MISSION DEBRIEFING
Date of Mission: 25 May 1944 - 88th BG stood down while 340+ bombers hit targets in Fracne and Italy and Yugoslavia; the B-17s bomb the marshalling yard at Lyon (zone-3), the B-24s attack marshalling yards at Amberieux, Toulon and Givors, France, and in Italy, the port area at Monfalcone, airfield at Piancenza and industrial area at Porto Marghera; P-38s and P-51s fly 200+ sorties in support.
Mission 70: 399th (lead, 7 a/c), 317th (low 6 a/c), 318th (high 5 a/c), 316th (stood down - did not fly).
Group Mission Commander: Captain Logan
Date of Mission: 26 May 1944
Target: St. Etienne, France (zone-7)
Type: Marshalling Yards
Mission 71: 318th (lead, 5 a/c), 399th (low 7 a/c), 316th (high 6 a/c), 317th (stood down - did not fly).
Group Mission Commander: Major Mikula
Date of Mission: 27 May 1944
Target: Avignon, zone-8
Type: Marshalling Yards
Date of Mission: 28 May 1944 - No Strategic Operations - Bad Weather
Congratulations. You have just completed missions 70 & 71, several 'Milk-Run' missions planned for this campaign. Complete your debriefing and proceed to mission 72 (below). Optional: You may roll for your bomb run % for missions 70 & 71 and report it in. Also, if reported in your bomb runs are automatically on target. If not reported in, bomb run will be 0%.
"Did you encounter any enemy fighters? Either Luftwaffe or the Italians?"
"No, sir. I noticed that the P-38s flew very close escorts while the P-51s flew top cover just in case."
"Any flak? If you did, indicate the approximate location on this map and describe the intensity and accuracy."
"The Jerries must have been asleep at the switch as not a single black burst was seen, not like the kind of flak we saw over Florence."
"Did you observe the strike?"
"I think we hit it pretty good." "Not sure . . . it was hard to tell with all the smoke caused by the lead groups."
"Well, that's about covers it. Thank you. Dismissed."