Mission 73: Bourg Leopold (Encampment)
30/31 May, 1944
Outbound: We met a Me-110 as we began our bomb run. His first pass he knocked out the tail gunner's oxygen and the starboard ammo to the tail gunner. On the second he put a number of rounds into the port wing assembly. He missed entirely on his third pass.
Bomb run: No search lights, no flak hits, or wild boars. Had to come around for second run; bombed at 10,000 ft.; on; 30%
Return: No encounters.
Landing: Fine
Victories:
Destroyed: 2 – Me-110's: Sgt's. Archie Bellows and Cyril Barrette
FBOA – Me-110: Sgt. Less Wheatfield
Casualties: None
(Signed) F/O Chris Donovan, Pilot
Ain't No Lady
Pilot: F/O Chris Donovan
Bomb aimer: Sgt. Cyril Barrette
Flight engineer: Sgt. Felix Helms
Navigator: P/O Ralph Langley
W/O operator: Sgt. Giuseppe "Gus" Moretti
Mid-upper gunner: Sgt. Les Wheatfield
Tail gunner: Sgt. Archie Bellows