Share your interactive ePaper on all platforms and on your website with our embed function. One month later, Allied forces entered Rome, and the landings in Normandy commenced. Europe took place in August Western Europe were flown by British-based American aircraft. Supported by U. February, S. Army Air Forces. Robertson - John Roche - Francis E.
Scott - Robert L. Sammons - Joseph H. Zonyk - Martin L. Anderson - Oscar O. Rudnick - John C. Rowe - Richard H. JOHN C. Bomb Doors Indicator 8. Manifold Pressure Bomb Release Indicator 9. Fuel Pressure Gage Landing Gear Indicator Various Temperature Gages The narrative in this chapter provided a description of the operation of the aircraft.
Bruce Anderson did not fly all his missions with our crew. Oscar Rudnick also left our crew for a position as lead bombardier. Target clearly visible. Bombs away, quite a sight to watch them all the way down. Huge explosions and fires in the target area and dock sites along the river. Then switches on Auto-pilot and tells the Bombardier "You've got the plane. The four aborts were L. Dunston J , W. Wilhelmi J , A.
Frijoer J. Terrific flak encountered over the target. We had flak damage to No. Got back OK. Takeoff time was reduced considerably with resultant conserving of gas for the long flights. I believe it was their 15th mission. William N. Wilbur J. Records do not say how they were returned, where from or give the fate of the other crew members. He must have been able to reach friendly territory and the others were either killed or wounded. Richard Vogel went down on our Mission 3 that follows his second.
Now there are only two of us left. The feeling was "let's get the hell out of here". You could see the bursts of flak just a few feet off our nose and wings. Ugly looking stuff! I put the plane on its right wing and moved out of there.
