Halfway to the target we were jumped by a Jerry who knew his business. Not only did he knock out the radio but he made a mess of our PW outer fuel tank. Flt let the Skipper know that we were losing alot of fuel. Our Nav figured we could get to the target but not even close to home or Allied lines. "It would be a POW or the Sea, Skip" as he looked over his maps. Losing gas and no radio he put the ship into a low port dive and brought us out of the bomber stream and headed back home. We dropped our bombs on a nasty AA position that made itself known to us as we got near it.
Made it back to base and the maintenance chaps should have us back together in time for the next mission.
CJ Trimble
Mid Upper
Hell's Bells