Date: 7 june 1944

MISSION #30

BASE: Castelluccio dei Sauri

TARGET: Antheor, France--Viaduct

SHIP: Jesse James …808

ESCORT: none

BOMBS: 6 x 1000 lb. General Purpose from 18,000 feet

ENEMY AIRCRAFT: none

FLAK: Moderate to Intense Volume, Very Accurate Aim, Heavy Caliber (16 guns)

RESULT: Missed the target.

SORTIES: 1 Total: 42

MISSION TIME: 7:00 Total: 200:45

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NARRATIVE: Today we had hot coffee and sandwiches to take with us--much better than K-Rations. One plane landed at Corsica. Crew is OK. Our job was to hit a railroad bridge on the southern coast of France. As the wind noise changed with a whoosh when the bomb bay doors opened I was thinking that there was too much flak just to protect one bridge. And as JESSE JAMES surged up when the bombs were released, riding up and down in my turret, I was hoping that the bombs stringing earthward would hit the target and help by cutting off part of the enemies’ transportation. Unfortunately we spilled all of our bombs into the drink.