Date: 28 june 1944

MISSION #34

BASE: Castelluccio dei Sauri

TARGET: Bucharest, Romania--Chitilia Marshalling Yard

SHIP: Jesse James …808

ESCORT: 80 P-38’s, 35 P-51’s

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

ENEMY AIRCRAFT: 2 ME-109’s, 1 FW-190 sighted.

FLAK: Moderate Volume, Inccurate Aim, Heavy Caliber at target (139 guns)

RESULT: Main marshalling yard and choke point hit. Many goods and wagons destroyed. Mission successful.

SORTIES: 2 Total: 49

MISSION TIME: 8:00 Total: 229:45

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NARRATIVE: Not an extra rough one but it was a plenty long trip. Our job was to cut the railroad lines connecting Bucharest and Ploesti--the Chitila Marshalling Yard at Bucharest. Bad weather was experienced en route to the target area. The weather cleared at the target but there was intense haze. Our escort really kept the enemy fighters away--only a couple of enemy aircraft sighted. There was a great deal of flak in the target area but not too accurate so we escaped without much damage.