Date: 2 Feb 1944

MISSION #2

BASE: Gioia del Colle

TARGET: Durazzo, Albania--Radar Station

SHIP: Sakinshack …256

ESCORT:  3 RAF Spitfires

BOMBS: 10 x 500 lb. General Purpose from 18,000 feet

ENEMY AIRCRAFT: 1 ME-109

FLAK: Moderate Volume, Accurate Aim, Heavy Caliber

RESULTS: Blew the radar station clear off the map.

SORTIES: 1 Total: 2

MISSION TIME: 4:15 Total: 9:30

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NARRATIVE: Target was very close to Durazzo Harbor. One ME-109 sighted but the Spitfires drove it off. The RAF Spitfires share the base at Gioia del Colle. One B-24 in our squadron, PISTOL PACKIN MAMMA (41-29175), crashed on landing because of a flak-punctured tire. Another came back with the hydraulic system shot out, but made it. Two men in the 727th squadron were shot up by anti-aircraft fire. The flak was very frightening.