Kenneth DeLong Mission September 7, 1942

MISSION #17

DATE Mon. 9/7/42

HOME BASE Lydda, Palestine

COMBAT FLYING HOURS 9:25  (Total tour 160:30)

TARGET 14 ship convoy in the Mediterranean 

BRIEFING 1300 TAKE OFF 1405 LANDING 2330

CREW Lt. T. D. Brown        PLANE #18 Black Mariah

BOMB LOAD 5-1000 lb. TARGET TIME l212 BOMBING ALT. 14000' NO. OF PLANES 12-B-24's

BOMBING RESULTS--One ship got direct hit.

ENEMY ACTION--Heavy anti-aircraft fire from 11 destroyers. Four JU-88's attacked our formation near Crete. Had running fight for 50 minutes. Capt. Adams's co-pilot was wounded. Tail gunner Izzo and drove off 2 attacks from the rear.

OTHER REMARKS--The upper turret sight was out. Our I. F. F. blew up in a wind squall on homeward trip. All planes landed safely.

376 ARCHIVES

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At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.

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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