Donald Macrae mission October 7, 1943

October 7, 1943 Up 5:30am and had breakfast. Went to the ship. Everything more or less in confusion. Took off 7:30am Cairo time. I flew on the lead ships right wing. The weather was good. The ship OK and Pilot was one of the new pilots. He proved to be OK. Out of 9 ships in A section only 3 got over the target. They had ball turrets and sure 1ooked good. Target was Maritza Aerodrome in Rhodes. The 98th was to follow us in. We were to pick up P-38 cover at Gambut if they could spare us the ship.  They didn’t go with us but saw them passing us going to the target as we were going home. Had McAtee's crew - an old crew, good boys. Mission was successful. Had been a veritable dust storm while we were away. Was windy on landing. Dusty and poor visibility. Everything OK. Had supper. Hitched to town for a shower, but had to walk from Bomber Command to Berka 11. Two or more miles.

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My Trip to San Pancrazio

October 2019


Reunion

NOTE change in month !!!

DATES: Oct 26-29, 2024

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