Kenneth DeLong Mission June 26, 1942

***MISSION 3

Fri. 6/26 & Sat. 6/27/42 HOME BASE Fayid, Egypt

TARGET Tobruk, Libya

COMBAT FLYING HOURS--this mission 6:50   total tour 25:20

BRIEFING 1800 hrs (6/26) TAKE OFF 2210 (6/26) LANDING  0500 (6/27)

CREW Lt. T. D. Brown PLANE #17

BOMB LOAD 9-500 lb TARGET TIME 0145 (9/27) BOMBING ALT. 20000'

NO. of PLANES 8 Of our B-24's & 8 British Libs

BOMBING RESULTS Libs dropped flares … Cumulus clouds below us made it difficult to see ships in harbor ... bombs dropped at water's edge … unable to assess damage.

ENEMY ACTION saw anti aircraft shells bursting in the distance as we made our way along the coast; over target, neither heavy nor accurate.

OTHER REMARKS Dropped and removed right bomb bay tank on morning of mission--to increase bomb capacity ... slept until 1400 hrs after return from mission, then went back to work on plane.

376 ARCHIVES

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My Trip to San Pancrazio

October 2019


Reunion

NOTE change in month !!!

DATES: Oct 26-29, 2023

CITY:Tucson, AZ

HOTEL: Double Tree Suites Airport hotel

7051 South Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85756

520-225-0800


Click here to read about the reunion details.

previous reunions


For Sale

The Other Doolittle Raid


The Broken Wings of Zlatibor


The Liberandos


Three Crawford Brothers


Liberando: Reflections of a Reluctant Warrior


376th Bomb Group Mission History


The Last Liberator


Full Circle


Shadows of Wings


Ten Men, A "Flying Boxcar," and A War


I Survived Ploesti


A Measure of Life


Shot Down In Yugoslavia


Stories of My Life


Attack


Born in Battle


Bombardier's Diary


Lost Airmen


Langdon Liberando