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After-Action Report

B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 16 April 1944
Mission Number: 66
Mission of this bomber: 1

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Brasov - Romania
Target Type: Marshalling yard
Bomb Run: On Target - 30%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	18	0	0	AM++ / PH	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Burt Spurwell	1	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	1	0	0		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	15	0	2	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	17	1	4.83	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Ted Dalton	4	0	0		RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	15	1	2.5	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	1	0	0		RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	5	0	.5	AM	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	10	0	0	AM+	RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	3	1	0	2
Fw-190	6	3	1	2
Total	9	4	1	4

Claims: 
- Sgt. R. Wood - Fw-190 claimed - no credit awarded

Damage:
- Superficial x4: 4

Peckham Points: 4 - repairing overnight

Casualties: -

Awards: 
- Air Medal OLC (second): 2nd Lt. J. Leavitt - Sgt R. Wood
- Air Medal OLC (first): Sgt J. Messina
- Air Medal: S/Sgt. E. Coombs

Promotions: 
- Sgt R. Wood - promotion to S/Sgt.  qlSlNsoI1-6 - no promotion
- Sgt. J. Messina - promotion to S/Sgt. 1-6 - no promotion


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase:Take off and assembly with no issues.

Zone 2-5 Outbound: nothing to report

Zone 6 Outbound: attacked first by rockets without sustaining damage, then by two Fw-190s, one intercepted by the escort and the other damaged and escaped without harming us.

Zone 7 Outbound: nothing to report.

Zone 8 Outbound/Inbound (target zone): As we approached the target we were attacked by fighters in two waves.

In the first wave there were 3 Fw-190, one of which was intercepted by the escort, one was damaged and moved away, the third one, after having been hit on the fuselage, continued its flight, as if the pilot did not rule, probably he was fatally wounded.
The second wave consisted of 3 Me-109s but one was immediately intercepted and engaged by the escort. With the other two we exchanged blows causing superficial damage to each other. They returned to continue the attack but we damaged both and forced them to abandon the hunt.
The Flak was poor and inaccurate, allowing us to get on target and drop our load. We met no further resistance en route to the base.

Giulia Airbase: landed safely


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Carl Cook, 1 LT, USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

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After-Action Report

B24J-75-CF-44-10653 – “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Clifford Morris

Mission Date: 16 April 1944

Mission Number: 66

Mission of this bomber: 1

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Brasov - Romania
Target Type: Marshalling Yard

Bomb Run: On Target - 20%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Clifford Morris	1	0	0		RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Fred Roberts	1	0	0		RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Earl Cooper	1	0	0		RFD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Leo Sanchez	1	0	0		RFD
Engineer	S/SGT Roy Phillips	1	0	0		RFD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Raul Rodriguez	1	0	0		RFD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Daniel Wright	1	0	0		RFD
Port Waist	SGT Russell Walker	1	0	0		RFD
Starboard Waist	SGT David Jackson	1	0	0		RFD
Tail Gunner	SGT Lloyd Howard	1	0	0		RFD

Crew Chief: T/SGT Keith Brock (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Fw-190	6	3	0	2
Total	6	3	0	2

Claims: --

Damage: 
- Tail turret electric system out: 10
- Chin turret electric system out: 10

Peckham Points: 20- overnight repairing


Casualties: --

Awards: --



AAR (flown with TFT)

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

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

Zone 5 Outbound: A lone Fw-190 aimed at us but was quickly intercepted and turned away by a fighter escort. Shortly thereafter we were attacked by four Fw-190s, one of which was engaged in a duel by an escort fighter. Two of them were damaged and had to abandon the attack. The last one avoided our shots but caused no damage and fled.

Zone 6-7 Outbound: Nothing to report. No GAF spotted.

Zone 8 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: It seemed that the enemy fighters were not interested in us, no Jerrys attacked us and the Flak was very inaccurate, allowing us to get to the target and drop the bombs without any problem. Even after reversing course, both enemy fighters and Flak did not bother us.

Zone 5 Inbound: Nose turret electric power failure.

Zone 4 Inbound: 2nd Lt. Cooper was unable to restore the electrical system of the chin turret, this failure was followed by the interruption of power to the tail turret.

Zone 3 Inbound: Sgt Howard was unable to restore tail turret, guns were inoperable.

Zone 2 Inbound: Nothing to report

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


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Clifford Morris, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24j Chattanooga Choo Choo Cheeky Pigeon
78th (H) Bomb Squadron

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B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 24 April 1944
Mission Number: 67
Mission of this bomber: 2

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Ploesti - Romania
Target Type: Marshalling yard
Bomb Run: On Target - 30%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	19	0	0	AM++ / PH	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Burt Spurwell	2	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	2	.5	.5		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	16	0	2	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	18	0	4.83	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Ted Dalton	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	16	.5	3	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	2	0	0		RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	6	0	.5	AM / PH	LW
Tail Gunner	SGT James Messina	11	0	0	AM+ / PH	KIA

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	10	0	3	3
Fw-190	13	8	0	4
Total	23	8	3	7

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. R. Clark - Me-109 claimed - half credit awarded
- Sgt R. Wood - Me-109 claimed - half credit awarded
- Sgt R. Wood - Me-109 claimed - no credit awarded
- S/Sgt S. Wright - Me-109 claimed - no credit awarded

Damage:
- Superficial x11: 11
- Navigator's Equipment inop: 10
- Bomb control inop: 10
- Radio out: 10
- Landing brakes out: 10
- KIA x1: 10
- LW x1: 2

Peckham Points: 63 - repairing overnight

Casualties:
- Sgt James Messina - KIA - shattered scapula, died for bleeding.
- S/Sgt Eric Coombs - LW - nasal cartlage broken - 1 week in hospital

Awards: 
- PH posthumous: Sgt J. Messina
- PH: S/Sgt E. Coombs
- Air Medal: T/Sgt. T. Dalton

Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase:Take off and assembly with no issues.

Zone 2-4 Outbound: nothing to report

Zone 5 Outbound: attacked by a lone Fw-190 intercepted by P47.

Zone 6 Outbound: Two Fw-190 intercepted by escort fighters.

Zone 7 Outbound: Two Fw-190 were engaged by Mustangs on our side. One Fw-190 damaged without attacking us. A solitaire Fw-190 try to avoid escorting fighters to reach and hit us by P51 guys are too vigilant and intercepted the Jerry.

Zone 8 Outbound/Inbound (target zone): No GAF approaching the target, but the Flas was heavy and we had a lot of damages and Sgt. Messina was shot in the shoulder blade and the bleeding caused by the deep wound caused his death by exsanguination.
Bombs on target!
We were attacked by three waves of enemy fighters, we managed to shoot down three of them but the rest of the enemy caused us several damages and wounded the face of Sgt. Coombs, who however did not leave his post.

Zone 6 Inbound: We were attacked by 3 Me-109s which were held off with little damage received.

Zone 5 Inbound: Spotted two Fw-190s removed from escort.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely


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Carl Cook, 1 LT, USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

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B24J-75-CF-44-10653 – “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Clifford Morris

Mission Date: 29 April 1944

Mission Number: 68

Mission of this bomber: 2

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Toulon - France
Target Type: Shipping

Bomb Run: On Target - Two (2) Tankers damaged.

CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Clifford Morris	2	0	0		RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Fred Roberts	2	0	0		RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Earl Cooper	2	0	0		RFD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Leo Sanchez	2	0	0		RFD
Engineer	S/SGT Roy Phillips	2	0	0		RFD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Raul Rodriguez	2	0	0		RFD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Daniel Wright	2	0	0		RFD
Port Waist	SGT Russell Walker	2	0	0		RFD
Starboard Waist	SGT David Jackson	2	0	0		RFD
Tail Gunner	SGT Lloyd Howard	2	.5	.5		RFD

Crew Chief: T/SGT Keith Brock (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Fw-190	2	1	1
Me-109	2	2
Me-110	2	2
Ju-88	1	1
Total	7	6	1

Claims:
- Sgt L. Howard - Fw-190 claimed - 1/2 victory credit awarded

Damage: 
- Superficial x1: 1

Peckham Points: 1- overnight repairing


Casualties: --

Awards: --



AAR (flown with TFT)

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

Zone 2 Outbound: Spotted a Ju-88 immediately intercepted by escort fighters.

Zone 3 Outbound: Attacked by 2 Me-109 intercepted and removed by escort. After a few minutes we were attacked by 2 Fw-190, one of which intercepted and started a dog-fight with an escort fighter. The second Fw-190, after being damaged, was shot down by Sgt Howard with a passing shot.

Zone 7 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: We were attacked by two Me-110s that had just entered the area but were held off by the P47s that accompanied us. We passed through the first Flak barrage unharmed and dropped our bombs: looking at the high water sprays we realized we had not hit the ships (two tankers) directly but since the explosions occurred near the hulls we had probably damaged them. We moved out of the area without sustaining heavy damage from the Flak and without being disturbed by enemy fighters.


Zone 6-2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely


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Clifford Morris, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24j Chattanooga Choo Choo Cheeky Pigeon
78th (H) Bomb Squadron

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B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 29 April 1944
Mission Number: 68
Mission of this bomber: 3

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Toulon- Francia
Target Type: Shipping
Bomb Run: On Target

Ships Target

Ship	Damages	Tons
Tanker 1	Superficial damages	-
Tanker 2	Minor damages	-
Freighter 1	Exploded and sunk	2200
Freighter 2	Minor damages	-
Freighter 3	Hull damaged	-
Freighter 4	Damaged and slowed	-

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	20	0	0	AM+++ / PH	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Burt Spurwell	3	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	3	0	.5		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	17	0	2	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	19	1	5.83	AM++ / PH+ / DFC	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Ted Dalton	6	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	17	0	3	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	3	0	0		RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	7	0	.5	AM / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Fawler	1	1	1		RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	1	1	0	0
Fw-190	14	8	2	3
Total	15	9	2	3

Claims: 
- T/Sgt M. Jones - Fw-190 claimed - full credit awarded
- Sgt P. Fawler - Fw-190 claimed - full credit awarded

Damage: --

Peckham Points: --

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- DFC: T/Sgt M. Jones for Ace status
- Air Medal third OLC: 1st Lt. C. Cook

Promotions: 
- 1st Lt. C. Cook promoted to the rank of Captain after completing his 20th mission


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase:Take off and assembly with no issues.

Zone 2 Outbound: A lone Me-109 intercepted by escort fighters

Zone 3-6 Outbound: nothing to report.

Zone 7 Outbound/Inbound (target zone): A first wave of Jerrys (3 Fw-190s) attacked us but were held off by the escort boys.

Not even the time to recover and a new wave attacked us: 4 Fw-190s headed towards us, two were intercepted by the escort while one Fw-190 at 12H was shot down by T/Sgt Jones who set fire to the tanks making the aircraft explode; the second fighter at 6Lo was hit by Sgt Fawler's shots (who had just arrived from the States and was assigned to our ship) which completely destroyed the right wing making the enemy fighter fall in a spin. No hope for both German pilots.

As we approached the target we were attacked by 3 more Fw-190s, 2 of which were pushed away by P-47s and the third, slightly damaged, moved away after missing us.

The Flak did not pose a problem allowing us to get within sight of the shipping and drop the bombs. We observed several explosions next to several ships which probably caused some damage, albeit slight, to them. One bomb hit a freighter, destroying the deck and starting a fire on board. As we turned for the new course we saw it explode.
The Flak was fortunately still inaccurate and did not cause us any damage.

However, we were attacked by a new wave of 4 Fw-190s, the first of which was immediately intercepted and moved away. Two Jerrys were damaged and forced to finish the attack without causing damage and the last remaining Fw-190 was missed by our guns but also did not cause damage and disappeared in pursuit of other targets.

Zone 6-2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely


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Carl Cook, 1st Lt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

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B24J-75-CF-44-10653 – “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Clifford Morris

Mission Date: 7 May 1944

Mission Number: 69

Mission of this bomber: 3

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Reggio Emilia - Italy
Target Type: Railyard

Bomb Run: On Target - 50%

CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Clifford Morris	3	0	0		RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Fred Roberts	3	0	0		RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Earl Cooper	3	0	0		RFD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Leo Sanchez	3	0	0		RFD
Engineer	S/SGT Roy Phillips	3	0	0		RFD
Nose Turret Gunner	T/SGT Raul Rodriguez	3	1	1		RFD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Daniel Wright	3	0	0		RFD
Port Waist	SGT Russell Walker	3	0	0		RFD
Starboard Waist/ Radio Op.	SGT David Jackson	3	0	0		RFD
Tail Gunner	SGT Lloyd Howard	3	0	.5		RFD

Crew Chief: T/SGT Keith Brock (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Fw-190	5	2	2
Me-110	3	1	1	1
Total	8	3	3	1

Claims:
- S/Sgt R. Phillips - Fw-190 claimed - no credit awarded
- S/Sgt R. Rodriguez - Fw-190 claimed - half credit awarded
- S/Sgt R. Rodriguez - Me-110 claimed - half credit awarded

Damage: 
- Superficial x6: 6
- Rudder (1 hit): 10
- Tail auxiliary hydraulics out: 10

Peckham Points: 26 - overnight repairing


Casualties: --

Awards: --



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Despite the bad weather on base, we managed to take off and join the squadron without too many problems.

Zone 2-4 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 5 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: The first wave saw an Fw-190 intercepted by a P47 escort, while the second one attacked us with a vertical dive, but the crossfire caused no damage to either of them and they moved away.

The second wave, three Me-110s, one of which was intercepted and moved away, saw one of them destroyed by our shots which hit the tail section and destroyed it, the aircraft crashed and we did not observe any chute abandoning it. The third one, which attacked us in vertical climb, was hit in the fuselage and probably the pilot was wounded, as he fled without even firing a shot.

On the third wave, the first Fw-190 was intercepted, while the second one was shot down by T/Sgt Rodriguez's shots, which sharply detached the left wing. The third Fw-190 on the other hand, having avoided our shots, was able to aim and fire, causing damage to the auxiliary hydraulic system and other superficial damage. It had time to turn and returned to attack, but this time our shots stopped it and it was shot down.

The run up to the objective did not see any other problems, even the Flak was quite inaccurate and weak, allowing us to align and level properly and, despite the less than optimal visibility we managed to drop the bombs from a very good position.

Once the smoke had cleared, the Flak returned to make itself felt, but again with poor results.

No Jerrys bothered us, allowing us to turn the bow towards the return course.


Zone 4-2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: We landed without damage, despite the low visibility and bad weather on base.


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Clifford Morris, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24j Chattanooga Choo Choo Cheeky Pigeon
78th (H) Bomb Squadron

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B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 7 May 1944
Mission Number: 69
Mission of this bomber: 4

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Reggio Emilia - Italy
Target Type: Railyard
Bomb Run: On Target - 20%


CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Carl Cook	21	0	0	AM+++ / PH	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Burt Spurwell	4	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	4	0	.5		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	18	0	2	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Martin Jones	20	0	5.83	AM+++ / PH+ / DFC	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Ted Dalton	7	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	18	0	3	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	4	0	0		RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	8	0	.5	AM / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Fawler	2	.5	1.5		RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	2	2	0	0
Ju-88C	1	1	0	0
Fw-190	4	2	1	0
Total	7	5	1	0

Claims: 
- Sgt P. Fawler - Fw-190 claimed - half credit awarded

Damage: --

Peckham Points: --

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- Air Medal third OLC: T/Sgt. M. Jones

Promotions: 
- T/Sgt. M. Jones - Promotion request to M/Sgt
  kMwFU0c81-6  - Promoted



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase:Take off and assembly with no issues.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 3 Outbound: A first approaching Ju-88C was intercepted and interrupted the attack. Attacked soon after by two Fw-190s, one of which was intercepted and engaged in a dogfight with an escort fighter, while the second after being lightly damaged and having missed, was shot down by Sgt. Fawler's passing shots.

Zone 4 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 5 Outbound/Inbound (target zone): We approached the target without being disturbed by Kraut fighters and Flak shots. In spite of the poor visibility of the target, the load of bombs was successful, although we could not immediately appreciate the extent of the damage done.
Two Me-110s tried to prevent us from returning home, but the escort kept a good lookout and got them out of our way.

Zone 4 Inbound: Attacked by two other Jerrys, one Fw-190 engaged by the escort, while the second attacked us with a vertical dive, but both his shots and ours missed and he moved away

Zone 3-2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely after a milk run mission


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Carl Cook, 1st Lt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

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B24J-75-CF-44-10653 – “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Clifford Morris

Mission Date: 13 May 1944

Mission Number: 70

Mission of this bomber: 4

Formation: Low
Position: Tail End Charlie

Target: Ploesti - Romania
Target Type: Spreantza Oil Refinery

Bomb Run: On Target - 40%

CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Clifford Morris	4	0	0		RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Fred Roberts	4	0	0		RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Earl Cooper	4	0	0		RFD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Leo Sanchez	4	0	0		RFD
Engineer	S/SGT Roy Phillips	4	0	0		RFD
Nose Turret Gunner	T/SGT Raul Rodriguez	4	1	2		RFD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Daniel Wright	4	.5	.5		RFD
Port Waist	SGT Russell Walker	4	0	0		RFD
Starboard Waist/ Radio Op.	SGT David Jackson	4	0	0		RFD
Tail Gunner	SGT Lloyd Howard	4	.5	1		RFD

Crew Chief: T/SGT Keith Brock (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

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

Claims:
- S/Sgt D. Wright - Me-109 claimed - 1/2 credit awarded
- Sgt L. Howard - Me-109 claimed - 1/2 credit awarded
- S/Sgt R. Rodriguez - Me-109 claimed - full credit awarded
- S/Sgt R. Rodriguez - Me-110 claimed - no credit awarded

Damage: --

Peckham Points: --

Casualties: --

Awards: --



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Hard take off due to bad weather, anyway no problems and joined formation.

Zone 2-7 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 8 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: Attacked by two Me-109: the tail one after being damaged abandoned the attack. The other Jerry, at 12H, was shot down by the accurate fire of T/Sgt Rodriguez.

Inaccurate Flak shots did not hinder the achievement of the objective. The bombs were dropped in perfect trim, the result was not determinable due to the heavy cloud cover which obstructed the view.
Additional Flak shots, but inaccurate and at lower elevation caused no problems.

We were attacked by a Me-109 and a Me-110, both of which were shot down with accurate shots.

Zone 7-2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Rain and bad visibility made the landing more difficult than usual, but it was still safe.

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Clifford Morris, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24j Chattanooga Choo Choo Cheeky Pigeon
78th (H) Bomb Squadron

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B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: Cpt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 13 May 1944
Mission Number: 70
Mission of this bomber: 5

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

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


CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	Capt. Carl Cook	22	0	0	AM+++ / PH	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Burt Spurwell	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	5	0	.5	AM	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt	19	0	2	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	M/SGT Martin Jones	21	0	5.83	AM+++ / PH+ / DFC	RTD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Ted Dalton	8	0	0	AM	RTD
Ball Gunner	SGT Ronald Wood	19	0	3	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	9	0	.5	AM / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Fawler	3	0	1.5		RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Ju-88C	0	0	0	0
Fw-190	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0

Claims: --

Damage: 
- Superficial x1: 1
- Top Turret power out: 10

Peckham Points: 11 - reparirng overnight - ready for next mission

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- Air Medal (5 mission flown): 2nd Lt. B. Spurwell
- Air Medal (5 mission flown): 2nd Lt. R. Clark
- Air Medal (5 mission flown): S/Sgt S. Wright

Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase:Take off and assembly with no issues.

Zone 2-7 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 8 Outbound/Inbound (target zone): No E/A targeted our ship, it was like being invisible.

Reported superficial damage from the Flak.

Missed target due to thick clouds that prevented visibility.

Zone 7-3 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 2 Inbound: Top turret power system failed. M/Sgt Jones was not able to repair it.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely after a milk run mission. Although it was a quiet mission that saw no particular damage to the ship and crew, the balance was negative as we did not hit the target


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Carl Cook, Capt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24J-75-CF-44-10653 – “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Clifford Morris

Mission Date: 16 May 1944

Mission Number: 71

Mission of this bomber: 5

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Spezia - Italy
Target Type: Railroad Marshalling Yard

Bomb Run: On Target - 60%

CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Clifford Morris	5	0	0	AM	RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Fred Roberts	5	0	0	AM	RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Earl Cooper	5	0	0	AM	RFD
Navigator/NTG	2nd Lt. Leo Sanchez	5	1	1	AM	RFD
Engineer	S/SGT Roy Phillips	5	0	0	AM	RFD
Radio Op.	T/SGT Raul Rodriguez	5	0	2	AM	RFD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Daniel Wright	5	0	.5	AM	RFD
Port Waist	SGT Russell Walker	5	0	0	AM	RFD
Starboard Waist	SGT David Jackson	5	0	0	AM / PH	SW
Tail Gunner	SGT Lloyd Howard	5	0	1	AM	RFD

Crew Chief: T/SGT Keith Brock (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	6	5	0	1
Fw-190	3	3	0	0
Ju-88C	3	2	0	0
Me-110	2	1	1	0
Me-210	2	2	0	0
Total	16	13	1	1

Claims:
- 2nd Lt. L. Sanchez - Me-110 claimed - full credit awarded

Damage: 
- Superficial x1

Peckham Points: 1 - overnight repairing

Casualties: 
- Sgt. D. Jackson - broken mandibula - 4 weeks in hospital - RTD on 14/06/1944

Awards:
- AM for 5 missions: all crew members
- PH Sgt. D. Jackson



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Good weather granted an easy take off and assembly.

Zone 2-4 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 5 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: Attacked by a formation of two Me-210s quickly intercepted and engaged by the escort. Second wave of two Me-110s, one intercepted by the escort, the second shot down by Nose Turret rounds, which destroyed the left wing of the aircraft. Observed pilot bailed out.
Flak shots inaccurate, reported only some superficial damage.

The excellent weather conditions allowed us to line up optimally and carry out a good bomb drop.
A few close Flak shots frightened Sgt. Jackson, who fell and hit his face, breaking his mandibular bone.
Moving away from the drop zone, we were attacked by three Me-109s, two of which engaged in a dogfight with the escort fighters, the third, damaged, moved away without hitting us.
We were then attacked by two Ju-88Cs and a Me-109; the latter and one of the two Junkers were busy defending themselves from our guardian angels, while the other Ju-88 was damaged and frightened and moved away without harming us.

Zone 4 Inbound: We were attacked by two Me-109s and a Ju-88 in three successive waves, but none came to hit us because the escort engaged them and kept them away

Zone 3 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 2 Inbound: We were attacked by three Fw-190s, but again the escort fighters played the game with them.

Giulia Airbase: Soft and smooth landing. We entrusted Jackson to the doctor. It was nothing serious, he would just need to rest and eat soup and liquid foods for a while!


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Clifford Morris, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24J Chattanooga Choo Choo
78th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: Cpt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 16 May 1944
Mission Number: 71
Mission of this bomber: 6

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Ploesti - Romania
Target Type: Spreantza Oil Refinery
Bomb Run: On Target - 30%


CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	Capt. Carl Cook	23	0	0	AM+++ / PH	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Burt Spurwell	6	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	6	0	.5	AM	RTD
Navigator	1st Lt. Joel Leavitt	20	1	3	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	M/SGT Martin Jones	22	0	5.83	AM+++ / PH+ / DFC	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	19	0	0	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Ronald Wood	20	1	4	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	6	0	0	AM	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	10	0	.5	AM+ / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Fawler	4	0	1.5		RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	3	2	1	0
Me-109	2	2	0	0
Fw-190	5	3	2	0
Total	10	7	3	0

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. R. Clark - Fw190 claimed - no credit awarded
- Sgt R. Wood - Me110 - full credit awarded
- 2nd Lt. J. Leavitt - Fw190 - full credit awarded

Damage: 
- Superficial x2: 2

Peckham Points: 2 - reparirng overnight - ready for next mission

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- Air Medal (20 mission flown): 2nd Lt. J. Leavitt
- Air Medal (20 mission flown): S/Sgt. R. Wood
- Air Medal (10 mission flown): S/Sgt E. Coombs

Promotions:
- 2nd Lt. Joel Leavitt - promoted to 1st Lt.
- S/Sgt. R. Wood - promotion to T/Sgt WNJUqa481-6 - promotion
- S/Sgt. E. Coombs - promotion to T/Sgt 1-6 - no promotion


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase:Take off and assembly with no issues.

Zone 2-4 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 5 Outbound/Inbound (target zone): First wave of 2 Me-109 intercepted and turned away by escort fighters.

Second wave of 2 Me-110, the first driven away by the escort and the second shot down by ball turret hits, which destroyed the right wing, bringing down the plane, we observed no chute abandoning the ship. 
Flak close but inaccurate, only superficial damage.

Stabilized for flight to target and bomb drop carried out.

After the smoke from the bombs cleared the Flak resumed firing but we suffered no damage.

Attacked by a lone Fw-190, the escort took care of him.

Second wave much more full-bodied Jerrys; 4 Fw-190s attacked us, but both the escort fighters and our gunners thought to keep them under control: 2 Fw-190s shot down.

Zone 4-2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely.


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Carl Cook, Capt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

1-6·1-6

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: Cpt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 19 May 1944
Mission Number: 72
Mission of this bomber: 7

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Wiener Neustadt - Austria
Target Type: Airfield
Bomb Run: On Target - 20%


CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	Capt. Carl Cook	24	0	0	AM+++ / PH	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Burt Spurwell	7	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	7	0	.5	AM	RTD
Navigator	1st Lt. Joel Leavitt	21	0	3	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	M/SGT Martin Jones	23	0	5.83	AM+++ / PH++ / DFC	KIA
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	20	0	0	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Ronald Wood	21	0	4	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	7	0	0	AM	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	11	0	.5	AM+ / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Fawler	5	1.33	2.83	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	6	4	2	0
Me-109	4	2	1	1
Fw-190	2	1	0	1
Ju-88	1	1	0	0
Total	13	8	3	2

Claims: 
- M/Sgt M. Jones - Me110 claimed - no credit awarded
- Sgt P. Fawler - Me110 - full credit awarded
- Sgt P. Fawler - Fw190 - .33 credit awarded

Damage: 
- Superficial x2: 2
- Pilot Compartment Heat out: 10
- KIA x1: 10

Peckham Points: 22 - repairing overnight - ready for next mission

Casualties: 
- M/Sgt M. Jones - KIA 

Awards: 
- Air Medal (20 mission flown): S/Sgt. S. Davis
- Air Medal (5 mission flown): Sgt P. Fawler
- PH posthumous: M/Sgt M. Jones

Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase:Good weather over base and take off and assembly with no issues.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 3 Outbound: Two Me-110 intercepted by little angels

Zone 4 Outbound: A rocket exploded near us but no damages reported; a lone Me-110 was intercepted by P38

Zone 5 Outbound: A lone Ju-88 tried to attack us but was intercepted by fighters.

Zone 6 Outbound/Inbound (target zone): First wave of 3 Me-110: one intercepted and remaining two were shut down by our gunners. Flak inaccurate.
The smoke screen created over the target caused the bombs to be dropped not very well, and few fell on the runway. Again Flak was not a problem for us.
We were attacked by three Fw-190s, one intercepted immediately and another shot down in the rear by Sgt Fawler. The third one despite being damaged managed to place its shots, hitting M/Sgt Jones in the face killing him and causing a failure of the heating system in the pilots' compartment. He returned to try to finish his task but neither was able to hit the other and walked away.

Zone 5 Inbound: Went out of formation and below 10.000 feet due to pilots heating system outage. The body of M/Sgt Jones was moved into Radio Room and S/Sgt Davis took his place in the Top Turret.

Zone 4 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 3 Inbound: Attacked by 2 Me-109: one intercepted and other was damage and preferred to move away.

Zone 2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely.


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Carl Cook, Capt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24J-75-CF-44-10653 – “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Clifford Morris

Mission Date: 19 May 1944

Mission Number: 72

Mission of this bomber: 6

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Wiener Neustadt- Austria
Target Type: Airfield

Bomb Run: Off Target - 0%

CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Clifford Morris	6	0	0	AM	RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Fred Roberts	6	0	0	AM	RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Earl Cooper	6	0	0	AM	RFD
Navigator/NTG	2nd Lt. Leo Sanchez	6	1	1	AM / PH	SW
Engineer	S/SGT Roy Phillips	6	2	2	AM	RFD
Radio Op.	T/SGT Raul Rodriguez	6	0	2	AM	RFD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Daniel Wright	6	0	.5	AM	RFD
Port Waist	SGT Russell Walker	6	1	1	AM	RFD
Starboard Waist	SGT Victor Oxford	6	0	0	AM / PH	LW
Tail Gunner	SGT Lloyd Howard	6	1.5	2.5	AM	RFD

Crew Chief: T/SGT Keith Brock (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	4	2	2	0
Fw-190	18	4	3	10
Me-110	2	2	0	0
Total	24	8	5	10

Claims:
- S/Sgt R. Phillips - Me-109 claimed - full credit awarded
- S/Sgt R. Phillips - Me-109 claimed - full credit awarded
- Sgt L. Howard - Fw-190 claimed - half credit awarded
- Sgt L. Howard - Fw-190 claimed - full credit awarded
- Sgt R. Walker - Fw-190 claimed - full credit awarded

Damage: 
- Superficial x8: 16
- Left landing gear inop: 25
- Ball gunner heat system out: 10
- Copilot heat system out: 10
- Tail gun inop: 20
- Autopilot system out: 10
- SW Crew x1: 5
- LW Crew x1: 2

Peckham Points: 98 - overnight repairing

Casualties: 
- 2nd Lt. L. Sanchez - broken ribs and inflamed lung - 4 weeks in hospital - RTD on 16/06/1944
- Sgt V. Oxford - shoulder cut - RTD

Awards:
- PH: 2nd Lt. L.Sanchez - Sgt. V. Oxford



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Safe take off and assembly.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 3 Outbound: Attacked from 3 Fw-109, One intercepted by a little angel, others damaged with no hits to our ship.

Zone 4 Outbound: Two Me-110 spotted but escort fighters engaged them. We were then attacked by four Fw-190s. Two shot down by our machine guns, one damaged and the last engaged in a dog-fight with a P-47.

Zone 5 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 6 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: Attacked by three Fw-190s, one engaged immediately by the escort while another, damaged, drifted away. The third fighter, after dodging our shots, fired a few bursts of machine gun fire causing some superficial damage, left gear inoperable and seriously wounding navigator 2nd Lt Sanchez and causing the Copilot's O2 system failure.
While descending to 10.000 feet a lone Me-109 try to attack us but he plane was hit in the engine and crashed, we did not spot the pilot jumping out of the plane.
While approaching the target three Fw-190 tried to stop our run to the airfield but after being damaged they withdrew.
Flak shells exploded closed to us causing damages to auto-pilot system.
With navigator transferred in Radio Room and autopilot system out, it was very hard to plan a correct path to the target, furthermore the smoke over it made everything harder.
On the way back we were attacked by 5 Fw-190s, one of which tried with a VD maneuver to surprise us, but fortunately failed to hit us and moved away. Two Jerrys were damaged and one of them caught fire and exploded after being hit in the tank. The last fighter turned away chased by two P-38s.


Zone 5 Inbound: A lone Me-109 engaged by escorting fighters.

Zone 3 Inbound: Attacked by two Me-109s, but neither was able to get close: one driven away by the escort the second shot down by S/Sgt Phillips' shots


Zone 2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Despite left landing gear inoperable, we managed to land without causing major damage to the ship


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Clifford Morris, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24J Chattanooga Choo Choo
78th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: Cpt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 22 May 1944
Mission Number: 73
Mission of this bomber: 8

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Porto Marghera - Italy
Target Type: Oil storage dump
Bomb Run: On Target - 60%


CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	Capt. Carl Cook	25	0	0	AM+++ / PH / DFC	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Burt Spurwell	8	0	0	AM	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	8	0	.5	AM	RTD
Navigator	1st Lt. Joel Leavitt	22	0	3	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Juan Vasquez	6	0.5	2.33	AM	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	21	0	0	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Ronald Wood	22	0	4	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	8	0	0	AM	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	12	0	.5	AM+ / PH	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Fawler	6	0.5	3.33	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Me-109	5	4	1	0
Fw-190	5	4	1	0
Total	10	8	2	0

Claims: 
- T/Sgt J. Vasquez - Me109 claimed - half credit awarded
- Sgt P. Fawler - Me109 - half credit awarded
- 1st Lt. J. Leavitt - Fw190 - no credit awarded

Damage: no damages reported

Peckham Points: 0 - ordinary maintenance - ready for next mission

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- DFC to Capt. C. Cook for the completion of the 25-mission tour

Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase:Good weather over base. Easy take off and assembly with no issues.

Zone 2-3 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 4 Outbound/Inbound (target zone): As soon as you entered the area 3 Fw-190s came to welcome us: two were intercepted from cover the third was shot down after Chin Turret rounds sharply detached the left wing, observed a parachute abandon the falling plane.
A single Fw-190 then stepped forward, but a P-47 escort got in its way by engaging it in a dogfight. It was then the turn of 2 Me-109s: the first to approach was hit at the tanks which ignited and blew up the plane, no hope of rescue for the pilot, while the second was kept away by the escort angels.
We approached the target without any other problems, the Flak was quite inaccurate, I left the controls to the bomber, which, thanks in part to the clear skies, sent a hard blow for the Nazis.
During the inbound leg, the Flak did not bother us, as did an Fw-190 that while aiming at us was attacked by a P-47

Zone 3 Inbound: Attacked by 3 Me-109, But the escort did its duty, keeping them all away from us.

Zone 2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Landed safely.

Capt. Cook peronal notes:
With this mission I completed my tour. However, I will ask the Command to extend it for at least 1 or 2 more missions, so that I will still fly together with 2nd Lt. Allen who will return after 2 months in the hospital in a few days and so that I can leave him in command of the "Faithfull Mary Jane".

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Carl Cook, Capt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24J-75-CF-44-10653 – “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Clifford Morris

Mission Date: 22 May 1944

Mission Number: 73

Mission of this bomber: 7

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Porto Marghera - Italy
Target Type: Oil Storage Dump

Bomb Run: On Target - 20%

CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Clifford Morris	7	0	0	AM	RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Fred Roberts	7	0	0	AM	RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Earl Cooper	7	0	0	AM / PH	MIA
Navigator/NTG	2nd Lt. Jason Flagg	4	0	0	PH	KIA
Engineer	S/SGT Roy Phillips	7	1	3	AM	RFD
Radio Op.	T/SGT Raul Rodriguez	7	0	2	AM	RFD
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Daniel Wright	7	0	.5	AM	RFD
Port Waist	SGT Russell Walker	7	0	1	AM	RFD
Starboard Waist	SGT Victor Oxford	7	0	0	AM / PH	RFD
Tail Gunner	SGT Lloyd Howard	7	0	2.5	AM	RFD

Crew Chief: T/SGT Keith Brock (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	4	2	1	0
Fw-190	9	6	1	1
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Total	13	8	2	1

Claims:
- S/Sgt R. Phillips - Me109 claimed - full credit awarded
- S/Sgt R. Phillips - Fw190 claimed - no credit awarded


Damage: 
- Nose compartment destroyed after EA collision

Peckham Points: CAT-E

Casualties: 
- 2nd Lt. E. Cooper - MIA - Body missing after collision with EA
- 2nd Lt. J. Flagg - KIA due to severed legs and foot and artery cut after collision with EA

Awards:
- PH posthumous: 2nd Lt. E. Cooper - 2nd Lt. J. Flagg



AAR (flown with TFT)

Giulia Airbase: Safe take off and assembly.

Zone 2-3 Outbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 4 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: Attacked by 2 Me-109s and 1 Fw-190. Only one Me-109 approached but did not hit us; the others were intercepted. No problem with the Flak; we reached the target by carrying out the bomb drop. 
Flak inoffensive but 3 Fw-190 attacked us: two were pushed away by P38s, the third was missed by our gunners, also missed us, but it was too close and probably the inexperienced pilot and collided with us directly at the nose compartment, destroying it. Probably the 2nd Lt. Flagg and Cooper died instantly; unfortunately in the impact Cooper's body must have fallen.

We immediately got out of formation.

Despite the damage we had, I was still able to pilot the ship.

We were attacked by a lone Fw-190, but a P38 that had stayed with us took care of it.

Zone 3 Inbound: Attacked by four Fw-190s: two of them were engaged by our escorting fighters while one was shot down by S/Sgt Phillips who centered it at the engine, blowing up the plane, no hope for the enemy pilot; the fourth Fw-190, although we had no machine guns to attack it, missed us and got away. Two more Me-109s tried to prevent us from returning to base: one was intercepted while S/Sgt Phillips took care of the second, with his accurate shots destroying the right wing causing the plane to dive, no one was spotted abandoning the dive plane.

Zone 2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Giulia Airbase: Approaching the base we fired the red and yellow flares. Despite the damage the landing succeeded without difficulty.

As we disembarked we observed the damage done: the nose of the ship was completely gone. The bomber emplacement was gone, and the now lifeless body of 2nd Lt Flagg was still in place: on impact the plates had trapped and completely broken his legs and feet; he must have bled to death within a short time.


We returned to our quarters without a word; we had lost our ship, which can no longer be repaired, and two dear companions.
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Clifford Morris, 1LT, USAAF commanding
B-24J Chattanooga Choo Choo
78th (H) Bomb Squadron

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: Cpt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 18 June 1944
Mission Number: 78
Mission of this bomber: 8

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Hamburg - Germany
Target Type: Oil plant
Bomb Run: DNB - Mission aborted - No mission credit


CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	Capt. Carl Cook	26	0	0	AM+++ / PH / DFC	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	14	0	0	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	9	0	.5	AM	RTD
Navigator	1st Lt. Joel Leavitt	23	0	3	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Juan Vasquez	7	0	2.33	AM	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	22	0	0	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Ronald Wood	23	0	4.5	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	9	0	.5	AM	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	13	0	.5	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Fawler	7	0	3.83	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

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

Claims: -

Damage:
- Engine #4 out due to oil leak: 25

Peckham Points: 25 - repairing overnight

Casualties: --

Awards: --


Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Airbase:Good weather over base. Detected noises and loss of rpm to engine #4 during taxing, but all returned to normal after a few checks..

Zone 2 Outbound: Oil leak detected from engine #4. Engine shut down to avoid possible fire.

Decided to abort the mission.

Released bombs over the North Sea. Returned to base.

Airbase: Landed safely.


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Carl Cook, Capt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

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B24D-CO-41-11633 – “Yo-Yo”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force



Commander: 1st Lt Clifford Morris

Mission Date: 05 July 1944

Mission Number: 79

Mission of this bomber: 4

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Gilze Rijen - Holland
Target Type: Airfield

Bomb Run: DNB

CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Clifford Morris	8	0	0	AM	POW
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Fred Roberts	8	0	0	AM	POW
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Angel Taliaferro	8	0	0	AM	POW
Navigator/NTG	2nd Lt. Leo Sanchez	7	0	1	AM / PH	POW
Engineer	S/SGT Roy Phillips	8	0	3	AM	POW
Radio Op.	T/SGT Raul Rodriguez	8	0	2	AM	POW
Ball Gunner	S/SGT Daniel Wright	8	0	.5	AM	POW
Port Waist	SGT Russell Walker	8	0	1	AM	POW
Starboard Waist	SGT David Jackson	6	0	0	AM / PH	POW
Tail Gunner	SGT Lloyd Howard	8	0	2.5	AM	POW

Crew Chief: T/SGT Keith Brock (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

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

Claims: --

Damage: -- 

Peckham Points: Infinite

Casualties: --

Awards: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

From International Red Cross report

The crew of an American bomber on a mission on Gilze Rijen, after the plane hit by the Flak to one wing caught fire, had to parachute to save themselves. All members are in good health and have been interned in a Luftwaffe POW camp.

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B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: Cpt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 5 July 1944
Mission Number: 79
Mission of this bomber: 9

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Gilze Rijen - Holland
Target Type: Airfield
Bomb Run: On Target - 98%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	Capt. Carl Cook	27	0	0	AM+++ / PH / DFC	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	15	0	0	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	10	0	.5	DFC / AM+	RTD
Navigator	1st Lt. Joel Leavitt	24	0	3	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Juan Vasquez	8	0	2.33	AM	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	23	0	0	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Ronald Wood	24	0	4.5	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	10	0	.5	AM	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	14	0	.5	AM+ / PH+	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Fawler	8	0	3.83	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

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

Claims: --

Damage: --

Peckham Points: --

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- 2nd Lt Raymond Clark - DFC for outstanding bombing accuracy
- 2nd Lt. Ralph Allen - AM 2nd OLC 
- 2nd Lt. Raymond Clark - AM 1st OLC
- S/SGT Stanley Wright - AM 1st OLC

Promotions: 
- S/SGT Stanley Wright - 23AAO4HE1-6 - No promotion


AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase:Good weather over base. Easy take off and grouping.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 3 Outbound: Attacked by one Me-110 driven off by escort

Zone 4 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): Like a phantom we passed GAF attackers unseen. Flak over target was light and no damages reported. 
Excellent job by 2nd Lt. Clark that dropped all the bombs on enemy airfield. Inbound route was same as previous one, no Jerrys and Flak to block our return to home.

Zone 3 Inbound:  Coastal Flak was ineffective. A lone Me-109 tried to damage us but it was driven off by escort.

Zone 2 Inbound: Nothing to report

Airbase: Landed safely.


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Carl Cook, Capt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

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B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: Cpt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 12 July 1944
Mission Number: 10
Mission of this bomber: 10

Formation: Low
Position: Tail End Charlie

Target: Munich - Germany
Target Type: City Area
Bomb Run: On Target - 52%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	Capt. Carl Cook	28	0	0	AM+++ / PH / DFC	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Ralph Allen	16	0	0	AM++ / PH+	SW-IH
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	11	2	2.5	DFC / AM+	RTD
Navigator	1st Lt. Joel Leavitt	25	0	3	DFC / AM++++ / PH+	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Juan Vasquez	9	0	2.33	AM	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	24	1	1	AM+++ / PH+	RTD
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Ronald Wood	25	1	5.5	DFC / AM+++ / PH++	KIA
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	11	1	1.5	AM	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	15	0	.5	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Fawler	9	0	3.83	AM	RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Me-109	22	3	7	11
Fw-190	6	0	0	3
Total	28	3	7	14

Claims: 
- S/SGT Eric Coombs - Claimed 1 Me-109 - No credit
- T/SGT Ronald Wood - Claimed 2 Me-109 - 1 credit
- 2nd Lt. Raymond Clark - Claimed 2 Me-109 - 2 credit
- S/SGT Samuel Davis - Claimed 1 Me-109 - 1 credit
- S/SGT Stanley Wright - Claimed 1 Me-109 - 1 credit

Damage: 
- Left Cheeck gun inop.
- Pilot Compartment Heat out
- Left Wing root x1
- Superficial x8
- Rubber rafts destroyed
- Both elevators inop.
- Radio inop.
- SW x1
- KIA x!

Peckham Points: 110pts - RTD on 15 July 1944

Casualties: 
- 2nd Lt. Ralph Allen - SW punctured intestine, invalidated home after surgery and hospitalization
- T/Sgt Ronald Wood - KIA by shot to the head

Awards: 
- DFC: 1st Lt. Joel Leavitt - for completion of the 25 mission tour 
- DFC: T/SGT Ronald Wood - for completion of 25 mission tour (posthumous)
- AM 4 OLC: 1st Lt. Joel Leavitt
- AM 4 OLC: T/SGT Ronald Wood (posthumous)
- AM 2 OLC: S/SGT Eric Coombs
- PH: 2nd Lt. Ralph Allen
- PH: T/SGT Ronald Wood (posthumous)

Promotions: 
- S/SGT Eric Coombs promotion to T/SGT: 3 - promotion rejected

AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase:Despite bad weather over Sudbury  we had an easy take off and grouping.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 3 Outbound: Shots from coastal Flak positions, no damage sustained.

Zone 4 Outbound: Radio Room interphone failure. T/Sgt Vasquez repairing attempts unsuccessful (just radio room gunnery impacted)

Zone 5-7  Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 8 Outbound: Light Flak, no damages.

Zone 9 Outbound: Attacked by Me-109 formation (4 A/C). Escort driven off 1 of them. Our artillery damaged 2 of them causing them to escape, while the third was shot down; some of the shots received irreparably damaged the rubber rafts. Attacked by 2 more Me-109s. One engaged and moved away from our escort, the second moved away after being damaged and missing us

Zone 10 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 11 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): Attacked by 1 Fw-190 and 1 Me-109. The last one was shot down with accurate shots to left wing (pilot chute spotted); . We missed the Fw-190, which managed to get close and fire a long burst toward us.The most serious damage was to the pilot compartment heating system (inop) and the serious injury of the co-pilot 2nd Lt Allen. As we tried to assist him, the Fw-190 made a second pass, but this time our shots went in, damaging him heavily and forcing him to abort the attack.

In a quiet moment, Allen was carried and stabilized in the Radio room, while T/Sgt Vasquez took the seat near me and the Radio operator settled in the Top Turret.

The sky began to fill with black explosions, a sign that the Flak defending Munich wanted to make life difficult for us. Fortunately, no shots did us any damage, and we were able to level the ship and drop the bombs in relative calm.
Again Flak shots, again no damages.
Just after putting the bow towards home, we were attacked in quick succession by:

a- 1 Fw-190 and 1 Me-109, both of which did not hit us and moved away after sustaining some damage.

b- 1 Fw-190 and 1 Me-109, the former was not hit by our machine gunners but fortunately his shots were also inaccurate and he decided to turn away; the Me-109, on the other hand, was hit in the tank and exploded, no salvation for the pilot.

c- 3 Me-109s, all three fighters attacked us from direction 6: the closest one was hit and severely damaged and turned away without hitting us. the Me-109 at 6Low although damaged, managed to get close and fire accurate shots toward us (probably an Ace was on board), making both elevators no longer operational, irreparably damaging the radio and killing with a head shot the Ball gunner T/Sgt Wood. The last Me-109, at 6H, managed to avoid our shots and cause some superficial damage; encouraged by this he made a second pass, but this time he missed us and the damage we caused him forced him to abort the attack and move away.

Zone 10 Inbound: The bleeding in 2nd Lt Allen's abdomen was under control. We gave him more morphine to keep him from feeling pain and to make him sleep for the many hours of flight still ahead of us.

Zone 9 Inbound: We were forced out of formation and down to 10,000 feet because the temperature in the pilot compartment was starting to drop and the cold was getting unbearable

Zone 8 Inbound: Nothing to report

Zone 7 Inbound: Attacked by 4 Me-109: 1 intercepted, 1 damaged and 1 missed by us and missed us, they decided to abort the attack. Fourth attacker was shot down.
It was not over yet, we were attacked by other fighters in two waves:

a- 3 Me-109s: all three shot down with accurate shots by my crew.

b- 3 Fw-190s and 1 Me-109: The 12H's Fw-190 missed us after we missed it and disappeared; the 9H's Fw-190 was damaged and broke off the attack after missing us; the Me-109 was missed by our gunners and caused us some superficial damage but was damaged by Tail guns during the passing shot. the Fw-190 at 3H, although damaged managed to hit us and cause us damage and, probably because of the damage it received to the ailerons was almost colliding with us. I think this frightened him so much that he stopped the attack and moved away

Zone 6 Inbound: Nothing to report

Zone 5 Inbound:  2 Me-109s approached: the first fighter was damaged and missed us, moving away; the second one although damaged, managed to hit us causing only superficial damage and then attempted a second pass, but the shots to the fuselage should have injured the pilot because his shots were inaccurate, after which he disappeared into the clouds.

Zone 4 Inbound: coastal Flak, no damage sustained.

Zone 3-2 Inbound: Nothing to report

Airbase: Launched flares to report casualties on board.
Landing safely. The runway doctor said that although Allen's injury was serious, the fact that he had not lost too much blood had saved him and that he would probably have to undergo surgery.
The rest of the crew headed for their quarters, all of them without speaking, some smoking a cigarette, thinking of their two friends walking away in the ambulances.

Personal Notes: it was a long and difficult mission, about 70% of the available shots were fired.


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Carl Cook, Capt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

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B24J-CF-42-64355 – “Cookie”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Leonard Blackburn

Mission Date: 23 July 1944

Mission Number: 81

Mission of this bomber: 4

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Creil - France
Target Type: Airdrome

Bomb Run: On Target - 50%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Leonard Blackburn	1	0	0		RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Irvin Butler	1	0	0		RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Clyde Morin	1	0	0		RFD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Jones	1	0	0		RFD
Engineer	T/SGT Ray Washburn	1	0	0		RFD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Robert "Dunbo" Dunbar	1	0	0		RFD
Ball Gunner	SGT Charlie Smith	1	0	0		RFD
Port Waist	SGT Michael Hook	1	0	0		RFD
Starboard Waist	SGT John Swanson	1	0	0		RFD
Tail Gunner	SGT Billy Pierce	1	0	0		RFD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Dean Mills (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

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

Claims: --

Damage: --

Peckham Points: 0 - just ordinary maintenance

Casualties: --

Awards: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase: Takeoff and assembly was fine even if the weather was terrible.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 3 Outbound: Just light coastal Flak when approaching Belgium coasts, but no damages occurred.

Zone 4 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 5a Outbound: Attacked by 2 Me-110 both driven off by our angels

Zone 5b (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: Attacked by 2 Fw-190, one driven off by escort and the other walked away after not hitting each other.
Flak was very inaccurate, allowing us to get to the target and drop the bombs without any problem. Good performance from 2nd Lt. Morin that scored a 50% of bombs on target even if was the first mission for him and the target was completely obscured.
No GAF attack in inbound leg.

Zone 4 Inbound: Light coastal Flak shots with no damages

Zone 3-2 Inbound: Nothing to report

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


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Leonard Blackburn, 1 LT, USAAF, Commanding
B-24DJ: Cookie B24J-CF-42-64355
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

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B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: Cpt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 23 July 1944
Mission Number: 81
Mission of this bomber: 11

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Creil - France
Target Type: Airdrome
Bomb Run: On Target - 60%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	Capt. Carl Cook	29	0	0	AM+++ / PH / DFC	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Trevor Sharpling	1	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	12	.5	3	DFC / AM+	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Burt Metcalf	3	0	0		RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Juan Vasquez	11	.33	2.66	AM+	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Samuel Davis	25	0	1	AM++++ / PH+ / DFC	RTD
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Josh Middleton	1	.33	.33		RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	12	0	1.5	AM+	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	16	1.33	1.83	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT Paul Fawler	10	0	3.83	AM+	RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (Average Joe - No die modifiers) - Promoted to T/Sgt (the Dedicated) from next mission


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Me-109	6	2	2	1
Fw-190	7	3	3	1
Total	13	5	5	2

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. Raymond Clark - Claimed 1 Me-109 - .5 credit awarded
- T/SGT Juan Vasquez - Claimed 1 Me-109 - .33 credit awarded
- S/SGT Eric Coombs - Claimed 1 Me-109 - .33 credit awarded
- S/SGT Eric Coombs - Claimed 1 Fw-190 - 1 credit awarded
- T/SGT Josh Middleton - Claimed 1 Me-109 - .33 credit awarded
- T/SGT Josh Middleton - Claimed 2 Fw-190 - no credits awarded
- SGT Paul Fawler - Claimed 1 Fw-190 - no credit awarded

Damage: 
- Right Cheek gun inoperable: 10
- Superficial x4: 4


Peckham Points: 14pts - overnight repairing

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- DFC: S/SGT Samuel Davis - for completion of 25 mission tour
- AM 4 OLC: S/SGT Samuel Davis
- AM 4 OLC: T/SGT Ronald Wood (posthumous)
- AM 1 OLC: SGT Paul Fawler


Promotions: 
- SGT Paul Fawler promotion to S/SGT: 6 promotion approved

AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase:Despite bad weather over Sudbury  we had an easy take off and grouping.

Zone 2 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 3 Outbound: Shots from coastal Flak positions, no damage sustained.

Zone 4 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 5a Outbound: Attacked by 3 Me-109; two were driven off by escort fighters and last one destroyed by 2nd Lt Clark.

Zone 5b Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): No GAF and Flak damages in outbound leg; despite the bad weather we were able to do a very good alignment and leveling that allowed us to do a very good bomb drop.
I guess the damage done made the Nazis very angry: we were first attacked by a single Fw-190, engaged and removed by the escort. Then came 3 Me-109s of which two got away after a pass without damage, the third hit us knocking out the right cheek gun, but on the next pass was shot down by crossfire from our gunners.
It was then the turn of 4 Fw-190s: 2 shot down, 1 damaged and driven away, the fourth after being missed by our shots managed to hit us, but doing only superficial damage; it did not want to give up and tried to make a second pass to do more damage to us, but was shot down.

Zone 4 Inbound: Light coastal Flak resulted in no damages for the ship. 2 Fw-190s tried to approach but were intercepted and interrupted the attack.

Zone 3-2 Inbound: Nothing to report

Sudbury Airbase: Landed safely 


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Carl Cook, Capt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

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B24J-CF-42-64355 – “Cookie”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Leonard Blackburn

Mission Date: 4 August 1944

Mission Number: 82

Mission of this bomber: 5

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Peenemunde - Germany
Target Type: Luftwaffe Experimental V-Rocket Station

Bomb Run: Off Target - 0%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Leonard Blackburn	2	0	0		RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Irvin Butler	2	0	0		RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Clyde Morin	2	0	0		RFD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Jones	2	1.5	1.5		RFD
Engineer	T/SGT Ray Washburn	2	0.5	0.5		RFD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Robert "Dunbo" Dunbar	2	0	0		RFD
Ball Gunner	SGT Charlie Smith	2	2.33	2.33		RFD
Port Waist	SGT Michael Hook	2	1	1	PH	SW
Starboard Waist	SGT John Swanson	2	1	1	PH	LW
Tail Gunner	SGT Billy Pierce	2	4.66	4.66		RFD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Dean Mills (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Fw-190	18	5	3	4
Me-109	32	11	12	4
Me-110	4	1	1	1
Me-210	2	1	0	1
Ju-88	5	3	0	0
Total	61	21	16	10

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. G. Jones - Confirmed 1.5
- Sgt. C. Smith - Confirmed 2.33
- T/Sgt R. Washburn - Confirmed .5
- Sgt. M. Hook - Confirmed 1
- Sgt J. Swanson - Confirmed 1
- Sgt B. Pierce - Confirmed 4.66

Damage: 
- Superficial Dam x19: 19
- Norden Bombsight inop.: 10
- Navigation Eq. out: 10
- Navigation compartment O2 out: 10
- Interphon inop.: 10
- Rafts damaged: 10
- Port and Starboard Heat inop.: 20
- Tail gunner O2 out: 10
- Left wing root x1: 25
- Left wing aileron inop: 10
- Engine #3 out: 25
- LW x1: 2
- SW x1: 5 

Peckham Points: 166 pts - 3 days repairing time - Ready to duty on 8/8/1944

Casualties: 
- Sgt. M. Hook - SW broken rib and inflamed heart - 4 weeks in hospital - RTD on 1/09/1944
- Sgt. J. Swanson - LW forearm cut - RTD next day

Awards: 
- Purple Heart: Sgt. M.Hook, Sgt. J. Swanson


AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase: Despite foggy weather takeoff and assembly was fine.

Zone 2-6 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 7 Outbound: Light coastal Flak but no damages occurred.

Zone 8 Outbound: Four Me-109 attacked us. First one was driven off. Me-109 from 12H was damaged and moved away. The 10.30Lv one passed without hitting us or being hit and headed for other bombers. Me-109 from 12Low was destroyed by Ball guns that shredded its left wing (spotted the pilot bailing out)

Zone 9 Outbound: First wave of 2 Me-109 on our ship but both were driven off. The next Ju-88 was also intercepted by the escort. We began to hear strange noises coming from engine #3 even though we were sure it had not been hit. After a few minutes the engine died and we were no longer able to restart it. Feathered propellers. We exited the formation as with the bomb load still on board we could not maintain our runway speed.

Zone 10 Outbound: Attacked by one Me-109 and one Ju-88 both driven off from the escort.

Zone 11 (Target Zone) Outbound/Inbound: Attacked by one Me-109 and one Me-110 both driven off from the escort. We were then attacked by 2 Fw-190s, a Me-109 and a Me-210. The first Fw-190 to approach was intercepted and driven away, the others were all damaged by our shots and moved away without causing any damage. 
But the GAF had not given up, we were attacked by 4 Me-109s: 2 were destroyed (both pilots probably KIA), the third one passed and got away without hitting us, while the last one managed to get through defensive fire and hit us permanently damaging the Norden bombsight the right waist gunner's heater and the tail gunner's O2. He returned to the attack but this time was hit and destroyed.
More Jerrys on our way! 1 Me-109 and 2 Fw-190s. The Me-109 and rpth Fw-190 were hit and destroyed by our gunners, the third damaged one hit us causing only superficial damages.
The Flak was heavy and accurate: some shrapnel put the navigator's O2 system out of commission. Without Norden bombsight and disturbed by GAF and Flak our bomb load was completely off target.

On the return course again the Flak, which caused RW gunner Sgt Swanson to be light wounded in the forearm.

It was then the turn of the enemy fighters. 1 Me-109 destroyed by the tail gunner's passing shot, while the 2 Fw-190s got away without hitting us and 1 Me-210 in vertical climb was intercepted.
GAF against us again! 5 Fw-190s and one Me-109: 2 Fw-190s were intercepted by the escort before they approached, one got away without doing any damage. One Fw-190 was damaged and got away after causing us some superficial damage, while the last Fw-190 was shot down by Sgt. Pierce, tail gunner, who hit it in the fuselage causing damage and killing the pilot. While the 12Lv Me-109 after being missed by us, hit us on the left wing and came back to attack us from 12H, but was damaged and preferred to run away.
Fortunately, our escorting "guardian angels" held off three other enemy planes that tried to attack us (1 Me-109, 1 Ju-88 and 1 Me-110).

Zone 10 Inbound: Despite getting rid of the bomb load, we could not rejoin the formation because we descended >10,000 feet to avoid anoxya and frostbite problems for the crew.

Observed a few puffs of black smoke from the Flak but no damage detected

Zone 9 Inbound: Attacked by 3 Me-109s: two intercepted and one shot down. We were attacked by a second wave of 3 Me-109s: two shot down, while the third one overcame our defenses and hit us causing minor
damage; it returned for a second attack to no avail and moved away

Zone 8 Inbound: Jerrys on the attack again! Fortunately, one was intercepted and driven away, while one got away without hitting us; the third avoided our shots and hit us causing damage and seriously wounding LW gunner Sgt. Hook in the chest. In the return attack, however, he did not hit us and decided to move away from us. A Me-109 and an Fw-190 then arrived, the latter of which was immediately intercepted as it approached, while the Me-109 was hit on the right wing and crashed (spotted a parachute coming out of the cockpit).

Zone 7 Inbound: In this area we still suffered many attacks from GAF.

1 Me-109 and 2 Ju-88 came to welcome us. The Me-109 was shot down by Sgt. Pierce's shots that ignited the fuel tanks and caused the aircraft (KIA pilot) to explode. The Ju-88s did not pose a problem as one was intercepted and the other caused no damage and got away.
Another wave: one Me-109 and one Fw-190 shot down (both Luftwaffe pilots KIA), one Fw-190 damaged and one intercepted.
Another wave: 1 Me-109 driven off, 1 Me-110 damaged and moved away after light damages on our ship. Last Me-110, missed by our gunners caused some damages to left wing root but it was destroyed on his return attack from 6Low.
Another wave: 1 Fw-190 driven off. 1 Me-109 missed and caused some damages at our ship. He attacked us again but moved away after being damaged.

Zone 6 Inbound: 1 Me-109 destroyed by tail gunner; 2 Fw-190 caused no damage and moved away.

Zone 5-2 Inbound: Nothing to report

Sudbury Airbase: Fired red and yellow flares approaching the base. The landing was smooth. Our wounded were immediately attended to by medics on the runway. Looking at the "Cookie" from the outside, it was clear that it had been a difficult mission. It would take a few days to get it operational again, but fortunately it brought us all home!


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Leonard Blackburn, 1 LT, USAAF, Commanding
B-24DJ: Cookie B24J-CF-42-64355
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: Cpt Carl Cook
Mission Date: 4 August1944
Mission Number: 82
Mission of this bomber: 12

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Peenemunde - Germany
Target Type: Luftwaffe Experimental V-Rocket Station
Bomb Run: On Target - 30%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	Capt. Carl Cook	30	0	0	AM+++ / PH / DFC	RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Trevor Sharpling	2	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	13	.33	3.33	DFC / AM+	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Burt Metcalf	4	0	0		RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Juan Vasquez	12	1.66	4.32	AM+	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Sam Wendell	19	0	0	AM++	RTD
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Josh Middleton	2	.83	1.16		RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	13	.33	1.83	AM+	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	17	0	1.83	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Tail Gunner	S/SGT Paul Fawler	11	.5	4.33	AM+ / PH	KIA

Crew Chief: T/SGT Raymond Stewart (the Dedicated - +1 die modifiers) 

E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-110	16	10	2	4
Me-109	10	4	4	0
Fw-190	7	5	2	0
Total	33	19	8	4

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. R. Clark: 1 Claimed - .33 credit awarded
- 2nd Lt. B. Metcalf: 1 Claimed - no credit awarded
- T/SGT J. Vasquez: 4 Claimed - 1.66 credit awarded
- T/SGT J. Middleton: 2 Claimed - 0.83 credit awarded
- S/SGT S. Wright: 1 Claimed - .5 credit awarded
- S/SGT P. Fawler: 2 Claimed - .33 credit awarded

Damage: 
- Norden Bomsight: 10
- Superficial x2: 2
- KIA x1: 10

Peckham Points: 22 pts - overnight repairing

Casualties: 
- S/Sgt. Paul Fawler - KIA ruptured frontal bone

Awards: 
-PH posthumous: S/SGT Paul Fawler


Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase:Normal take off and assembly.

Zone 2-5 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 6 Outbound: GAF spotted but ignored us.

Zone 7 Outbound: Light Coastal Flak reported, no damages. Attacked by a lone Fw-190 who was driven off by escort.

Zone 8 Outbound: A first wave of 3 Me-109 attacked us. 2 of them driven off, last one destroyed by T/Sgt. Vasquez Second wave of 3 Me-110: one driven off, one damaged and moved away and last Jerry was destroyed (no chute spotted).
Jerrys again: 2 Fw-190 and 2 Me-109 but our gunners were outstanding destroying 3 of them while 1 Fw-190 was driven off.

Zone 9 Outbound: Attacked by a lone Fw-190, but escorting fighters did not allow it to approach, intercepting it.

Zone 10 Outbound: A pair of Fw-190s attacked us head-on, but while the former was shot down, the latter engaged in a duel with the escort and was forced away

Zone 11 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): Attacked as soon as you enter the target area. 2 Me-109s and 2 Me-110s but fortunately the two Me-109s and 1 Me-110 were intercepted by the escort. The last Me-110 had no chance and was shot down.
We were then attacked by two more waves of Me-110s (2 per wave), but all of them failed to approach thanks to the protection of our fighters.
As we approached the target the Flak became very heavy but fortunately we suffered only minor superficial damage.

We dropped the bomb load without disturbance.

Reversing course for re-entry we found no GAF resistance and the Flak was also light and inaccurate. No damage was reported.

Zone 10 Inbound: Light Flak resulted no damages reported.

Zone 9 Inbound: Fighters removed a lone Fw-190 from our bow. after which we were attacked by a formation of 3 Me-110s. The first one to reach us was damaged and moved away without hitting us, the second one was intercepted while the third one attacked us with a vertical climb maneuver and although damaged managed to hit us rendering the Norden bombsight inoperable and killing S/Sgt Fawler with a head shot.
Some rockets from aft exploded near us but without damage.

Zone 8 Inbound: Attacked by 3 Me-109. The Jerry from 9H was destroyed as soon as in gunner range. Another one missed us and moved away and the last was driven off.
Again rockets from aft but still no damage reported.

Zone 7 Inbound: Inoffensive Light coastal Flak. 3 Me-110 tried to intercept us, but two found their way barred by escort fighters, while the third turned away after being damaged by our shots.

Zone 6-2 Inbound: Nothing to report

Sudbury Airbase: Landed safely. This is mission #30 for me, I think it's time for me to go back to US.


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Carl Cook, Capt., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24J-CF-42-64355 – “Cookie”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Leonard Blackburn

Mission Date: 11 August 1944

Mission Number: 83

Mission of this bomber: 6

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Brest -France
Target Type: Coastal Batteries

Bomb Run: On Target - 30%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Leonard Blackburn	3	0	0		RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Irvin Butler	3	0	0		RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Clyde Morin	3	0	0		RFD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Jones	3	0	1.5		RFD
Engineer	T/SGT Ray Washburn	3	0	0.5		RFD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Robert "Dunbo" Dunbar	3	0	0		RFD
Ball Gunner	SGT Charlie Smith	3	0	2.33		RFD
Port Waist	SGT Bob Grehan	4	0	.5		RFD
Starboard Waist	SGT John Swanson	3	0	1	PH	RFD
Tail Gunner	SGT Billy Pierce	3	0	4.66		RFD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Dean Mills (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Fw-190	1	0	0	1
Me-109	1	1	0	0
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Me-210	0	0	0	0
Ju-88	2	1	1	0
Total	4	2	1	1

Claims: 
- Sgt. C. Smith - Claimed 1 Ju-88 - No credit awarded

Damage: --

Peckham Points: 0 pts - ordinary maintenance - Ready to duty on 12/8/1944

Casualties: --

Awards: --

AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase: Take-off and assembly occurred correctly

Zone 2-7 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 8 Outbound (Target Zone): A lone Fw-190 attacked us frontally from position 12H, dodged our shots but missed us as well; it moved away after being damaged by Tail guns.
Flak ineffective, no damages reported.
Aligned and stabilized without being disturbed by enemy fighters. Bombs on target.
No Flak and GAF while rotating the bow

Zone 8 Inbound: Some Jerrys fighters spotted but they were not interested in us.

Zone 7 Inbound: A Ju-88 attacked us from behind, but was shot down by Sgt. Smith, who with accurate shots broke the right wing. No parachutes observed leaving the plane as it crashed

Zone 6-5 Inbount: Nothing to report.

Zone 4 Inbound: 1 Me-109 and 1 Ju-88 driven off by friendly fighter escort

Sudbury Airbase: Landed safely


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Leonard Blackburn, 1 LT, USAAF, Commanding
B-24DJ: Cookie B24J-CF-42-64355
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt. Robert Hogan
Mission Date: 11 August1944
Mission Number: 83
Mission of this bomber: 13

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Brest - France
Target Type: Coastal Batteries
Bomb Run: On Target - 30%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Robert Hogan	1	0	0		RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Trevor Sharpling	3	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	14	0	3.33	DFC / AM+	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Burt Metcalf	5	0	0	AM	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Juan Vasquez	13	1.5	5.82	DFC / AM+	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Sam Wendell	20	0	0	AM+++ / PH	KIA
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Josh Middleton	3	0	1.16		RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	14	0	1.83	AM+	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	18	0	1.83	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT John Lay	1	1.5	1.5		RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT Raymond Stewart (the Dedicated - +1 die modifiers) 



E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Damaged	Destroyed
Fw-190	7	2	2	3
Me-109	2	0	0	2
Me-110	2	0	0	2
Ju-88	1	0	0	1
Total	12	2	2	8

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. B. Metcalf: 1 Claimed - no credit awarded
- 2nd Lt. R. Clark: 1 Claimed - no credit awarded
- T/Sgt. J. Vasquez: 3 Claimed - 1.5 credit awarded
- Sgt. J. Lay: 3 Claimed - 1.5 credit awarded

Damage: 
- Radio Compartment Heat inop: 10
- Left waist gun inop: 10
- Superficial x1: 1
- KIA x1: 10

Peckham Points: 31 pts - overnight repairing

Casualties: 
- S/Sgt. Sam Wendell - KIA shattered lumbar spine

Awards: 
- DFC: T\Sgt. Juan Vasquez to reach Ace status
- PH posthumous: Sgt. Sam Wendell
- AM (3OLC) posthumous: Sgt Sam Wendell
- AM: 2nd Lt. Burt Metcalf

Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase:Normal take off and assembly.

Zone 2-6 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 7 Outbound: Light Coastal Flak reported, no damages. Attacked by two Fw-190: 1 of them driven off and the other one withdrew after being heavily damaged.


Zone 8 Outbound (Target Zone): Attacked by a lone Fw-190 who was damaged and aborted attack after not hitting us. After a Ju-88 approached us from 6Low but was destroyed by new tail gunner Sgt. Lay (fuel tank fire and plane exploded, pilot KIA). Medium Flak reported with superficial damages reported. We dropped bombs on the target with a result of 30%.

Zone 8 Inbound:  Two Me-110 attacked us. One from 6Low was destroyed by tail gunner. The other attacked us from vertical climb and was damaged but he was successful in hitting us: the radio room heat was out.
Me-110 attacked us again but T\Sgt. Vasquez destroyed his left wing (enemy pilot crashed with his plane).
Attacked by a second wave of GAF, 3 Fw-190: 1 of them was immediately shot down by Top Turret gunner. The one from 12Lev was damaged and finally destroyed by passing shot of tail gunner. Last one from 3Low He managed to avoid our blows and get close enough to hit us: engineer reported that radio operator S\Sgt. Wendell was seriously injured in lumbar area and was in critical condition. Left waist gun was hit and was inoperable. The same Fw-190 came back for a second attack but was hit at the right wing and went down.

Zone 7 Inbound: 1 Me-109 from 9High destroyed by top turret. Second wave of 2 Me-109: one from 10.30High destroyed by left cheek gun and last one broke the attack after ours and its ineffective shots.

Zone 6 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Zone 5 Inbound: A lone Fw-190 driven off by escort fighter

Zone 4 Inbound: GAF spotted but kept away from us.

Zone 3-2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Sudbury Airbase: Landed safely. 

This is my first mission and I'm very proud of skilled crewmen that I have on my ship

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Robert Hogan, 1st Lt.., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24J-CF-42-64355 – “Cookie”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Leonard Blackburn

Mission Date: 27 August 1944

Mission Number: 84

Mission of this bomber: 7

Formation: Middle
Position: Tail End

Target: Esbjerg - Denmark
Target Type: Airfield

Bomb Run: On Target - 40%


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Leonard Blackburn	4	0	0		RFD
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Irvin Butler	4	0	0		RFD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Clyde Morin	4	0	0		RFD
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Jones	4	0	1.5		RFD
Engineer	T/SGT Ray Washburn	4	0	0.5		RFD
Radio Operator	T/SGT Robert "Dunbo" Dunbar	4	0	0		RFD
Ball Gunner	SGT Charlie Smith	4	0	2.33		RFD
Port Waist	SGT Bob Grehan	5	0	.5	AM	RFD
Starboard Waist	SGT John Swanson	4	0	1	PH	RFD
Tail Gunner	SGT Billy Pierce	4	0	4.66		RFD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Dean Mills (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Fw-190	0	0	0	0
Me-109	0	0	0	0
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Me-210	0	0	0	0
Ju-88	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0

Claims: --

Damage: 
- Right Wing root x1: 25

Peckham Points: 25 pts - ordinary maintenance - Ready to duty on 28/8/1944

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- Sgt B. Grehan - Air Medal


AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase: Despite bad weather take-off and assembly were with no problems.

Zone 2-7 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 8 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): Approach to the target occurred without any GAF disturbance, allowing optimal leveling and bomb release. On inbound leg some flak shells exploded around us causing right wing root damage. No enemy fighters on us.

Zone 7 Inbound: GAF fighters spotted but they were focused on other bombers.

Zone 6-2 Inbount: Nothing to report.

Sudbury Airbase: Landed safely 


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Leonard Blackburn, 1 LT, USAAF, Commanding
B-24DJ: Cookie B24J-CF-42-64355
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt. Robert Hogan
Mission Date: 27 August1944
Mission Number: 84
Mission of this bomber: 14

Formation: High
Position: Middle

Target: Esbjerg - Denmark
Target Type: Airfield
Bomb Run: On Target - 20%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Robert Hogan	2	0	0		RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Trevor Sharpling	4	0	0		RTD
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	15	0	3.33	DFC / AM++	RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Burt Metcalf	6	1	1	AM	RTD
Engineer	T/SGT Juan Vasquez	14	0	5.82	DFC / AM+	RTD
Radio Operator	S/SGT Ralph Beasley	1	0	0		RTD
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Josh Middleton	4	0	1.16		RTD
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	15	0	1.83	AM++	RTD
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	19	0	1.83	AM++ / PH+	RTD
Tail Gunner	SGT John Lay	2	0	1.5		RTD

Crew Chief: T/SGT Raymond Stewart (the Dedicated - +1 die modifiers) 

E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Damaged	Destroyed
Fw-190	0	0	0	0
Me-109	3	2	0	1
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Ju-88	0	0	0	0
Total	3	2	0	1

Claims: 
- 2nd Lt. B. Metcalf: 1 Me-109 Claimed - Full credit awarded

Damage: 
- Superficial x2: 2

Peckham Points: 2 pts - overnight repairing

Casualties: --

Awards: 
- DFC: T\Sgt. Juan Vasquez to reach Ace status
- PH posthumous: Sgt. Sam Wendell
- AM (2 OLC): 2nd Lt. Raymond Clark
- AM (2 OLC): S/Sgt. Stanley Wright 

Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase:Poor weather but take off and assembly occurred without problems.

Zone 2-7 Outbound: Nothing to report

Zone 8 Outbound/Inbound (Target Zone): No GAF attacked us. Some Flak shrapnel caused superficial damage. Bombs load on target.
No enemy fighters on inbound leg and Flak was inaccurate.

Zone 7 Inbound:  Attacked by 3 Me-109: 2 of them driven off by escort and last one destroyed by Chin turret.

Zone 6-2 Inbound: Nothing to report.

Sudbury Airbase: Landed safely. 


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Robert Hogan, 1st Lt.., USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Faithfull Mary Jane B-17G-90BO-43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B24J-CF-42-64355 – “Cookie”
78th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Leonard Blackburn

Mission Date: 10 September 1944

Mission Number: 85

Mission of this bomber: 8

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Stuttgart - Germany
Target Type: Marshalling Yard

Bomb Run: DNB


CREW

Position	Rank - Name	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Leonard Blackburn	4	0	0		KIA
Co-Pilot	2nd Lt. Irvin Butler	4	0	0		KIA
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Clyde Morin	4	0	0		KIA
Navigator	2nd Lt. George Jones	4	0	1.5		KIA
Engineer	T/SGT Ray Washburn	4	0	0.5		KIA
Radio Operator	T/SGT Robert "Dunbo" Dunbar	4	0	0		KIA
Ball Gunner	SGT Charlie Smith	4	0	2.33		KIA
Port Waist	SGT Bob Grehan	5	0	.5	AM	KIA
Starboard Waist	SGT John Swanson	4	0	1	PH	KIA
Tail Gunner	SGT Billy Pierce	4	0	4.66		KIA

Crew Chief: S/SGT Dean Mills (Average Joe)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Fw-190	0	0	0	0
Me-109	2	2	0	0
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Me-210	0	0	0	0
Ju-88	0	0	0	0
Total	2	2	0	0

Claims: --

Damage: infinite

Peckham Points: infinite

Casualties: all crewmen KIA

Awards: 


AAR (flown with TFT)

Some crew members of the other bombers reported seeing the "Cookie" catch fire and explode after being hit by Flak in the target area. Probably some shrapnel hit fuel tanks.
No chutes were seen leaving the ship.

[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17G-90BO-43-38619 – “Faithfull Mary Jane”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt. Robert Hogan
Mission Date: 10 September 1944
Mission Number: 85
Mission of this bomber: 15

Formation: Middle
Position: Middle

Target: Stuttgart - Germany
Target Type: Marshalling Yard
Bomb Run: DNB

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1st Lt. Robert Hogan	3	0	0		POW
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Trevor Sharpling	5	0	0		POW
Bombardier	2nd Lt. Raymond Clark	16	0	3.33	DFC / AM++	POW
Navigator	2nd Lt. Burt Metcalf	7	0	1	AM	POW
Engineer	T/SGT Juan Vasquez	15	0	5.82	DFC / AM+	POW
Radio Operator	S/SGT Ralph Beasley	2	0	0		POW
Ball Gunner	T/SGT Josh Middleton	5	0	1.16		POW
Port WG	S/SGT Stanley Wright	16	0	1.83	AM++	POW
Starboard WG	S/SGT Eric Coombs	20	0	1.83	AM++ / PH+	POW
Tail Gunner	SGT John Lay	3	0	1.5		POW

Crew Chief: T/SGT Raymond Stewart (the Dedicated - +1 die modifiers) 

E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Damaged	Destroyed
Fw-190	2	2	0	0
Me-109	1	1	0	0
Me-110	0	0	0	0
Ju-88	2	2	0	0
Total	5	5	0	0

Claims: --

Damage: Crashed

Peckham Points: infinite

Casualties: --

Awards: --

Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

-- International Red Cross Report --

Ten men from the crew of an American bomber, were captured and imprisoned in POW Camp Stalag V-A, after parachuting into the Stuttgart area.

All of the men are in excellent health conditions.

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[Keltos]

After-Action Report

B-17G-90BO 43-38619 – “Ugly Duckling”
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force

Commander: 1st Lt Arthur Hayward
Mission Date: 9 October 1944
Mission Number: 86
Mission of this bomber: 1

Formation: Low
Position: Middle

Target: Schweinfurt, Germany
Target Type: Ball Bearing Plant & Cycle and Clutch Works
Bomb Run: On Target - 30%

CREW

Position	Rank & Names	Missions	Mission Kills	Total Kills	Awards	Status
Pilot	1Lt. Arthur Hayward	1	0	0		RTD
Co-pilot	2nd Lt. Jacob Crawford	1	0	0		RTD
Bombardier/Toggler	2nd Lt. Dennis Allard	1	0	0		RTD
Navigator	2nd Lt. Bruce Bowman	1	0	0		RTD
Engineer	T/Sgt Ben Thompson	1	0	0		RTD
Radio Operator	S/Sgt Fred Lapp	1	1	1		RTD
Ball Gunner	Sgt Dean Ashton	1	0	0		RTD
Port WG	Sgt Matthew Gordon	1	0	0		RTD
Starboard WG	Sgt Harry Everard	1	0	0		RTD
Tail Gunner	Sgt Patrick Boyd	1	1.5	1.5		RTD

Crew Chief: S/SGT Raymond Stewart (the Dedicated, +1 die modifiers)


E/A Encountered

Type	No.	Intercepted	Destroyed	Damaged
Me-109	6	2	3	1
Fw-190	7	5	0	1
Ju-88C	3	3	0	0
Total	16	10	3	2

Claims: 
- Sgt. P. Boyd - Me-109 claimed - Full credit awarded
- Sgt. P. Boyd - Me-109 claimed - .5 credit awarded
- S/Sgt F. Lapp - Me-109 claimed - Full credit awarded

Damage:
- Superficial x3: 3
- Left Waist gun inop: 10

Peckham Points: 13pts - repairing overnight

Casualties: -

Awards: --

Promotions: --


AAR (flown with TFT)

Sudbury Airbase:Take off and assembly with no issues.

Zone 2 Outbound: nothing to report

Zone 3 Outbound: Light flak once on continental coast, no damage reported.

Zone 4 Outbound: nothing to report

Zone 5 Outbound: Two Me-109 on us, removed by P-51s.

Zone 6 Outbound: Light flak, no damage reported.

Zone 7 Outbound: nothing to report


Zone 8 Outbound: Light flak, no damage reported. A lone Ju-88C intercepted by escort. Explosion of a bomb dropped from above caused no damage.

Zone 9 Outbound/Inbound (target zone): As we approached the target we were attacked by two Ju-88C but P-51s intercepted them, as well as a lone Fw-190. Rockets fired at our formation caused us no damage.
Bomb dropped on target with about 30% success rate extimated.
Flak over the target was ineffective.
In inbound leg we were attacked by two Fw-190: first one was intercepted and second one moved away after no hits between us.
After that one Fw-190 and two Me-109 were on out path: Fw-190 was driven off and the Me-109s were shot down by our gunners, spotted the pilots' parachutes.
An additional and lone Fw-190 tried to attack us but the P-51s stood good guard and engaged it.

Zone 8 Inbound: Light flak, no damage.

Zone 7 Inbound: Attacked by two Me109 and one Fw-190: Fw-190 driven off by escort and first Me-109 was shot down by our tail gunner that shattered enemy A/C canopy killing the pilot. We missed last Me-109 that caused some superficial damage and made the left waist gun inoperative. In his second attack he was damaged and walked away
Attacked by a lone Fw-190 that was damaged and ran away.

Zone 6-2 Inbound: nothing to report

Sudbury Airbase: landed safely


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Arthur Hayward, 1 LT, USAAF, Commanding
B-17G: Ugly Duckling B-17G-90BO 43-38619
80th Bomber Squadron, 509th (H) Bombardment Group