Date: 25 May 1944

MISSION #25

BASE: Castelluccio dei Sauri

TARGET: Carnoules, France--Marshalling Yard

SHIP: Jesse James …808

ESCORT: Forty-eight P-38’s of the 82nd Fighter Group

BOMBS: 10 x 500 lb. General Purpose from 22,000 feet

ENEMY AIRCRAFT: none

FLAK:  none

RESULT: Direct hits on roundhouse, storage yard, east and west choke points, marshalling yard and tracks.

SORTIES: 1 Total: 34

MISSION TIME: 7:00 Total: 164:45

NARRATIVE: The Fifteenth Air Force suddenly swung to France for targets. We went to Carnoules--between Toulon and Nice. In the absence of both flak and fighters I am an antiquated yet still cold gunner. And with clear and visibility-unlimited weather, our second attack unit hit the target and the Group got 35 per cent of its bombs within 1,000 feet of the briefed aiming point on the marshalling yard and roundhouse.