Kenneth DeLong Mission September 13, 1942

MISSION #18

DATE Sun. 9/13 & Mon. 9/14

COMBAT FLYING HOURS 11:40 (Total tour 172:10)

TARGET Benghazi, Libya HOME BASE Lydda, Palestine

BRIEFING 1300 TAKE OFF 1600 LANDING 0340 (9/14)

CREW Lt. T. D. Brown PLANE NO. 11

BOMB LOAD 9-500 lb. TARGET TIME 2130-2325 BOMBING ALT. 25000' NO. OF PLANES 9-B24's

BOMBING RESULTS--MADE 4 long bomb runs. Unable to see results due to cloud cover.

ENEMY ACTION--Counted 18 searchlights; anti-aircraft fire was heavy and accurate. Saw no fighters.

OTHER REMARKS--Three elements of 3 each 24's took off at 1 hour intervals for this mission. Spent long time over target area in deathly cold temperature. Next morning BBC News stated paratroop commandos had raided TOBRUK Sunday night.

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