighters attacked us: a Bf-109 from position 12H whit no effects; a second Bf-109 from position 9L knocked out by the accurate nose gun fire of the 2nd Lt. bomber Moore, who hit it in the fuel tank and blew it up.

As the objective was not far away, we took care of our wounded comrades: navigator 2nd Lt. Alvin Martinez had unfortunately died in the arms of SGT Davis, his abdomen and intestines were completely devastated, it was impossible to save him. The tail gunner was taken to the radio room, he had a deep head wound, but there seemed to be no brain damage, he was bandaged and secured to the seat.

We reached the area of the port of La Spezia to be bombed. The flak didn't take long to make its voice heard, but none of their shots reached us, allowing us to unload our “presents” on target (later photographic evidence will show that 20% of the bombs hit the target). Time to go home! Heading south-west.


Zone 7 Inbound: More flak shots, we were hit on the root of the left wing, fortunately without serious consequences.

The Luftwaffe didn't want us to go home without paying our bill, so two fighters attacked us: the first Bf-109 from 1.30H evaded our shots, missed us and moved away. The second Bf-109 was only lightly damaged by our gunner and unfortunately scored a walking hit, causing the Norden Bombsight outage, the destruction of the Rubber Raft in the bomb bay, other superficial damage and the wounding of T/SGT Jones in the left leg (fortunately only a superficial cut). However, this pilot was still not satisfied and hung up on us, but neither of us landed any shots and he walked away.



Zone 6 Inbound: Sighted a group of enemy fighters, but they did not attack us, they were probably escorting a group of 6 Do-217 bombers, spotted soon after and returning towards the Italian coast.


Zone 5-2 Inbound: Nothing to report


Base: Landed safely at Maison Blanche. Our wounded comrades were entrusted to the care of doctors. No problems for Jones and Wood who, after a few stitches, will be able to return to duty. Tail gunner SGT Walker had to be admitted to hospital. The wound, despite being very bad, did not touch vital parts of the head and will have to stay in hospital for 4 weeks for observation, after which we have been assured that he will be able to return to service.

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Carl Cook, 1 LT, USAAF, Commanding

B-17: Irascible Girl B-17F-30BO-42-5072

80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report
B-17F-30BO-42-5072 – “Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook

Mission Date: 20 ottobre 1943

Mission Number: 49

Mission of this bomber: 3

Formation: Middle

Position: 2

Target: Rome

Target Type: Railyard

Bomb Run: On Target - 36%


CREW

Position	Rank & Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Carl Cook	3	0	0	-	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	3	0	0	-	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	3	0	1	-	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	1	0	0	PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	3	0	1	PH	RTD
Radio Operator	SGT Samuel Davis	3	0	0	-	RTD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Ronald Wood	3	0	0	PH	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Richard Lopez	3	1/3	1/3	-	RTD
Starboard Waist	S/SGT Theodore Powell	3	1 + 1/3	1 + 1/3	-	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Walker	3	0	1	PH	RTD

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Bf-109	9	0	2	4
Fw-190	2	0	1	1
C-202	1	0	0	1
Total	12	0	3	6

Claims:

PWG: 1 Bf109 - 1/3 approved

SWG: 1 Bf109 - 1/3 approved

SWG: 1 Fw190 - 1 approved


Damage:

Superficial (x4)

Tail gun out

Radio inoperable

Radio Heat system out

Starboard Wing root (1x)

Port Wing root (1x)


Peckham Points: 94 - overnight repairing


Casualties:  --


Awards: --



AAR (flown with TFT)

Maison Blanche Airbase: Take off and join the squadron with no problems



Zone 2-7 Outbound: It was a quiet flight



Zone 8 Outbound: As soon as we sighted the coast in front of the city of Rome, we were greeted by a large flock of German fighters, it is clear that more than a military weight, controlling Rome also has a strong political impact. Three fighters chose the Irascible Girl for shooting. A Bf-109 from 9Lo was immediately shot down by crossfire from the Ball Turret and Port Waist gunner. Another Bf-109 from 1.30H was hit causing the pilot to be wounded, miss and walk away. The last Bf-109 from 3H was not hit by our gunners and after missing us it turned away.

As they arrived, the fighters disappeared, giving way to flak, which began to fill the Roman sky with many black explosions. Some shrapnel exploded near us fortunately caused only superficial damage.

We continued with our bombing run managing to drop all the bombs and reporting a success rate of 36%.



Zone 8 Inbound: After turning the bow 180 degrees and making a break for the base, more Flak shots caused us superficial damage. Unfortunately, GAF didn't seem to like our gifts and a new wave of fighters, after stocking up, tried to interrupt our homecoming.

We were attacked by 5 fighters, 3 Bf-109 and 2 Fw-190. We managed to keep them all at bay, damaging 3 and shooting down 1, but some of the shots damaged our Radio and Radio Heating System.

Not even the time to catch our breath and an Italian C-202 approached from 6Lo; we managed to damage it enough to make it desist from continuing the attack, but not before hitting us with a series of shots to the tail machine gun, rendered inoperable, and to the left and right wing roots.

The machine guns didn't have time to cool down that a third wave of fighters (3 Bf-109s) approached. The first fighter was damaged on the right wing and moved away after missing us. The second fighter was missed but after missing us in turn turned away, it was probably a green pilot frightened by our firepower. The third Bf-109, 1.30H, avoiding our shots, fired its burst causing minor surface damage, but turned back to resume the attack; unfortunately for him our shots destroyed the right wing aleiron and flaps, rendering the aircraft ungovernable and forcing the pilot to bail out.

After this last wave the enemy attack ceased, allowing us to move toward home.



Zone 7 Inbound: From the cockpit, he was able to signal to the aircraft next to me that we had to abandon formation and descend to a lower altitude, to prevent our Radio Operator from ending up like one of those ice creams you buy on Sundays at fairs.



Zone 6 Inbound: Left formation and descended to 9000 feet altitude



Zone 5 – 2 Inbound: Nothing to report, although at low altitude we did not see any enemy aircrafts.



Maison Blanche Airbase: landed safely after reporting to the base, with a yellow flare, that we had failures on board.




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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding

B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report
B-17F-30BO-42-5072 – “Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook

Mission Date: 31 October 1943

Mission Number: 50

Mission of this bomber: 4

Formation: Low

Position: Lead

Target: Antheor - France

Target Type: Bridge

Bomb Run: On Target - 50%


CREW

Position	Rank & Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Carl Cook	4	0	0	-	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	4	0	0	-	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	4	0	1	-	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	2	0	0	-	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	4	0	1	PH	RTD
Radio Operator	SGT Samuel Davis	4	0	0	-	RTD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Ronald Wood	4	0	0	PH	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Richard Lopez	4	0	1/3	-	RTD
Starboard Waist	S/SGT Theodore Powell	4	0	1 + 1/3	-	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Walker	4	0	1	PH	RTD

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Bf-109	0	0	0	0
Fw-190	1	0	0	1
C-202	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	0	1

Claims: no claims

Damage: no damages

Peckham Points: 0 - just ordinary maintenance


Casualties:  --


Awards: --



AAR (flown with TFT)

Maison Blanche Airbase: Take off and join the squadron as Lead with no problems

Zone 2-5 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 6 Outbound: The fear of a mission without fighter escort and support was quickly dispelled by the low activity of enemy fighters in the area. The lack of EA and sloppy flak fire allowed us to reach the target without damage and problems, allowing the bombs to be dropped which should have hit the target satisfactorily.

Zone 6 Inbound: Still the flak was not a problem, the shots were fired away from us.



A single enemy fighter tried to make it difficult for us to return to base. From the approach manoeuvres and Vertical Dive attack it must have been a Luftwaffe Ace. But a few accurate shots from the Top Turret, which caused only minor damage, nevertheless caused the enemy pilot to lose concentration and miss us, preferring to turn away in search of easier targets.


Zone 5 – 2 Inbound: Nothing to report. It was a pleasant cruise flight over the Mediterranean Sea

Maison Blanche Airbase: landed safely. It was a milk run. Tonight a free evening for both "Irascible Girl"'s crew and ground crew.


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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding

B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report
B-17F-30BO-42-5072 – “Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook

Mission Date: 24 November 1943

Mission Number: 52

Mission of this bomber: 5

Formation: High

Position: Middle

Target: Toulon - France

Target Type: Submarine Pens

Bomb Run: On Target - 60%


CREW

Position	Rank & Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Carl Cook	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	5	0	1	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	3	1	1	-	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	5	1/2	1 + 1/2	AM / PH	RTD
Radio Operator	SGT Samuel Davis	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Ronald Wood	5	0	0	AM / PH	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Richard Lopez	5	1	1 + 1/3	AM	RTD
Starboard Waist	S/SGT Theodore Powell	5	0	1 + 1/3	AM / PH	LW
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Walker	5	1/2	1 + 1/2	AM / PH	RTD

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (the Rookie)

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	5	3	1	1
Fw-190	9	2	3	4
Total	14	5	4	5

Claims:

- 2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt: 1 FW-190 claimed - 1 Credit Approved
- T/SGT Martin Jones: 1 FW-190 claimed - Shared 1/2 Credit Approved
- SGT Richard Lopez: 1 FW-190 claimed - 1 Credit Approved
- SGT Paul Walker: 1 Me-110 claimed - Shared 1/2 Credit Approved


Damage:

- Superficial x7
- Ball Turret Inoperable 20
- Right tailplane 10

Peckham Points: 37 - overnight repairing


Casualties: 

- S/SGT Theodore Powell: LW torn flexor muscle - 2 weeks hospitalization, will return on duty on 8 december 1943


Awards:

- 1st Lt. Carl Cook: Air Medal
- 2nd Lt. Ralph Allen: Air Medal
- 2nd Lt. Jesse Moore: Air Medal
- T/SGT Martin Jones: Air Medal
- SGT Samuel Davis: Air Medal
- S/SGT Ronald Wood: Air Medal
- SGT Richard Lopez: Air Medal
- S/SGT Theodore Powell: Air Medal
- S/SGT Theodore Powell: PH due to LW during mission
- SGT Paul Walker: Air Medal



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Take off and join the squadron with no problems

Zone 2-6 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 7 Outbound/Inbound: As soon as we approached the target area the GAF immediately appeared. 5 FW190s in two successive waves were held off by escort fighters and our gunners (1 of the enemy fighters was shot down). No damage reported on our side.

As we approached the target the Flak began to make its voice heard, but fortunately there must have been few guns and their fire not very accurate and we passed unscathed with only a few superficial damages.

We alerted the submarine pen and afterwards began the bomb release procedure. The launch was carried out on the target and from a first analysis should have a success rate of 60%.

The Flak again started to target us with its shots but without damage.

We turned the bow towards the home base and immediately the GAF came back. 4 FW190's aimed at us to avoid our return home.

The escort quickly pushed one of them away. Another was knocked out by the damage done by our gunners and moved away. The remaining 2 fighters, which were certainly piloted by Aces, avoided our defensive fire and hit their targets, causing damage to the right tailplane root plus other superficial damage (fortunately we had already dropped the bombs because a few hits at Bomb Bay could have caused us great trouble) and wounding RW Gunner Powell in the right leg. Despite the wound S/SGT Powell maintained his position. However, on the second pass, the enemy fighters were not so lucky, the barrage of fire from our gunners caused them much damage, destroying both planes.

Zone 6 Inbound: I thought the Germans were very angry with us for our raid, because they continued to follow and attack us. We were attacked by 3 Me110, but two of them were intercepted by our escort and veered away. The remaining Me110, which was attacking us from position 6 Low was easily shot down by the tail gunner SGT Paul Walker.
Suddenly some explosions around us alarmed us, it didn't seem like it was the Flak! T / SGT Martin Jones, an expert on German armaments, yelled into the intercom that they were rockets. Time to finish this message and we were hit by shrapnel from a nearby explosion. We reported some superficial damage but sadly the S / SGT Ronald Wood warned that the Ball Turret was completely inoperable.

Zone 5 -3 Inbound: Nothing to report. 

Zone 2 Inbound: We were attacked by two Me110s again, but one was driven off escort and the other walked away after an exchange of shots which caused minor superficial damage to both of us.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely. Medical personnel after giving him first aid took S / SGT Theodore Powell to the hospital. Tonight Crew Chief SGT McMahon and his staff will be busy getting "Irascible Girl" up and running tomorrow morning.


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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding

B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report
B-17F-30BO-42-5072 – “Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook

Mission Date: 27 November 1943

Mission Number: 53

Mission of this bomber: 6

Formation: Middle

Position: 3

Target: Rimini - Italy

Target Type: Marshalling yard

Bomb Run: On Target - 55%


CREW

Position	Rank & Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Carl Cook	6	0	0	AM	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	6	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	6	0	1	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	4	1	1	-	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	6	1/2	2	AM / PH	RTD
Radio Operator	SGT Samuel Davis	6	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Ronald Wood	6	0	0	AM / PH	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Richard Lopez	6	1	1 + 1/3	AM	LW
Starboard Waist	SGT Evan Payne	12	0	0	AM+	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Walker	6	1/2	2	AM / PH	RTD

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (the Rookie)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	4	4	0	0
Me-109	2	1	1	0
Ju-88 C6	1	1	0	0
Total	7	6	1	0

Claims:

- SGT Samuel Davis: 1 Me-109 claimed - No Credit Approved
- T/SGT Martin Jones: 1 Me-109 claimed - Shared 1/2 Credit Approved
- SGT Paul Walker: 1 Me-109 claimed - Shared 1/2 Credit Approved


Damage: no damages reported

Peckham Points: 0 - ordinary maintenance


Casualties: no casualties


Awards: -


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly was fine. Route to Rimini

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 3 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: While en route to the target, two waves of enemy fighters came towards us but they were all handled by our escort. 

The only fighter that escaped the control of our angels, an Me-109, attacked us from position 6/H, but the combined fire of our gunners hit it in the engine, causing the propeller to lock up and the bandit to immediately dive uncontrolled. No parachute was seen, so it is assumed that the pilot went down along with the plane

Flak around the target was inaccurate, so we easily put ourselves in trim for the dropping of the bombs, which seem to have hit the target for at least 55%.

The Flak again started tried to hit us but without damage.

On the way back we were targeted by a Me-110 looking for revenge, but the P-47s guys were outstanding today, intercepting even this pesky mosquito and driving it away from us.


Zone 2 Inbound: It was a quiet flight with no hassles from GAF and no technical problems

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely. The "Irascible Girl" was placed in the hands of Ground Crew Chief SGT McMahon for routine maintenance


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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding

B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17F-30BO-42-5072 – “Irascible Girl”

80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook



Mission Date: 2 December 1943



Mission Number: 54


Mission of this bomber: 7


Formation: Low


Position: Middle


Target: Marseille - France


Target Type: U-Boote pens


Bomb Run: On Target - 20%



CREW

Position 	Rank & Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Carl Cook	7	0	0	AM	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	7	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	7	0	1	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	5	1	1	AM	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	7	1/2	2	AM / PH	RTD
Radio Operator	SGT Samuel Davis	7	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Ronald Wood	7	0	0	AM / PH	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Richard Lopez	7	1	1 + 1/3	AM / PH	RTD
Starboard Waist	SGT Evan Payne	13	0	0	AM+	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Walker	7	1/2	2	AM / PH	RTD

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (the Rookie)



E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Me-109	2	1	0	1
Ju-88 C6	0	0	0	0
Total	2	1	0	1

1

Claims: no claims

Damage:
- Superficial x 1
- LW crew x 1

Peckham Points: 6 - ordinary maintenance


Casualties: SGT Richard Lopez LW (torn vastus muscle) - 1 week in hospital (RTD on 10th december 1943)


Awards: 
- Air Medal (5 missions): 2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt
- Purple Hearth: SGT Richard Lopez



AAR (flown with TFT)



Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly was fine. Route to France



Zone 2-6 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.



Zone 7 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: We had just sighted the French coast when two Me-109s came to welcome us. The first fighter was driven away by the escort, while the second one, after having sustained heavy damage to the and right wing flaps and alerions, moved away without hitting us.

So we proceeded towards the target and the Flak was not long in making itself heard and seen with its black clouds scattered across the sky. We sustained very little superficial damage but it was SGT Lopez who was hit by shrapnel in the right leg. In spite of the wound, he remained in place, tying his leg tightly to stop the bleeding and asking for morphine to relieve the pain.



Unfortunately, the heavy Flak fire did not allow for the necessary stability of the ship, which resulted in a measly 20 percent of bombs falling on the target.



We passed the second round of Flak unscathed and turned the ship around to head for homebase, with no German fighters coming to bother us.




Zone 6-2 Inbound: It was a quiet flight with no hassles from GAF and no technical problems, probably today the Luftwaffe must have had some problems in the communication system, as the enemy fighters seemed to move without precise objectives and tactics (result of 9 on the dice roll in the Random Events table).




Giulia Airbase: Landed safely. SGT Lopez was immediately examined by trackside medics and put in the ambulance to go to the hospital. It was a fairly uneventful mission that didn't bring a great result though!




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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding


B-17F, Irascible Girl

80th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”

78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 2 December 1943

Mission Number: 54

Mission of this bomber: 1

Formation: High

Position: Middle


Target: Marseille - France

Target Type: U-Boote pens


Bomb Run: On Target - 50%



CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	1	0	0		RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	1	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	1	0	0		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	1	0	0	PH	LW
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	1	0	0		RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	1	0	0		RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	1	0	0		RTD
Port Waist	SGT Paul Stokes	1	0	0	PH	SW
Starboard Waist	SGT James Russo	1	0	0	PH	LW
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	1	1	1		RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated)



E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Me-109	0	1	0	1
Fw-190	3	1	1	1
Total	3	1	1	1

1

Claims: SGT Paul Briggs 1 Fw-190 - Approved

Damage:
- Superficial x 11
- LW crew x 2
- SW crew x 1
- Right wing inboard fuel tank x 1
- Right wing root x 1
- Navigator's equipment inoperable

Peckham Points: 50 - overnight repairing


Casualties:
- 2nd Lt. George Leach LW (leg cut) - treated in the field, RTD from the next day
- SGT James Russo LW (forearm cut, grazed, superficial) - 1 day in hospital (RTD on 4th december 1943)
- SGT Paul Stokes SW (cracked occipital bone) - 55 day in hospital (RTD on 28th january 1944)


Awards: 
- Purple Hearth: 2nd Lt. George Leach, SGT James Russo, SGT Paul Stokes



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly was fine. Route to France

Zone 2-6 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 7 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: When we arrived in the target zone we did not find any Jerries waiting for us, but the Flak did its best to block our way to the objective. Numerous shots exploded near our ship, which was hit by the left wing root and other superficial hits. This did not prevent us from reaching our destination and dropping our load of bombs with a 50% success rate.
As soon as we dropped our gifts for the Nazis we were hit by other Flak shots; a shot entered the Waist compartment, slightly wounding SGT Russo, while causing serious damage to SGT Stokes who hit his head and lost consciousness, leaving the Port Gun not operative.
Turning the bow towards the reentry course, 3 Fw-190s came to demand the bill for the damage caused to the submarine pens. One of them was intercepted and turned away from the escort. The fighter which was approaching from 6Lv was immediately hit in the fuselage and the fatally wounded pilot did not have time to shoot, falling on the stick and sending his plane diving towards the sea. The third fighter at 12H was instead a fierce opponent, probably a Luftwaffe Ace. Hit superficially and without damage, it managed to score many hits which fortunately for us were only superficial. However, this was evidently not enough for him and he returned towards us for a second round, skilfully avoiding the barrage of our gunners and scoring new hits on our ship: 2nd Lt. Navigator Leach was slightly wounded with a cut to a leg, but all his equipment was inoperable. Other shots hit the inbound tank of the right wing, fortunately self sealed and others scratched superficially the paint of the "Cheeky Pigeon". Perhaps he was satisfied with his result or perhaps he had just run out of ammunition, because after this pass he turned away.



Zone 6 Inbound: some GAF fighets spotted but probably they had other task to accomplish because they ignored us continuing on their route. T/SGT Albinson gave first medical aid to SGT Stokes by transferring him to the Radio Room; he had a deep head wound, promptly bandaged, and was completely unconscious.

Zone 5-2 Inbound: Stokes' condition remained stable, regaining consciousness a couple of times. No GAF Spotted.


Giulia Airbase: We fired the red flares as we approached the airbase, asking for quick medical support for our wounded comrades once we landed. We touched down smoothly and immediately unloaded the wounded and placed them in the care of the medics. The 2nd Lt. Leach was medicated in the field and immediately released. The other two had to be transported to hospital, especially SGT Stokes, who appeared to be quite serious from a first doctor's check.



Our first mission immediately made us realize what days lie ahead, in our hearts is the joy of having brought the skin back home today and the hope of doing so again in the future.



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Travis Breaux, 1LT, USAAF commanding

B-24D Cheeky Pigeon

78th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17F-30BO-42-5072 – “Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 6 December 1943
Mission Number: 55
Mission of this bomber: 8

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Brenner - Italy
Target Type: Railroad loop

Bomb Run: DNB

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	8	0	0	AM	Hosp. after ditching
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	8	0	0	AM / PH	SW
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	8	0	1	AM / PH	LW
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	6	0	1	AM / PH	SW
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	8	0	2	AM / PH+	SW
Radio Operator	SGT Samuel Davis	8	0	0	AM / PH	LW
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Ronald Wood	8	0	0	AM / PH+	SW
Port WG	SGT Matt Talbot	4	0	0	PH	KIA
Starboard WG	SGT Evan Payne	14	0	0	AM+ / PH	KIA
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Walker	8	0	2	AM / PH+	KIA

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (the Rookie)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-210	1	1	0	0
Me-109	2	0	0	2
Me-410	1	1	0	0
Fw-190	3	1	0	2
Total	7	3	0	4

Claims: no claims

Damage: wreck on the Adriatic sea bottom
Peckham Points: infinite

Casualties:
- 1st Lt. Carl Cook: hospitalized for after ditching protocol check up for 4 days
- 2nd Lt. Ralph Allen: LW ruptured liver, kidney. Post surgery infection sets, infection treated and hospitalized for 8 weeks
- 2nd Lt. Jesse Moore: LW torn gluteus muscle, hospitalized for 6 weeks
- 2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt: SW shattered tarsal bone, hospitalized for 2 weeks
- T/SGT Martin Jones: SW broken rib, inflamed lung, hospitalized for 4 weeks
- S/SGT Ronald Wood: SW broken homerus, hospitalized for 6 weeks
- SGT Samuel Davis: LW torn flexor, extensor muscle, hospitalized for 2 weeks
- SGT Evan Payne: KIA shattered ribs and ruptured lung
- SGT Matt Talbot: KIA shattered parietal bone and brain damages
- SGT Paul Walker: KIA shattered skull

Awards:

- Air Medal (5 missions) posthumous: SGT Matt Talbot
- Purple Heart posthumous: SGT Paul Walker – SGT Evan Payne – SGT Matt Talbot
- Purple Heart: 2nd Lt. Ralph Allen – 2nd Lt. Jesse Moore – 2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt – T/SGT Martin Jones – SGT Samuel Davis – S/SGT Ronald Wood


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly was fine. Route to the Alps.

Zone 2-3 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 4 Outbound: “Sir! I see smoke coming out of the engine 4!”. Payne's alarmed voice suddenly burst from the intercom. The T/SGT ran to check and shortly after his voice on the intercom updated us that the engine had caught fire and that he was going to cut the fuel injection to prevent the flames from spreading to the wing. After a few minutes he informed us that the procedure had been successfully completed and the flames were out, although we had lost an engine and were forced to exit the formation, because we were slower. I could choose to abort the mission and go back, but I decided to continue, with 3 engines you could continue without problems. Had I known how the mission ended, I would have turned the bow at that moment.

Zone 5 Outbound: Flying out of formation can be dangerous and in fact some enemy fighters were not slow to arrive.2 Me-109s and 1 Me-210 were immediately pushed away by one of our escort fighters. Our gunners immediately started firing to remove the 2 Me-109s that were approaching: one of them was hit and preferred to fly away without hitting us. The second one, in vertical climb, was not hit and had plenty of time to take aim and fire several shots at us. A shell penetrated the waist compartment and exploded, killing both gunners. Bad situation! The fighter returned to try to repeat the success of the first round, but shots from the top turret pushed him away

After this first wave came a second one. 2 Fw-190s and 1 Me-410, which was intercepted and driven away by the escort. The first Fw-190 was hit and damaged but it did the same causing us some superficial damages and a much more serious one to the fuel transfer pump, which became inoperative. The second Fw-190 overcame our defense without being hit, hitting our left inbound tanker that fortunately sealed itself. The fighter circled around us and returned to attack: our shots caused little damage and did not prevent him from firing and the shots reached the fuselage fortunately not seriously wounding Moore and Leavitt. After that he walked away.

The situation had now become difficult and continuing the mission would surely have been suicidal. Furthermore, the navigator informed us that we still had fuel to reach the target area but that we would then have to parachute into enemy territory, ending our days in a prisoner of war camp. I decided it was not worth the risk, turned on the intercom and gave the news to the crew, telling them to prepare for a ditching at sea. I turned the bow following the course for the base, I wanted to get as close to the safe zones as possible. According to the navigator's calculations we should have ditched off the Croatian coast of Split.

Zone 5 – 4 Inbound: fortunately it seemed that the German fighters had lost interest in us, we flew without further encounters.

Zone 3 Inbound: the bombs were jettisoned and ball turret gunner secured inside the ship. I gave "Prepare for ditching" warning over interphone and sound ditching bell to advise the crew and start the ditching procedure. The ditching was quite difficult, due to the high waves and we suffered several hits before gliding over the water. Fortunately the aircraft structure held and we started to abandon the ship. All of us left the aircraft which was beginning to sink except for the tail gunner who was lying with his head broken in his seat, probably the ditching must have been more violent back there. His body, along with that of the two machine gunners who died in flight, went to rest in the depths of the sea.

We all climbed into the lifeboats, tying them together. We were at the mercy of the waves for a couple of hours when a fishing boat came out of the mist and spotted us and hoisted us aboard.

They spoke a language that was definitely not Italian and by gesture I could understand that they were from a small fishing village in Croatia and they took us there. Hot coffee and bread with roasted fish eased our suffering during the trip. Luck came to our aid again because the captain of the fishing boat took us to his house, where we met the mayor of the town who made us understand that they did not have much sympathy for the Ustasha regime there and that they would hand us over to the partisans who would somehow get us back to Italy. The same night we set sail on another fishing boat, hiding in the hold among crates of fish and barrels of salt, arriving in the early hours of the morning in Bari and from there we returned to base, where we were all taken to the hospital for the necessary treatment.

This will be a bad page to write in my diary: young boys who will never return home and to their loves, the suffering of those who received injuries, the ship lost in the blue sea and the mission not completed. But it is necessary to recover and heal quickly, to resume our war to rid the world of the Nazi shadow.

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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”

78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 6 December 1943

Mission Number: 55

Mission of this bomber: 2

Formation: Middle

Position: Middle


Target: Brenner - Italy

Target Type: Railroad Loop

Bomb Run: On Target - 40%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	2	0	0		RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	2	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	2	0	0		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	2	0	0	PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	2	0	0		RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	2	0	0		RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	2	0	0		RTD
Port Waist	SGT Steve Douglas	2	0	0		RTD
Starboard Waist	SGT James Russo	2	0	0	PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	2	0	1		RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated)



E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Ju-88	2	1	0	1
Fw-190	5	1	0	2
Total	7	2	0	3

Claims: --

Damage: 
- Engine #2 out and feathered (25)

Peckham Points: 25 - overnight repairing


Casualties: -- 

Awards: --


AAR (flown with TFT)


Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly was fine. Route to Alps

Zone 2-4 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 5 Outbound: Encountered two Fw-190s, after mutual shots , without damage to either, they walked away.

Zone 6 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: No GAF attack while approaching the target. The first Flak shots did not damage us, allowing us to align perfectly with the target and drop the bombs. No damages from Flak second round as well but once the fire ceased, two Fw-190s tried to do damage to us: both were damaged by our machine-gunners, making them move away without causing us any problems.

Zone 5 Inbound: Spotted an Fw-190 heading towards us, but immediately intercepted by our escort and turned away. After a few minutes two Ju-88s tried to attack us. The first one was intercepted by an escort fighter, the second one gave up the attack after missing us and suffering minor superficial damage to the left wing.

Zone 4-3 Inbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 2 Inbound: A sudden noise on the left side of the plane jolted me, interrupting the calm of the flight. I looked out the window and saw black smoke coming out of engine #2, followed after a while by flames. Immediately the fuel flow was interrupted and the situation was back under control. it was a short while to the base and flying without an engine was not a problem.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely

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Travis Breaux, 1LT, USAAF commanding

B-24D Cheeky Pigeon

78th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”

78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 10 December 1943

Mission Number: 56

Mission of this bomber: 3

Formation: Low

Position: Tail End Charlie


Target: Sofia - Bulgaria

Target Type: Marshalling Yard

Bomb Run: On Target - 40%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	3	0	0		RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	3	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	3	0	0		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	3	0	0	PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	3	0	0		RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	3	0	0		RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	3	0	0		RTD
Port Waist	SGT Clayton Huckerby	2	0	0		RTD
Starboard Waist	SGT James Russo	3	0	0	PH+	KIA
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	3	0	1		RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated)



E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	6	2	0	2
Fw-190	1	0	0	1
Total	7	2	0	3

Claims: --

Damage: 
- Engine #4 out and feathered (25)
- KIA x 1 (10)
- Superficial x 1 (1)

Peckham Points: 36 - overnight repairing


Casualties: SGT James Russo KIA - shattered skull due to shrapnel shots

Awards: PH posthumous: SGT James Russo


AAR (flown with TFT)


Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly was fine. Route to East

Zone 2-3 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 4 Outbound: A lone bandit approached 12H, but the accuracy of our shots to the fuseloage made him run away without even hitting us.

Zone 6 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: As we approached the target 3 fighters aimed at us, one was intercepted by the escort while with the other two we exchanged several machine gun shots, without damage to either. They moved away in search of easier prey. The flak didn't take long to make itself felt and a shot burst near the right waist compartment, some shrapnel hit SGT James Russo in the head, making him fall to the ground dead on impact. We moved Radio Op Albinson to the vacant location. 
We continued without being disturbed up to the target, aircraft in trim and despite the thick blanket of clouds, we hit the target, with a good success rate. After the bombardment we returned towards the base without additional Flak damage and without being attacked by fighters.

Zone 5 Inbound: Attacked by three Me-109s, one immediately removed by the escort. The fighter at 1.30H was damaged enough to prevent us from being hit and to make him desist from continuing the attack. The third fighter, in vertical dive, was able to evade our shots, going instead and burning the #4 engine and other superficial damage. We were able to secure the damaged engine by extinguishing the fire and preparing for the second fighter attack, this time from position 9L. This time he was not so lucky, suffering heavy damage to the flaps and aileron of the left wing, he was forced to abort the attack.

Zone 4 Inbound: Despite one less engine we managed to stay in formation, having already dropped the bombs payload. While we were flying over Yugoslavia there was a sudden drop in temperature, which caused the nose gun, the left cheek gun and both guns of the tail turret to jam.

Zone 3 Inbound: All guns were unjammed

Zone 2 Inbound: Bad weather but safe sky

Giulia Airbase: Bad weather over the base made us dance a lot before landing safely

P.S.:  Although we were not in the right mood, we still went to drink some whiskey in memory of our friend Russo.

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Travis Breaux, 1LT, USAAF commanding

B-24D Cheeky Pigeon

78th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

Sir,

for your information, the ship B-17F-90BO-42-30132 - "Keep on Irascible Girl" will not be taking part in mission #56 as most of the crew, including myself, are currently hospitalized due to injuries they had in mission #55.

This is the current crew situation:

Position	Rank & Name	Wound	Recovery
Pilot	1st Lt. Carl Cook	After ditching medical protocol	4 days in hospital. Will return on duty on 11 Dec 1943
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	Shattered tarsal bone	2 weeks in hospital. Will return on duty on 22 Dec 1943
Radio Operator	Sgt. Samuel Davis	Torn flexor. extensor muscle	2 weeks in hospital. Will return on duty on 22 Dec 1943
Engineer	T/Sgt. Martin Jones	Broken rib, inflamed lung	4 weeks in hospital. Will return on duty on 5 Jan 1944
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	Torn gluteus muscle	6 weeks in hospital. Will return on duty on 19 Jan 1944
Ball Gunner	S/Sgt. Ronald Wood	Broken humerus	6 weeks in hospital. Will return on duty on 19 Jan 1944
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	Ruptured liver, kidney; post surgery infection sets, infection treated	8 weeks in hospital. Will return on duty on 2 Feb 1944

In addition, the Tail Gunner Sgt. Paul Walker (KIA in mission #55) has been replaced by Sgt. James Messina who just arrived from the U.S. and will be ready to duty starting from next mission.

Respectfully

Carl Cook, 1 LT, USAAF, Commanding

B-17: Keep on Irascible Girl B-17F-90BO-42-30132

80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17F-90BO-42-30132 – “Keep On Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 19 December 1943
Mission Number: 57
Mission of this bomber: 1

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Augsberg - Germany
Target Type: Messerschmidt Factory

Bomb Run: 40%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	9	0	0	AM	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Hank Singer	2	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Scott Sernett	4	.5	.5		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Steve Liotti	4	0	0		RTD
Engineer	S/SGT Jeb Garrett	1	.5	.5		RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Rafael Barquero	4	0	0		RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Hank Morrow	6	.33	.33	AM	RTD
Port WG	SGT Richard Lopez	8	0	1.33	AM / PH	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Theodore Powell	6	1	2.33	AM / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	1	0	0		RTD

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (the Rookie)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-210	1	0	1	0
Me-109	7	1	1	2
Me-110	7	5	2	0
Fw-190	2	2	0	0
Total	17	8	4	2

Claims:
- SGT H. Morrow - Me110 Full Credit - Denied
- SGT H. Morrow - Me210 Full Credit - Awarded 1/3
- S/SGT T. Powell - Me109 Full Credit - Awarded
- 2nd Lt. S. Sernett - Me110 Half Credit - Awarded 1/2
- S/SGT J. Garrett - Me110 Half Credit - Awarded 1/2

Damage:
- Superficial x 5
- Life Raft destroyed 

Peckham Points: 15 - overnight repairing

Casualties: no casualties

Awards: no awards


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly was fine. Route to Nazi's home.

Zone 2-4 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 5 Outbound: "Incoming rockets from 6 o'clock!" the excited voice of Messina, from the tail turrett, broke the silence until the moment he had during the flight. After a few moments there were two explosions, quite close but not causing any damage to the ship. Not even the moment to catch the breath that three Me-110s approached. Two of them were immediately intercepted by our escort, while the fighter that attacked us from VC was damaged on the left wing making it inoperative and forcing the pilot to bail out.

Zone 6 Outbound: Another rocket attack with no damages.

Zone 7 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): As soon as they entered the target zone, the German air defense went wild. We were attacked by a first wave of fighters, one of them intercepted by a P-51 and the other two pushed away after an exchange of gunfire with no damage to anyone. The second wave was even more massive. 5 bandits launched against us! Two Me-109s turned away after an attack with no damage; two others were damaged and turned away to save their skins. The fifth bandit, attacked us in vertical dive causing superficial damage and destroying the rubber raft. After the first pass he turned back to try to finish his work, but the precise aim of S/Sgt Powell completely destroyed his left wing forcing the pilot to abandon the aircraft.
First Flak barrage without damage. Straight to target, aircraft stabilized and bombs successfully dropped. Second Flak barrage cause few superficial damages.
GAF had no intentions of having them return to base. We were attacked by another wave of fighters: 2 Fw-190s pushed away from the escort, a Me-210 hit on the left wing and rendered inoperative by Sgt. Morrow, the pilot managed to leave the aircraft which was out of control and fell into a dive.

Zone 6 Inbound: nothing to report

Zone 5 Inbound: More enemy fighters bothering us. The escort succeeded in intercepting two of them avoiding their approach, the third was promptly shot down by the combined fire of 2nd Lt. Sernett and S/Sgt Garrett, leaving no chance for the pilot, who went down with the whole plane.

Zone 4-2 Inbound: nothing to report

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely

Addendum: First flight of the "Keep on Irascible Lady", heir to my first bomber, with the original crew not complete as they were still in hospital. I can't wait to embrace my old crew mates and resume missions with them.

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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force


Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 19 December 1943

Mission Number: 57

Mission of this bomber: 4

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Augsberg Germany
Target Type: Messerschmidt Factory

Bomb Run: Off Target - 5%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	4	0	0		RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	4	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	4	.33	.33		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	4	0	0	PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	4	0	0		RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	4	0	0		RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	4	.33	.33		RTD
Port Waist	SGT Clayton Huckerby	3	0	0		RTD
Starboard Waist	SGT Steve Douglas	3	0	0		RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	4	0	1		RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated)



E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	3	1	1	0
Fw-190	12	7	1	4
Total	15	8	2	4

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. Nolan Webster - 1 Me-109 Claimed - Awarded 1/3
- Sgt Roy Belmont - 1 Fw-190 Claimed - Awarded 1/3

Damage: 
- Bomb controls inoperable (10)
- Superficial x 5 (5)

Peckham Points: 15 - overnight repairing


Casualties: --

Awards: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly was fine. Route to Germany, first time visting Nazi's home

Zone 2-4 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 5 Outbound: Attacked by 3 Fw-190. Two of them met our little friends on their way. Remaining bandit was damaged and abandoned the fight after missed us.

Zone 6 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 7 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: On the target area the enemy activity was immediately frantic. We were attacked by 5 Fw-190s: two were intercepted by the escort, two others were damaged to the point of abandoning combat, and one last Fw-190, after having been missed by our guns and having damaged our Bomb Controls, turned back for a second attack, was shot down by the fire of Sgt. Belmont's Ball Turret. 
We began the maneuvers to drop the bombs, without being damaged by Flak fire. With Bomb controls inoperative our result wasn't good. More Flak fire without damage.
After turning for home, we were attacked by 3 more Fw-190s, two of which were immediately engaged and turned away by our fighters. The third one was damaged by our shots and ran away without even hitting us.
But it wasn't over yet! 3 Me-109s arrived with a second wave, only two got through the escort barrage, one damaged the other shot down by 2nd Lt. Webster. We were finally able to get away!

Zone 5 Inbound: Attacked by an Fw-190, immediately intercepted, and a rocket that exploded nearby but caused no damage.

Zone 4-2 Inbound: Nothing to report

Giulia Airbase: Safely Landed


Extra AAR Note: I modified the report because i missed "Bomb Control Inoperative" rule, so the result change from "on target" to "off target"

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Travis Breaux, 1LT, USAAF commanding

B-24D Cheeky Pigeon

78th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17F-90BO-42-30132 – “Keep On Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 10 January 1944
Mission Number: 58
Mission of this bomber: 2

Formation: High
Position: Lead

Target: Skopje - Yugoslavia
Target Type: Airfield & Marshalling Yard

Bomb Run: 40%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	10	0	0	AM+	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Hank Singer	3	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Scott Sernett	5	0	.5	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	7	0	0		RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	9	1	3		RTD
Radio Operator	SGT Samuel Davis	9	0	0		RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Hank Morrow	7	0	.33	AM	RTD
Port WG	SGT Richard Lopez	9	0	1.33	AM / PH	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Theodore Powell	7	0	2.33	AM / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	2	0	0		RTD

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (the Rookie)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-410	1	0	0	1
Me-109	3	2	1	0
Fw-190	3	3	0	0
Total	7	5	1	1

Claims:
- T/SGT M. Jones - Me109 Full Credit - Awarded

Damage: no damages

Peckham Points: 0

Casualties: no casualties

Awards: 
- 1st Lt. Carl Cook - AM for 10 missions
- 2nd Lt. Scott Sernett - AM for 5 missions


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly with no problems.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 3 Outbound: A lone Me-109 heading towards us immediately intercepted by a P-38 escort. 5 minutes later a rocket exploded near us, no damages.

Zone 4 Outbound/Inbount (Target Zone): A 3Lo Me-109 taken over by a P-38 and driven away. It looked like the Krauts were waiting for us. Three fighters, including two Fw-190s and a Me-410 with twin propellers headed towards us, but our friends managed to keep the two Fw-190s busy while we took care of the third fighter which was damaged (FBOA) on the left wing making it unstable and preventing it from hitting us and it moved away.
As we approached the target, the firing of the Flak began, quite inaccurate, we reported no damage. We began maneuvering to align with the target and unloaded the load without any problem. No Flak fire after the drop, as well as no enemy fighters to bother us. From what Sgt Davis told us, the Luftwaffe must have had some radio communication problems (Bad Luftwaffe Comms random event).

Zone 3 Inbound: Two Me-109s on our way home. One intercepted by our angels and the other hit by T/Sgt Jones at the tank and exploded in a fireball.

Zone 2 Inbound: nothing to report

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely

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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force


Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 10 January 1944

Mission Number: 58

Mission of this bomber: 5

Formation: Middle
Position: Tail End

Target: Skopje - Yugoslavia
Target Type: Airfield & Marshalling Yard

Bomb Run: Off Target - 0%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	5	1	1.33	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	5	0	0	AM / PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	5	0	.33	AM	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Clayton Huckerby	4	0	0		RTD
Starboard Waist	SGT Steve Douglas	4	0	0		RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	5	0	1	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated)



E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	3	1	0	1
Fw-190	7	3	2	1
Total	10	4	2	2

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. Nolan Webster - 1 Fw-190 Claimed - Awarded
- T/Sgt Edgar Parker - 1 Fw-190 Claimed - Denied

Damage: 
- Norden Bombsight out (10)
- Superficial x 1 (1)

Peckham Points: 11 - overnight repairing


Casualties: --

Awards: 
- 1st Lt. Travis Breaux - AM for 5 missions
- 2nd Lt. Luke Peterson - AM for 5 missions
- 2nd Lt. Nolan Webster - AM for 5 missions
- 2nd Lt. George Leach - AM for 5 missions
- 2nd Lt. Luke Peterson - AM for 5 missions
- T/Sgt. Edgar Parker - AM for 5 missions
- T/Sgt. Bruce Albinson - AM for 5 missions
- Sgt. Roy Belmont - AM for 5 missions
- Sgt. Paul Briggs - AM for 5 missions


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly accomplished.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 3 Outbound: Attacked by 3 Me-109. One of them met our little friends on its way. Remaining bandits was damaged and abandoned the fight after missed us.

Zone 4 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: In the target area we were immediately approached by 2 Fw-190. A P-38 engaged one of them in a duel while the second one, attacking us in Vertical Dive, avoided the shots and delivered bursts that caused superficial damage but unfortunately made the Norden Bombsight unusable. The enemy fighter narrowly avoided colliding with us and perhaps fearful of this he moved away. Unfortunately, this was yet another mission where there was very little hope of doing any damage to the enemy structures.
A second wave of Fw-190 fighters attacked us, once again a P-38 escort managed to intercept one of them, while the second one was damaged on the left wing and went away after missing us.
Flak turned out to be poor and inaccurate, no damage recorded.
We tried to steer the ship so as to have a good position and trim for the bomb drop, but without the aid of the Norden Bombsight the drop was completely unsuccessful, creating only deep craters in what was supposed to be a cultivated field.
We turned the bow towards the base and after a few minutes we were attacked by a new wave of enemies. The precise shots of the 2nd Lt. Webster and T/Sgt. Parker did not give the enemy time to organize an attack maneuver and destroyed them. Two Fw-190s fell to the ground, only one chute was observed. The third fighter instead engaged in a duel with an escort fighter, forgetting about us.


Zone 3 Inbound: Nothing to report

Zone 2 Inbound: Some enemy fighters sighted, but none attacked us, although a rocket from who knows where exploded in our vicinity, but without damage.

Giulia Airbase: Safely Landed

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Travis Breaux, 1LT, USAAF commanding

B-24D Cheeky Pigeon

78th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17F-90BO-42-30132 – “Keep On Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 18 January 1944
Mission Number: 59
Mission of this bomber: 3

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Pisa- Italy
Target Type: Marshalling Yard

Bomb Run: 30%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	11	0	0	AM+	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Hank Singer	4	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Scott Sernett	6	0	.5	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	8	1	2	AM / PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	10	0	3	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Radio Operator	SGT Samuel Davis	10	0	0	AM+ / PH	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Hank Morrow	8	0	.33	AM	RTD
Port WG	SGT Richard Lopez	10	0	1.33	AM+ / PH	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Theodore Powell	8	0	2.33	AM / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	3	0	0		RTD

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	2	1	0	1
Me-109	6	5	1	0
Fw-190	2	2	0	0
Total	10	8	1	1

Claims:
- 2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt - Me109 Full Credit - Awarded

Damage:
- Superficial (x1): 1
- Radio Room Oxygen out: 10

Peckham Points: 11 - overnight repairing

Casualties: Sgt Samuel Davis - hypoxia - RTD next day

Awards: 
- T/Sgt Martin Jones - AM OLC for 10 missions
- Sgt Samuel Davis - AM OLC for 10 missions
- Sgt Richard Lopez - AM OLC for 10 missions


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Weather was good. Takeoff and assembly with no problems.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 3 Outbound: Two Fw-190 approached us but they were both driven off by P47s escorting us.

Zone 4 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 5 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): Three Me-109s took an interest in us trying to prevent us from approaching the target. Two of them were intercepted and engaged in an aerial duel with the escort fighters, the third was shot down by the accurate shooting of 2nd Lt. Leavitt, who with his right cheek gun destroyed the right wing of the fighter which became ungovernable and forced the pilot to bail out.
We began our approach and leveling maneuvers at the target when heavy Flak fire began to stir the air around us. A very close explosion caused the failure of the Radio Room oxygen system and minor surface damage.

"Davis! Hang in there!" I communicated over the intercomm to the Radio Operator, who had meanwhile donned the portable oxygen tank.

The dropping of the bombs proceeded quietly.

We turned the ship around to return to base when two Me-109s tried to stop us, but our escort was still outstanding and engaged them in a hard dogfight. We heard two explosions nearby, probably two rockets launched from some nearby aircraft, but fortunately we were not damaged.


Zone 4 Inbound: We went out of formation and descended to 10,000 feet, as Sgt Davis had run out of emergency oxygen and was showing the first symptoms of hypoxia. A lone Me-109 tried to give us a hard time, but once again the escorting P47s did their job.

Zone 3 Inbound: nothing to report

Zone 2 Inbound: Sgt Davis has regained consciousness, although he looks very fatigued and tried.

We were already thinking about the happy return to base when two Me-110s made their appearance. The fighter coming from 6Low was damaged by Sgt Morrow's gunfire and fled without hitting us; the second Me-110 was intercepted by the escort and rendered harmless.

Giulia Airbase: A beautiful winter day, clear skies and excellent visibility allowed us to land comfortably and safely. Sgt Davis, was taken away by ambulance for a check-up on his physical condition, but the doctor on the runway had already noticed that there were no problems resulting from the hypoxia and told us that our Radio Op. could be back in operation the next day.

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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force


Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 18 January 1944

Mission Number: 59

Mission of this bomber: 6

Formation: High
Position: Lead

Target: Pisa - Italy
Target Type: Marshalling Yard

Bomb Run: On Target - 30%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	6	0	0	AM	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	6	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	6	1	1.33	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	6	0	0	AM / PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	6	0	0	AM	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	6	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	6	.5	.83	AM	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Clayton Huckerby	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Starboard Waist	SGT Steve Douglas	5	.5	.5	AM	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	6	0	1	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated) - No Mechanical Failure for this mission (rolled 11)



E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	3	1	1	1
Fw-190	3	3	0	0
Total	6	4	1	1

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. George Leach - 1 Me-109 Claimed - Denied
- Sgt Roy Belmont - 1 Me-109 Claimed - 1/2 Awarded
- Sgt Steve Douglas - 1 Me-109 Claimed - 1/2 Awarded


Damage: 
- Waist compartment Oxygen system out (10)
- Superficial x 2 (2)

Peckham Points: 12 - overnight repairing


Casualties: --

Awards: 
- Sgt. Clayotn Huckerby - AM for 5 missions
- Sgt. Steve Douglas - AM for 5 missions


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Good weather over the base. Takeoff and assembly accomplished.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 3 Outbound: Attacked by 2 Fw-190, promptly removed by P47s escorting us.

Zone 4 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 5 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: No hard enemy resistance in the target area, only one Fw-190 tried to attack us but in its path it found an escort P47, which engaged in a dog-fight with it. Flak was more accurated, some superficial damages and waist compartment oxygen tank hit and punctured by some shrapnel. We continued the attack, reserving damage and consequence checks for later.
Nothing disturbed our approach and set-up for bomb drop preparation. Bombs on target with about 1/3 of them causing damages. No more Flak and GAF after bombing.

Zone 3 Inbound: A single Me-109 engaged us, but our escort drove him away before he was even in range

Zone 2 Inbound: Engaged by two Me-109. The fighter at 12H was hit and damaged, leaving no time to hit us. Second one, at 10.30H was missed, leaving him the opportunity to aim and hit the fuel transfer system, causing a fire on board, which was promptly extinguished with a single extinguisher by T/Sgt Parker. He turned back to cause more damage but, cross fire from the machine gunners destroyed his right wing. No chute sighted from the falling plane. No more GAF after that (rolled for random event- Lady Luck Smile gained).

Giulia Airbase: Safely Landed

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Travis Breaux, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24D Cheeky Pigeon
78th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force


Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 27 January 1944

Mission Number: 60

Mission of this bomber: 7

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Istres - France
Target Type: Airdrome

Bomb Run: On Target - 50%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	7	0	0	AM	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	7	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	7	1	2.33	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	7	0	0	AM / PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	7	1.33	1.33	AM	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	7	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	7	.5	1.33	AM	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Clayton Huckerby	6	0	0	AM	IH
Starboard Waist	SGT Steve Douglas	6	.5	1	AM / PH	LW
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	7	2	3	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated) 


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	3	0	2	1
Fw-190	9	1	4	4
Me-410	1	0	1	0
Ju-88	2	0	1	1
Total	15	1	8	6

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. Nolan Webster - 1 Me-410 Claimed - Full credit awarded
- T/Sgt Edgar Parker - 1 Fw-190 Claimed - 1/3 credit awarded
- T/Sgt Edgar Parker - 1 Me-109 Claimed - 1/2 credit awarded
- T/Sgt Edgar Parker - 1 Ju-88 Claimed - 1/2 credit awarded
- Sgt Steve Douglas - 1 Fw-190 Claimed - Full credit awarded
- Sgt Paul Briggs - 1 Me-109 Claimed - 1/2 credit awarded
- Sgt Paul Briggs - 1 Ju-88 Claimed - 1/2 credit awarded
- Sgt Paul Briggs - 1 Fw-190 Claimed - Full credit awarded
- Sgt Roy Belmont - 1 Fw-190 Claimed - 1/2 credit awarded

Damage: 
- Right wing root x2 (20)
- Radio out (10)
- Autopilot mechanism out (10)
- Left waist heat out (10)
- Light wounds x2 (4)
- Superficial x10 (10)

Peckham Points: 64 - overnight repairing


Casualties: 
- Sgt Clayton Huckerby - Nose severed frostbitten - Invalidated home after hospitalization
- Sgt Steve Douglas - LW torn vastus muscle and LW skull deflects shrapnel - 7 days in hospital (RTD on 4 Feb 1944)

Awards: 
- Sgt. Steve Douglas - Purple Heart medal for wounds


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Good weather over the base. Takeoff and assembly with no problems.

Zone 2 Outbound: Shortly after take-off we were attacked by 3 Fw-190s. One immediately engaged by the escort. The 12H fighter was shot down by the Top Turret, which destroyed the fuselage and canopy, killing the pilot. The second fighter managed to avoid the shots, causing superficial damage, but in the following attack it was shot down by the precise shots of Sgt Douglas; we saw the pilot's parachute.
We were then attacked by a Me-109 which, after missing our shots, managed to hit us causing superficial damage and disabling the autopilot system. After having reversed course he attempted a new attack from 6L, but the shots of Sgt Briggs, at the tail turret, destroyed the right wing of the fighter and forcing the pilot to abandon the aircraft by parachute.

Zone 3-7 Outbound: We suffered a power system problem to the top turret in zone 4, but T/Sgt Parker was able to repair the damage (zone 5).

Zone 8 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: A lone Fw-190 came to greet us as we entered the target area, but damage to the tail horizontal stabilizer did not allow it to hit us and forced it to abandon the attack. We were then attacked by a second wave of Me-109s. One was rendered harmless and walked away after receiving engine and propeller damage. The second one did not have time to organize the attack because a volley of shots from the top turret hit the fuselage and canopy killing the pilot.
There was a few minutes of calm, which made us realize that the enemy fighters were moving away from the area as it was defended by Flak. A myriad of black clouds and bursts began to fill the air around us. Two very close bursts caused damage to the right wing root. Despite this and the fact that we were without an autopilot, 2nd Lt. Webster still managed to report a good result, hitting the target. Flak again, but without damage.
We were then attacked by 3 Fw-190s, two were damaged and forced to move away without causing damage, but the third, although hit, continued the attack and his shots took out the radio and the heat system of the left waist gunner, as well as superficial damage. We were then attacked by 3 Fw-190s, two were damaged and forced to move away without causing damage, but the third, although hit, continued the attack and his shots took out the radio and the heat system of the left waist gunner, and causing light wound to Sgt Douglas as well as superficial damage. However, he was destroyed by crossfire from the ball turret and right waist. Then it was the turn of two Fw-190s and a Me-410 that came to bother us. The Me-410 was shot down immediately. The two Fw-190s hit us, causing superficial damage. In their return attack, one was damaged and went away after missing us, the second was destroyed by passing shots from the tail turret, which destroyed the engine, the aircraft crashed taking the pilot with it.

Zone 7 Inbound: Attacked by two Ju-88, one moved away after being damaged, the other was hit and caught fire turning into a fireball, no hope for the pilot.

Zone 6-2 Inbound: Nothing to report

Giulia Airbase: Safely Landed

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Travis Breaux, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24D Cheeky Pigeon
78th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17F-90BO-42-30132 – “Keep On Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 27 January 1944
Mission Number: 60
Mission of this bomber: 4

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Istres - France
Target Type: Airdrome

Bomb Run: On Target - 30%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	12	0	0	AM+	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Hank Singer	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	9	.66	1.66	AM / PH	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	9	0	2	AM / PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	11	.33	3.33	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	11	0	0	AM+ / PH	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	9	.5	.5	AM / PH+	RTD
Port WG	SGT Richard Lopez	11	.5	1.83	AM+ / PH	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Theodore Powell	9	0	2.33	AM / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	4	0	0		RTD

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	5	0	3	1
Total	5	0	3	1

Claims:
- 2nd Lt. Jesse Moore - 2 Me109 Claimed - 2/3 Awarded
- Sgt Ronald Wood - 1 Me109 Claimed - 1/2 Awarded
- Sgt Richard Lopez - 1 Me109 Claimed - 1/2 Awarded
- T/Sgt Martin Jones - 1 Me109 Claimed - 1/3 Awarded


Damage:
- Superficial (x3): 3
- Right tail plane: 10
- Rubber raft destroyed: 10
- Heat system out (x5): 50

Peckham Points: 73 - overnight repairing

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- 2nd Lt. Hank Singer - AM for 5 missions


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Good weather on the base. Takeoff and assembly with no problems.

Zone 2-7 Outbound: Nothing to report. It was like we were invisible. The enemy fighters ignored us, engaging the other squadron aircrafts and the escort fighters.

Zone 8 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): We arrived at the target without being disturbed by any Jerry and the Flak was inaccurate and caused us no damage, thus allowing us to make a good bomb drop. Still an inaccurate Flak wave. 
We were attacked as soon as we reversed course: two Me-109s headed straight for us. The first one was hit and damaged, making it desist from continuing the attack after missing us.

The second one was shot down with precise fuel tank hits that blew up the aircraft and left the pilot with no chance.
A rocket from aft exploded nearby, but caused no damage.

Zone 7 Outbound: A power malfunction caused the heat suits in some compartments to fail, forcing us to exit the formation and descend below 10,000 feet to avoid frostbite to the crew members.

Zone 6-4 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 3 Inbound: Three Me-109s intercepted us; our fighter escorts did not intervene to filter their attack. The 12H fighter was hit and destroyed by Top Turret and Nose gun shots, which completely destroyed the right wing and caused the plane to crash without allowing the pilot to bail out.
The second fighter, on the other hand, with skilful maneuvering (probably an Ace was at the controls) avoided our shots and hit us and a walking shot caused several damages in the internal compartments, but without injuring any of the crew.
The Ace attempted an attack by coming back at us, but this time he found the precise shots of Sgt Wood and Sgt Lopez to stop his run and destroy the left wing of his fighter. We saw a parachute open as the plane fell.

Zone 2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely

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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17F-90BO-42-30132 – “Keep On Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 2 February 1944
Mission Number: 61
Mission of this bomber: 5

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Maribor - Yugoslavia
Target Type: Airdrome

Bomb Run: Off Target - 0%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	13	0	0	AM+	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	9	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	10	.5	2.16	AM+ / PH	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	10	0	2	AM+ / PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	12	.5	3.83	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	12	0	0	AM+ / PH	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	10	0	.5	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	SGT Richard Lopez	12	1	3.33	AM+ / PH	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Theodore Powell	10	0	2.33	AM+ / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	5	0	0	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	5	0	2	1
Fw-190	2	0	0	2
Total	7	0	2	3

Claims:
- 2nd Lt. Jesse Moore - 1 Me109 Claimed - ¹/₂ Awarded
- T/Sgt Martin Jones - 1 Me109 Claimed - ¹/₂ Awarded
- Sgt Richard Lopez - 1 Me109 Claimed - Full Awarded


Damage:
- Left wing flap inoperable: 10
- Bombardier O₂ system out: 10

Peckham Points: 20 - overnight repairing

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- Air Medal OLC: 2nd Lt. J. Moore - 2nd Lt. J. Leavitt - S/Sgt. T. Powell - Sgt R. Wood
- Air Medal: Sgt. J. Messina

Promotions:

- S/Sgt. T. Powell 6HdQre9o1-6 - no promotion (6 needed)

- Sgt R. Wood 1-6 - no promotion (6 needed)


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Bad weather on the base but takeoff and assembly with no problems.

Zone 2-4 Outbound: Nothing to report. 

Zone 5 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): As we approached the target we were attacked repeatedly by numerous enemy fighters. The first 3 Me-109s did not pose a problem as two of them got away without sustaining or doing any damage to us; the third fighter was shot down by Port WG Sgt. Lopezi his shots shredded-up vertical and horizontal stabilizers, making it impossible for the pilot to control the aircraft and he jumped out with his parachute.
The second wave consisted of two Fw-190s. The first one to approach was damaged at the engine and went away without damaging us. The second fighter attacked us in the vertical dive and was missed by our gunners. Its hits damaged the Bombardier O2 system and the left wing flap. He returned for a second attack, but his left wing was damaged and he aborted the attack.
A third wave of two Me-109s came towards us: the first one was damaged and flew away, the second one was hit by the combined fire of the Top turret and the nose gun, which destroyed the fuselage and killed the pilot instantly.

We then exited the formation and descended to 9,000 feet to allow 2nd Lt. Moore to breathe and drop the bombs. During this maneuver the Flak was inaccurate and did not cause any damage.

Due to the thick layer of clouds over the target and the maneuvers performed, the drop was not accurate and missed the target.

Zone 4-2 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely

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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron


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B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force


Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 2 February 1944

Mission Number: 61

Mission of this bomber: 8

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Maribor - Yugoslavia
Target Type: Airdrome

Bomb Run: On Target - 40%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	8	0	0	AM	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	8	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	8	.5	2.83	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	8	0	0	AM / PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	8	0	1.33	AM	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	8	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	8	1	2.33	AM	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Paul Stokes	2	0	0	PH	RTD
Starboard Waist	SGT Barney Lowe	4	1	1		RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	8	0	3	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated) 


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	3	1	0	2
Fw-190	5	0	2	2
Me-110	3	1	2	0
Total	11	2	4	4

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. Nolan Webster - 1 Fw-190 Claimed - ¹/₂ credit awarded
- Sgt Barney Lowe - 1 Me-110 Claimed - Full credit awarded
- Sgt Roy Belmont - 1 Fw-190 Claimed - Full credit awarded
- Sgt Roy Belmont - 1 Me-110 Claimed - No credit awarded

Damage: 
- Rubber rafts destroyed (10)
- Both landing gear inoperable (50)
- Both aleirons inoperable (20)
- Superficial (x1)
- Damages due to landing with gears inop (60 + 3 x ( McYpuGzu1-6 + 1-6 + 1-6 )) ->  total 96

Peckham Points: 177 - three days repairing time, RTD on 6 Feb 1944


Casualties: --

Awards: --



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly with no problems.

Zone 2 Outbound: Engaged by the enemy immediately after leaving controlled airspace. An early Me-109 put to flight by escorting fighters.
Due to extreme cold (random event) Ball Turret had one gun jammed. 
Two more Fw-190 on our way. First one was damaged to flap and ailerons and stop attacking us. Second one, attacking from VD, after avoiding our shots, did not find the right angle to hit us and moved away.

Zone 3 Outbound: Ball turret gun still jammed.

Zone 4 Outbound: Sgt. Belmont successfully unjammed the gun just few minutes before a lone Me-110 attacked us. We did not fire a shot as an escort fighter engaged the enemy.

Zone 5 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): We were attacked by two Fw-190s, the one at 12H was damaged and went away without hitting us. The second Fw-190 was hit in the fuselage and the left wing but, trying to move away, collided with us, causing serious damage to the landing gear. From that moment our road was all uphill!
Fortunately, neither other enemy fighters nor the Flak interrupted our run towards the objective, where despite the poor visibility of the airdrome, we were able to deliver our load of bombs.
As soon as we reversed course, we were attacked by three Fw-190s. For two of them the hunt was over immediately, shot down by accurate shots, we observed however that both pilots managed to bail out. The third, although damaged, managed to hit us, hitting the Bomb Bay and rendering the Rubber Rafts useless. On the second pass, new damage made him desist from continuing the attack.

Zone 4 Inbound: More Jerrys on our course!Two Me-110's aimed at us, but they had no chance and were hit by Sgt Lowe's and STwo Me-110s aimed at us, but had no chance and were hit by Sgt Lowe's and Sgt Belmont's shots. Only one parachute was seen dropping from the falling aircraft. 
Some rockets exploded nearby but without causing damage.

Zone 3 Inbound: nothing to report

Zone 2 Inbound: I ordered T/Sgt Parker to help Belmont exit and secure himself from the Ball turret, given the difficult landing we were facing.

During the approach to the base, I realized that a malfunction had disabled the control of both ailerons.

Giulia Airbase: We signaled our predicament to the ground crew with flares. I aligned the ship to the runway and descended slowly, trying to glide as much as possible while slowing down but trying to avoid stalling. I touched down with the rear of the ship and then gently set the rest of the ship down. A deafening noise, sparks and smoke were our companions during those seconds before the aircraft came to rest, sideways, on the runway.
I breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the picture of my parents on the cockpit and stood up to check on the health of my crew. Fortunately, none of us were injured. It was a different story for T/Sgt Roach, our Ground Chief Crew, who arrived to inspect the damage and continued to puff and shake his head, perhaps concerned about the hours of work ahead of him to repair the "Cheeky Pigeon".




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Travis Breaux, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24D Cheeky Pigeon
78th (H) Bomb Squadron


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B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force


Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 15 February 1944

Mission Number: 62

Mission of this bomber: 9

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Monte Cassino - Italy
Target Type: German Observation Posts and Fortifications

Bomb Run: On Target - 40%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	9	0	0	AM	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	9	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	9	0	2.83	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	9	0	0	AM / PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	9	0	1.33	AM	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	9	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	9	0	2.33	AM	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Paul Stokes	3	0	0	PH	RTD
Starboard Waist	SGT Steve Douglas	7	0	1	AM / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	9	0	3	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated) 


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	5	5	0	0
Total	5	5	0	0

Claims: --

Damage: 
- Superficial (x2)

Peckham Points: 2 -repairing overnight

Casualties: --

Awards: --



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly with no problems.

Zone 2 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): As soon as we entered the target area the GAF fighters started their jamming operation, but the good presence of our escort kept all the enemies away from us.

We passed the Flak barrage unharmed, only superficial damage.

Leveling and dropping bombs on targets without problems.

We passed the second Flak phase without damage.

No enemy fighters in the inbound leg, the escort did its job at its best

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely

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Travis Breaux, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24D Cheeky Pigeon
78th (H) Bomb Squadron

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B-17F-90BO-42-30132 – “Keep On Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 15 February 1944
Mission Number: 62
Mission of this bomber: 6

Formation: Low
Position: Lead

Target: Monte Cassino - Italy
Target Type: German Observation Posts and Fortifications

Bomb Run: On Target - 20%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	14	0	0	AM+	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	10	0	0	AM+ / PH	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	11	0	2.16	AM+ / PH	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	11	0	2	AM+ / PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	13	0	3.83	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	13	0	0	AM+ / PH	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	11	0	.5	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	SGT Richard Lopez	13	0	3.33	AM+ / PH+	SW
Starboard WG	S/SGT Theodore Powell	11	0	2.33	AM+ / PH+	KIA
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	6	0	0	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	4	0	1	2
Fw-190	1	1	0	0
Total	5	1	1	2

Claims:
- S/Sgt Ronald Wood - 1 Me109 Claimed - No credit awarded


Damage:
- KIA (x1): 10
- SW (x1): 5

Peckham Points: 15 - overnight repairing

Casualties: 
- SW - Sgt Richard Lopez - broken rib, inflamed lung (5 weeks in hospital - RTD on 22 Mar 1944)
- KIA - S/Sgt Theodore Powell - shattered skull

Awards: 
- Air Medal OLC: 2nd Lt. Ralph Allen
- Purple Heart (posthumous): S/Sgt Theodore Powell
- Purple Heart: Sgt. Richard Lopez

Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly with no problems.

Zone 2 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): Attacked by two enemy fighters, one intercepted by the escort, the other damaged and moved away without causing damage.
Approaching the target, we were attacked by three fighters. The first one got away after an exchange of shots with no damage on either side. A 9Lv Me-109 was shot down by S/Sgt Wood at the Ball Turret, - engine fire enveloped plane, pilot fatally burned. The third fighter, from position 12Lv, after having skilfully avoided our shots opened fire: several bullets reached the waist compartment, seriously wounding Lopez and hitting S/Sgt Powell in the head, killing him instantly.
Flak strikes were not a problem, allowing us to get to the target and drop the bombs.

After the drop we headed back to base, without suffering any further damage or being attacked by enemy fighters.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely. Along the track the ambulance took Lopez away (he will have to spend 5 weeks in the hospital) and Powell's body.

Tonight I will have to write sad words for his parents.


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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron

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B-17F-90BO-42-30132 – “Keep On Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 11 March 1944
Mission Number: 63
Mission of this bomber: 7

Formation: High
Position: Tail End

Target: Toulon - France
Target Type: U-Boat pen
Bomb Run: On Target - 20%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	15	0	0	AM++	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	11	0	0	AM+ / PH	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	12	0	2.16	AM+ / PH	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	12	0	2	AM+ / PH+	LW
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	14	0	3.83	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	14	0	0	AM+ / PH	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	12	1	1.5	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	SGT Jason Hornell	1	0	0		RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	2	0	.5		RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	7	0	0	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: SGT Hugh McMahon (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	5	1	1	3
Fw-190	5	2	1	2
Total	10	3	2	5

Claims:
- 2nd Lt. Jesse Moore - 1 Fw-190 Claimed - No credit awarded
- S/Sgt Ronald Wood - 1 Me109 Claimed - Full credit awarded


Damage:
- Fire damage 1^st estinguisher: 25
- Left aileron inoperable: 10
- LW (x1): 2
- Pilot Compartment O₂ system out: 10
- Superficial damage (x2): 2

Peckham Points: 49 - overnight repaired

Casualties: 
- LW - 2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt - leg cut - RTD


Awards: 
- Air Medal OLC (second): 1st Lt. Carl Cook
- Purple Heart: 2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt

Promotions: Ground Crew Chief Sgt McMahon (15) promotion request
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Promotion achieved: S/Sgt

AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly with no problems.

Zone 2 Outbound: The Jerrys showed up immediately, attacking us shortly after take-off: two fighters were intercepted by the escort while the third was hit in the fuselage and the pilot killed by the shots of 2nd Lt. Moore (he will not be credited).

Zone 3-6 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 7 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): The air defense of the target area became immediately violent. We were attacked by 4 enemy fighters. One was intercepted and removed from the escort, the other three were damaged and forced to abandon the attack, without causing any damage.
We were attacked by a second wave of Jerries, two were knocked out immediately by our shots and broke off the attack. The third Me-109, after having avoided Sgt. Hornell's bursts, approached us firing long bursts of shots that caused us several damages, the most serious was to the O2 system of the pilot compartment, which caused a fire immediately extinguished by 2nd Lt. Allen with a single extinguisher.
During the attack, a glancing blow to the right leg caused minor injuries to 2nd Lt. Leavitt. The enemy fighter seemed to be determined to complete his work with a second attack, but this time the ball gunner Wood's shots hit the horizontal and vertical tail stabilizers, destroying them and causing the fighter to fall uncontrolled; probably the pilot did not have time to bail out, crashing with the aircraft.
We donned portable O2 cylinders long enough to complete the dropping of the bombs, after which, fortunately, without sustaining damage from flak and other enemy fighters, after communicating the abandonment of the Tail End position.we exited the formation and lowered our altitude.


Zone 6-2 Inbound: Nothing to report

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely. 2nd Lt. Leavitt was treated directly at the edge of the runway, with no need for hospitalisation.

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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron


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B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 11 March 1944

Mission Number: 63

Mission of this bomber: 10

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Toulone - France
Target Type: U-Boat pens

Bomb Run: On Target - 30%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	10	0	0	AM+	RTD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	10	0	0	AM+	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	10	0	2.83	AM+	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	10	0	0	AM+ / PH	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	10	0	1.33	AM+	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	10	0	0	AM+	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	10	0	2.33	AM+	RTD
Port Waist	SGT Paul Stokes	4	0	0	PH	RTD
Starboard Waist	SGT Steve Douglas	8	0	1	AM / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	10	0	3	AM+	RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated) -> advance to the Meticulous after 10th mission


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Fw-190	2	1	0	0
Total	2	1	0	0

Claims: --

Damage: 
- Superficial (x1): 1
- Left wing outboard tank, self sealed: 10

Peckham Points: 11 -repairing overnight

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- 1st Lt. Travis Breaux - Air Medal OLC for 10 missions
- 2nd Lt. Luke Peterson - Air Medal OLC for 10 missions
- 2nd Lt. Nolan Webster - Air Medal OLC for 10 missions
- 2nd Lt. George Leach - Air Medal OLC for 10 missions
- T/Sgt Edgar Parker - Air Medal OLC for 10 missions
- T/Sgt Bruce Albinson - Air Medal OLC for 10 missions
- Sgt Roy Belmont - Air Medal OLC for 10 missions
- Sgt Paul Briggs - Air Medal OLC for 10 missions


Promotions:
- T/Sgt Edgar Parker  88ewTcyk1-6  No promotioon
- T/Sgt Bruce Albinson  1-6  No promotion
- Sgt Roy Belmont  1-6  No promotion
- Sgt Paul Briggs  1-6  Promoted to S/Sgt
- T/Sgt John Roach (Crew Chief) 1-6  Promoted to M/Sgt



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Takeoff and assembly with no problems.

Zone 2 Outbound: Two Jerrys attacked us, the first Fw-190 was turned away from our escort, the second abandoned the attack after an exchange of shots between us and him, with no damage to either.

Zone 2-6 Outbound: no enemies spotted nor attacked us

Zone 7 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): On the approach to the target it seemed that none of the enemy fighters had any interest in us, we arrived to drop the bombs without being attacked and without suffering damage from the Flak.
After dropping our presents for the Nazis, a Flak shot caused damage to the left wing outboard tanker, fortunately self-sealed and a rocket exploded near us, no damages suffered.

Zone 6-2 Inbound: nothing to report

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely

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Travis Breaux, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24D Cheeky Pigeon
78th (H) Bomb Squadron


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B-17F-90BO-42-30132 – “Keep On Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 29 March 1944
Mission Number: 64
Mission of this bomber: 8

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Bolzano - Italy
Target Type: Marshalling Yard
Bomb Run: On Target - 40%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	16	0	0	AM++	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	12	0	0	AM+ / PH	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	13	0	2.16	AM+ / PH	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	13	0	2	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	15	0	3.83	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	15	0	0	AM++ / PH	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	13	0	1.5	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	SGT Richard Lopez	14	0	3.33	AM+ /PH++	LW
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	3	0	.5		RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	8	0	0	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Hugh McMahon (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Ju-88	1	1	0	0
Fw-190	2	2	0	0
Total	3	3	0	0

Claims: --

Damage:
- Superficial damage (x2): 2

Peckham Points: 2 - overnight repaired

Casualties: 
- LW - Sgt. Richard Lopez - leg cut - 2 days in hospital (return on duty on 1st of April 1944)

Awards: 
- Air Medal OLC (second): T/Sgt M. Jones, S/Sgt S. Davis
- Purple Heart: Sgt R. Lopez

Promotions: 
- T/Sgt M. Jones: 4iOeVjbz1-6 no promotion
- S/Sgt S. Davis  1-6  no promotion



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: False alarm for possible engine malfunction during take off, no problem in gaining altitude and assembly.

Zone 2-3 Outbound: nothing to report

Zone 4 Outbound: Both Top turret guns jammed due to intense cold (random event)

Zone 5 Outbound: Top Turret guns still jammed

Zone 6 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): Top turret guns un-jammed as soon as entered the zone. 
It seemed that the Jerrys were not interested in us or that we were invisible; their attacks were aimed at the other bombers.
Flak shots caused some superficial damages.
Bombs dropped on target with a good success rating.
On inbound leg, Flak shrapnels wounded lightly Sgt Lopez, he was able to continue anyway.
Two Fw-190 intercepted by our angels

Zone 5-4 Inbound: nothing to report

Zone 3 Inbound: A lone Ju-88 intercepted by the escort fighters

Zone 2 Inbound: nothing to report

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely. Sgt Lopez needed to be hospitalized because of the deep cut on his left leg.


(It was a "milk run" mission, the dice seemed to be on my side, putting very few enemy fighters in my path)

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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-17F, Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron


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B-17F-90BO-42-30132 – “Keep On Irascible Girl”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 5 April 1944
Mission Number: 65
Mission of this bomber: 9

Formation: Lòw
Position: Middle

Target: Ploesti - Romania
Target Type: Oil Refineries
Bomb Run: Off Target - 0%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	17	0	0	AM++ / PH	LW
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	13	0	0	AM+ / PH+	SW
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Jesse Moore	14	0	2.16	AM+ / PH+	SW
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	14	0	2	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	16	1	4.83	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	16	0	0	AM++ / PH+	LW
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	14	1	2.5	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Richard Lopez	15	0	3.33	AM++ /PH+++	SW
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	4	0	.5		RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	9	0	0	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Hugh McMahon (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	3	1	1	1
Me-210	4	2	1	0
Me-109	7	2	1	3
Fw-190	9	6	0	2
Total	23	11	3	6

Claims: 
- T/Sgt. M. Jones - Me-210 claimed - 1/2 Awarded
- T/Sgt. M. Jones - Me-110 claimed - 1/2 Awarded
- Sgt. R. Wood - Me-109 claimed - Full Awarded

Damage:
- wreck on the sea bottom

Peckham Points: n/a

Casualties: 
- LW - 1st Lt. C. Cook - head cut - 5 days in hospital (return on duty on 11st of April 1944)
- SW - 2nd Lt. R. Allen - broken femur - 7 weeks in hospital (return on duty on 24th of May 1944)
- SW - 2nd Lt. J. Moore - inflamed intestines - 12 weeks in hospital (return on duty on 22nd of June 1944)
- LW - S/Sgt.. S. Davis - torn flexor muscle - 3 weeks in hospital (return on duty on 27th of April 1944)
- SW - Sgt. R. Lopez - inflamed intestines - 10 weeks in hospital (return on duty on 8th of June 1944)

Awards: 
- Air Medal OLC (second): Sgt R.Lopez
- Purple Heart: 1st Lt. C. Cook - 2nd Lt. R.Allen - 2nd Lt. J. Moore - S/Sgt. S. Davis - Sgt R. Lopez

Promotions: 
- Sgt R. Lopez kH7otU5O1-6 promoted to S/Sgt



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase:Take off and assembly with no issues.

Zone 2-4 Outbound: nothing to report

Zone 5 Outbound: We were attacked by two Me-210s. The first one was shot down with accurate shots to the left wing (we noticed parachutes coming out of the plane), the second one went away without damage.

Zone 6 Outbound: A pair of Fw-190s intercepted and removed from escort

Zone 7 Outbound: still Fw-190 intercepted and removed from escort, immediately followed by 3 Me-110s. We damaged one and another was shot down after T/Sgt Jones' shots devastated the fuselage killing the pilot as well, thir one was engaged by the escort.
But it wasn't over yet, 3 more Fw-190s approached: one was driven away by the escort, while the other two moved away after being damaged by our shots.

Zone 8 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone):  We were attacked by two Me-109s, which ran away in fear after being damaged. 
The Flak was very heavy and caused several damages including the Norden bomb-sight, damaging it irreparably.
We tried to launch the bombs even without the targeting system, but the result was negative.
More Flak shots: some shrapnel damaged the inner tank which self-sealed but we lost a lot of fuel.
A single Me-109 in vertical dive attacked us, but neither he nor we did any damage and as he arrived he left

Zone 6 Inbound: We were attacked by 2 Fw-190s, one moved away from the escort, the second moved away without doing any damage.
The navigator informed me that with the remaining fuel we could arrive over the Adriatic Sea and then try to ditch.
Again 2 Me-210 attacked us but they were attacked by escort fighters

Zone 5 Inbound: We were attacked by 4 Me-109's: two of them were engaged by the guys on the P-47's, the third one was damaged and moved away, while the fourth one, after having hit us causing some superficial damage, returned to the attack but was shot down by the Ball Turret.

Zone 3 Inbound: a rocket explosion with no damage

Zone 2 Inbound: Fuel Out. Alerted crew to prepare for emergency landing. We touched the sea gently, but a wave hit the right wing causing the plane to tilt and tossing us all around as if we were inside a washing machine.

Fortunately, we stayed afloat, allowing us to launch the rescue rafts and help the injured to leave the plane.

After about 1 hour we were reached by a PT boat of the UK Royal Navy and hoisted on board we were disembarked in Bari and taken to hospital.


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Carl Cook, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-17F, Keep on Irascible Girl
80th (H) Bomb Squadron


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After-Action Report

B24D-CO-41-11623 – “Cheeky Pigeon”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Travis Breaux

Mission Date: 5 April 1944

Mission Number: 65

Mission of this bomber: 11

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Ploiesti - Romania
Target Type: Oil refinery

Bomb Run: On Target - 30%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Travis Breaux	11	0	0	AM+	POW
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Luke Peterson	11	0	0	AM+	POW
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Nolan Webster	11	0	2.83	AM+	POW
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Leach	11	0	0	AM+ / PH	POW
Engineer	T/SGT Edgar Parker	11	0	1.33	AM+	POW
Radio Operator	T/SGT Bruce Albinson	11	0	0	AM+	POW
Ball Gunner	SGT Roy Belmont	11	0	2.33	AM+	POW
Port Waist	SGT Paul Stokes	5	0	0	AM / PH	POW
Starboard Waist	SGT Steve Douglas	9	0	1	AM / PH	POW
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Briggs	11	0	3	AM+	POW

Crew Chief: T/SGT John Roach (the Dedicated) -> advance to the Meticulous after 10th mission

Awards: Air Medal - Sgt P. Stokes

"Cheeky Pigeon" was seen going up in flames, hit at the wings tankers, over the sky of Ploiesti; 10 chutes were sighted abandoning the ship.

No news about the crew, probably in the next days we will know something from the Red Cross reports.

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Sorry for delay...feel free to consider this report valid or not