BIG NEWS!Rome completely taken today.

MISSON NO: 14

TARGET: Farrera, Italy

SPECIFIC TARGET: Marshalling Yards

CREDIT: 1 - TOTAL: 17

FLIGHT PLAN:

Gas Load: 2700 gal Bombs: 10 100's Call Sign: Cigarbox Form 1: 6:00 Date: 5 June 1944 Form up Spinazolla to Margherita Margherita to 42:00 16:20E 42:00 16:20E to Key point Key point to I.P. I.P. to Target Target to 42:00 16:20E 16:20E to home Position: Baker 12 Combat hours: 101:00 Takeoff: 10:00

MAPS:
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COMMENTS:

Flak at target light but extremely accurate. 6-10ME 109's knocked down one ship in Easy box. We had three generators out and should have aborted.
Damned close midair collision today. Jones, a new replacement pulled up under us and if Arky hadn't been looking at that falling 24 and sucked the wheel into his gut and if Eddy hadn't automatically shoved all the throttles home we wouldn't have pulled out of that one
In case any of you had forgotten or didn't know, that 42:00 16:20E that you see mentioned in almost every flight plan is that point just off the Italian coast line right at the point of the spur of the boot.

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