Date: 20 April 1944

MISSION #18

BASE: Castelluccio dei Sauri

TARGET: Ferrara, Italy--Marshalling Yard

SHIP: Sakinshack …256

ESCORT: 25 P-38’s and 25 P-47's

BOMBS: 12 x 500 lb. General Purpose

ENEMY AIRCRAFT: none

FLAK: Slight Volume, Inaccurate Aim. Heavy Caliber from vicinity of target.

RESULTS: Returned bombs to base due to 10/10 cloud cover at 10,000 feet.

SORTIES: 1 Total: 24

MISSION TIME: 5:30 Total: 115:15

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NARRATIVE: Clouds and our escort saved us from being jumped by enemy fighters. There was nothing to save us from the bone chilling cold. But the clouds also kept us from dropping our bombs on the target. We returned our bombs. This made for a very nervous landing even though Robert James, our pilot, is excellent. Other pilots jettisoned their bombs over the Adriatic in order make a safe landing.