Post by limburger59 on Jun 21, 2023 13:34:14 GMT -8
B24J-CO-42-10409 Flying Eight Ball II
78th Bombardment Squadron
Bomber Position: MIddle Squadron, middle
Mission Date: 9 April 1945
Mission #: 99
Aircraft Mission #: 25
Target: Munitions factory, Wolfrathausen, Germany
Bomb Loadout: 6 x M64 500 lb. GP bombs & 2 x M17 500 lb. Incendiary bombs
Crew (Mission)
Pilot: CAPT Jack O’Donnell (30)
Copilot: 1/LT Patrick Dolan (29)
Togglier: S/SGT Herbert Watters (6)
Navigator: 1/LT Paul Rothenberg (30)
Nose Gunner: S/SGT Anthony Marzetti (30)
Engineer: M/SGT Nicholas Costello (30)
Left Waist Gunner: SGT Nathan Spruill (5)
Right Waist Gunner: S/SGT Paul Vandenbos (21)
Ball Turret Gunner: S/SGT Simon Rickard (23)
Tail Gunner: S/SGT Abraham Moskowitz (22)
Crew Chief: SGT Ralph Reckowski
Bomb Run: On target, 20%
Casualties: none
Attackers: 6
Claims: none
Credits: none
Award/Promotion Requests:
Air Medal (silver OLC) for completing 30 missions: CAPT Jack O’Donnell, 1/LT Paul Rothenberg, S/SGT Anthony Marzetti, M/SGT Nicholas Costello
Air Medal for completing five missions: SGT Nathan Spruill
In Hospital/Recovery: none
Aircraft Damage: no damage
AFTER ACTION REPORT – Using TFT (Variants used: TFT Axis Fighter Aircraft Add-on Module, Jasta 6’s Table 5-3 Placement Variant, Variant Tables for Take-Off and Mechanical Failure, Bruce Peckham’s German Fighter Pilots variant, Fuel Tank Fires, Seriously Wounded Bail Out, On the Subject of Bombs, my variation to Nolan Bryant’s Crew Chiefs, Nolan Bryant’s Combat Fatigue)
A textbook milk run for us. The few German fighters that did put in an appearance were rapidly chased away by the attentive Mustangs of the 20th Fighter Group. On the way home, the tail turret went on the fritz west of Brussels, but Moskowitz got it going again in short order. Not that we had any need for it, mind you.
CAPT Jack O’Donnell, commanding
B-24J Flying Eight Ball II
78th BS, 509th BG (H), 8th AF
78th Bombardment Squadron
Bomber Position: MIddle Squadron, middle
Mission Date: 9 April 1945
Mission #: 99
Aircraft Mission #: 25
Target: Munitions factory, Wolfrathausen, Germany
Bomb Loadout: 6 x M64 500 lb. GP bombs & 2 x M17 500 lb. Incendiary bombs
Crew (Mission)
Pilot: CAPT Jack O’Donnell (30)
Copilot: 1/LT Patrick Dolan (29)
Togglier: S/SGT Herbert Watters (6)
Navigator: 1/LT Paul Rothenberg (30)
Nose Gunner: S/SGT Anthony Marzetti (30)
Engineer: M/SGT Nicholas Costello (30)
Left Waist Gunner: SGT Nathan Spruill (5)
Right Waist Gunner: S/SGT Paul Vandenbos (21)
Ball Turret Gunner: S/SGT Simon Rickard (23)
Tail Gunner: S/SGT Abraham Moskowitz (22)
Crew Chief: SGT Ralph Reckowski
Bomb Run: On target, 20%
Casualties: none
Attackers: 6
Spotted | Destroyed | Damaged | Driven off by Escort | |
ME-109 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
ME-210 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Claims: none
Credits: none
Award/Promotion Requests:
Air Medal (silver OLC) for completing 30 missions: CAPT Jack O’Donnell, 1/LT Paul Rothenberg, S/SGT Anthony Marzetti, M/SGT Nicholas Costello
Air Medal for completing five missions: SGT Nathan Spruill
In Hospital/Recovery: none
Aircraft Damage: no damage
AFTER ACTION REPORT – Using TFT (Variants used: TFT Axis Fighter Aircraft Add-on Module, Jasta 6’s Table 5-3 Placement Variant, Variant Tables for Take-Off and Mechanical Failure, Bruce Peckham’s German Fighter Pilots variant, Fuel Tank Fires, Seriously Wounded Bail Out, On the Subject of Bombs, my variation to Nolan Bryant’s Crew Chiefs, Nolan Bryant’s Combat Fatigue)
A textbook milk run for us. The few German fighters that did put in an appearance were rapidly chased away by the attentive Mustangs of the 20th Fighter Group. On the way home, the tail turret went on the fritz west of Brussels, but Moskowitz got it going again in short order. Not that we had any need for it, mind you.
CAPT Jack O’Donnell, commanding
B-24J Flying Eight Ball II
78th BS, 509th BG (H), 8th AF