MISSON NO: 11

TARGET: Vienna Austria

SPECIFIC TARGET: Atzgersdorf Aircraft Factory

CREDIT: 2 - TOTAL: 13

FLIGHT PLAN:

Form Up Gas Load: 2700 gal Bombs: 08 500's Form 1: 8:00 Date: 28 May 1944 Spinazolla to Margherita 42:00 16:20OE to Biograd Biograd to Ostarjie Ostarjie to Litije Litije to Zeltweg Seltweg to Frankenfels Frankenfels to Prinzendorf Prinzendorf to Trasdorf (I.P.) I.P. to Target Target too Gloggnitz Gloggnitz to Furstenfeld Furstenfeld to Vrbodec Vrbodec to Drvenik Drvenik to 432:00 16:20E 42:00 16:20 to Home Position: Dog 13 Combat hours: 78:45 Takeoff: 06:00

MAPS:
Napoli Graz Cheiti Wein Fiume
COMMENTS:

Worse than ever before. Flak you could walk on. Leader screw-up as usual. Flak and fighters from Target to coast. "Red Eaves and "Buddy" Eldrod down from fighters. Lt. Haverkos, the sqdn. Navigator was with Eaves.
May 27, 1944 Lt. "Shack" Parrish and crew blown up and killed by a direct flak hit. Pilot - Parrish; A. Engineer- Bonnell; Copilot - Baker; Radio Operator - Wise; Navigator - Staron; A. Gunner - Alfano; Bombardier - Ward; B. Gunner - Hudgins; Engineer - Bogaisky; T. Gunner - Johnson.
On today's mission after coming off the target the nose gunner (Madigan) called the navigator (Hollmann) and said the Bombadier is hit come on down. The navigator goes to the nose sans oxygen mask and the bombardier is O.K. Going back to the flight deck a flack hit came close enough to flip the wing up and the navigator curls up in the corner where the put-put should have been. Grabs ‘shute and bomb-bay door handle and almost out before ship comes off level again. A very rough day.

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