Mighty Eighth!Target for Today...
200th Heavy Bombardment Group (virtual)
8th Air Force
United States Army Air Forces


Group Home Base

Group Rules
207th Squadron
207th Bomb Squadron, 200BG patch
214th Squadron
214th Bomb Squadron, 200BG patch
221st Squadron
221st Bomb Squadron, 200BG patch
228th Squadron
228th Bomb Squadron, 200BG patch

Mission 9
Luftwaffe production facilities at Romilly-sur-Seine, FR
19 February 1943
(due 01 January 2005)

We are battered but not out. The VIII Bomber command everywhere is putting up one hell of a fight but the Germans are giving us back almost as much. But this is not news to you guys. This will be our last mission for some time as all B-24 groups will be standing down and doing some special mission training for a big mission coming up. So lets make this one count. Headquarters has sent us a pathfinding aircraft that will mark the target with special 'smoking bombs'. You know the drill. Basically if the pathfinders hit the target and you drop where they do, you too will hit the target. If you have questions about this, have your bombardiers contact the group's lead bombardier for more information. That should bring us better bomb tonnage on the target. The 221st has the low formation with the tail end charlie slot. The 207th will take middle squadron with "Flying Buffalo" with the Loomis crew as group lead. The 214th will take take the high position. All planes will be carrying 500 HE bombs. Good Luck gentlemen.

Primary Target: aircraft production
Secondary Target: nearby German airfields

 

Weather Base: 2/10 cloud cover (Good) Weather Target: 2/10 cloud cover (Good)
Expected Flak: Heavy flak    

FIGHTER COVER EXPECTED

ZONE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
To
Target
Good
(Spits)
Fair
(Spits)
Fair
(P-38s)
           
To
Base
Good
(P-47s)
Fair
(P-47s)
Good
(P-38s)
           

Flight Log Gazetteer

  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
To
Target
-2 W -0 F -0 F -0 F          
To
Base
-2 W -0 F -0 F -0 F          
Legend

W = water    F = France   G = Germany   B = Belgium   N = Netherlands 

Expected
Resistance
Light, use B-3 (Rev) table C
08/42 - 09/43
 

Group
Pathfinders
(callsign
"Packer")
b24topheavy3j.gif (2237 bytes)
Whoopie!

Sanderson
On/20%

 

Low
Squadron
(+1 to B-1 roll)
(callsign
"Thunder")
b24_221.gif (2778 bytes)
1b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Funny Face

Buff
On/30%
2b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Supper Time?

Gordon
On/60%
3b24topheavy3j.gif (2237 bytes)
Jersey Bounce

Wiggins

On/30%

4b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Our Maven

Twomley
On/30%
7b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Coalburg Express

Nickerson
On/20%
5b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Miss Ruthie

Jackson
Off/0%
6b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Fighting Irish

Lee
On/30%
8
Lady Victory

McCarty
Off/0%
 
9b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Sleepy Time

Brown
On/30%
"Tail End Charlie"

 

Middle
Squadron
(-1 to B-1 roll)
(callsign
"Dragon")
b24_207.gif (3201 bytes)
1b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Flying Buffalo

Loomis
On/30%
"Group
Lead Plane"
2b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Goodnight Gladys

Stephens
3b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Scuttlebutt

Carraway
4b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Bobbi Jo's Boys

Poulos
On/50%
7b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Scatter Magic

Dollins
5b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Peggy Sue

O'Conner
On/60%
6b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Terri G

Gerber
On/60%
8
Scotch Mist

Spiers
On/40%
9b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Aces High

O'Neill
On/40%

 

High
Squadron
(callsign
"King")
b24_214.gif (2772 bytes)
1b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Sweet Target

Zaragoza
2b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Battlewagon

Hughes
On/30%
3b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Gemini

Piper
On/91%
4b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Little Miss Michie

Williamson
On/30%
7b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Weasel God

EHaygood
On/50%
5b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Steel Rain II

BHaygood
On/30%
6b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Mail Carrier

Post
On/60%
8
Wing and a Prayer

Missoula
shot down
9b24topsm.gif (2045 bytes)
Cactus Rose

Harrison

On/30%

 

GO TO DEBRIEFING ROOM

...AFTER ACTION REPORT...

WHOOPIE (Sanderson non-player pathfinder crew)
Another tough mission leading the assault. While the pathfinder mission is important, it is taking a toll on the crews. Whoopie barely got home again for the second mission in a row. Two men on board were KIA with one severely wounded and will be sent home. We may need to look into sending up more than one pathfinder to ensure the effort gets threw the enemy's defenses...

WING AND A PRAYER (Missoula crew)
42-7035-FO MACR: Wing & a Prayer was under attack by three FW-190s just outside the Romilly S.S. flak box when its wing suddenly burst into flames. Other 214th radio operators report 42-7035-FO's last transmission was "F***ing s**t!" Nine parachutes were spotted.

SCOTCH MIST (Spiers crew)
Excerpt from Debriefing of Sgt. Sean Flaherty after his escape from Occupied France.
We took off and formed up with the rest of the formation no problem. The skipper (Lt. Spiers) warned us to watch for fighters. As if he had to. We were all a little nervous on our first mission.

We didn't see an enemy plane the whole way to the target. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake. As we approached the target the flak was all around us but all it did was make a few more holes for the crew chief to fix.

Lt Hustler, our bombardier, managed to drop about 40% of our load on target. Then just after we cleared the bomb run and headed for home, we were jumped by three Me109's.I missed the one coming in from 6 o'clock level and he got two solid hits on us. Then WHOOSH. The port inboard fuel tank ignited and the skipper couldn't get it out and screamed for us to jump.

I got out and I saw another seven chutes open and a failure. He went straight into the ground. When I landed I headed towards where I thought I had seen the others land. I discovered the body of our Radio Op. (PhilYates) in a field. He hadn't stood a chance.

I was picked up by local resistance fighters and was taken to a local safehouse. I heard from them that the rest of the guys had been picked up by the Germans. I was transported into Holland and then brought back across on a fishing boat to the English Coast......

CACTUS ROSE (Harrison crew)
Piece of cake if that flak hadn't hurt Lt Helder in the leg. Most enemy fighters were driven off by little friends fighter cover , hit twice by heavy flak with minor damages. A good run on the way home with enemy fighters scattered and disrupted.Only one Fw190 manged to shoot us up pretty well from 3 o'clock high over the white cliffs of dover but he disappeared. Tail gunner shot down what we think was one of them yellow nosed abbeville boys Me109's. Tunnel guns knocked out and some wing root , rudder damage but otherwise a-okay.

ACES HIGH (O'Neill crew)
Aces High returned safely after a relatively "quiet" mission. German activity was sporadic. Our co-pilot will return to duty after a light leg wound.

PEGGY SUE (O'Conner crew)
Something of a milk run, we dispatched the Jerries that made it past our little friends. Some flak in the waist and the nose, nothing serious. Looking forward to a stand down, so we can get some carousing done in London town!

Bobby Jo's Boys (Poulos crew)
We formed up well on Loomis and were fairly tight. I was satisfied with our flying on the way there. On the way out the only fighters we saw were being taken care of by our Little Friends. The flack chewed up Number four engine but we did get it to feather ok. All other damage was superficial. Holes in our tail and waist. We dropped our bombs and at least half of them fell true. A few 109's jumped us and missed just before the flack and then flew off to re jump us on the way out and missed again. They had yellow noses. Barnes swears it was the same ones. They missed us and then he watched them go after Scotch Mist. Robby watched helplessly as thier port inboard tank burst into flames. He counted he thought 8 good chutes and a failure. We flew home in silence except for some muttered prayers for the crew of Scotch Mist. No further Germans were seen. Landing was uneventful.

Terri G (Gerber crew)
Take off for our second mission was a lil tense as for some reason it just seemed like there wasn't enough runway but we made it off the ground just fine. Formed up on Flying Buffalo to the 4:30 of the Skipper. In the back row. Kind of exciting and tense to be a part of the lead squadron.The Good Guys kept the kraut fighters away from us till we got over the target. A few 109's made some passes but our bullets were the only ones to hit as our engineer Andrew nicked one up pretty bad and shot the tail clean off another. We did see the German's parachute was good. Flack bounded us around a bit. It put a hole in the nose section right under planes name, and a couple holes in the starboard wing but all without serious damage. Our waist gunner got a nick in his thigh by a chunk. He dug through the spent casings after we landed and finally found it to keep as a good luck piece. Johnny managed to put a decent percentage of our eggs in the basket or so we think. On the way out a couple more 109's jumped us and Dave on our tail guns put one out of commission permenantly. Its buddy put a hole in our number 4 engine and we had to feather it. It missed on it next pass and flew off to greener pastures. We didnt encounter any more resistance on the way home and landed safely.

Flying Buffalo (Loomis crew)
We encountered no enemy aircraft until after the bomb run. During the run, flak was heavy and accurate. The Buffalo was bracketed by 3 bursts that destroyed the port waist gun, knocked out the #3 engine, and put three superficial holes in the port wing, nose and tail. Thanks to the pathfinder plane, Lt. Stackpole reports that a good portion of the bombs landed within the main factory buildings. I believe the flak was a contributing factor that scattered the lead formation causing it to become loose and sloppy. That was like sending an engraved invitation to the Luftwaffe saying 'come and get us.' Luckily, enemy resistance was very light and only a single FW-190 & ME-109 attacked us while the group withdrew from the target area. The gunners didn't even see the 109 as they concentrated their fire on the 190, which our new navigator, Lt. Norendale, claimed he hit repeatedly. But the enemy pilot still pushed onward, hitting the starboard rudder, peppering the nose with holes, and grazed me in the left knee. The 109, although ignored by our gunners, managed to miss us. For the remainder of the mission, no further enemy attacks was experienced. Landing back at base was routine. - Capt. Rick Loomis

Battlewagon (Hughes crew)
Couldn't have asked for an easier mission. Our little friends get free drinks from this crew tonight. We took some flak damage to the port wing, and TSG Reese got him a 109 as well as a light wound from some sharpnel (he'll be fine). After the hell of last mission, the Big Guy upstairs dispatched a flight of angels for this run.

Little Miss Michie (Williamson crew)
This was a Milk Run. We only saw five enemy fighters during the entire mission and Mike Morris got his second KIA on one of the 109s. We were on target with 30% and no damage to Little Miss Michie. 

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