Mission 3 - Berlin - AAR

We encountered no problems on take and entered the bomber stream. Our flight was uneventful until about 65 miles west of Brunswick, when a Me110 coming in from 6 o’clock low surprised us. The bugger shot up our ship and slipped away without us ever sighting him. Most of the damage was superficial and we continued on to the target area. As we approached the target we came under attack once again by another Me110 in a vertical climb. His first attack started an oxygen fire in Mid Upper gun turret. Which Sgt DelGado was able to extinguish. On his next pass he shot up the nose turret knocking the guns out. We had to descend due to the loss of oxygen for Sgt DelGado and elected to continue to the target area. The target we lit up and just prior to bombing we were picked up by searchlights and were struck flak, suffering four hits The flak through off Flight Officer Gardner’s aim and our bombs were off target with only 5% landing in the target area. As we were exiting the target area a Me109, Wild Boar made a run at us and Sgt DelGado plastered him good (FBOA) disrupting his attack. Another Me110 attempted to sneak in from 6 o’clock low and Sgt Dunn let him pull in real close before he engaged the bugger. He busted into flames and the explosion rock the ship. The remainder of the flight home was uneventful and we landed just after sunrise.

Flight Officer Art DeFilippo
314 Squadron
M is for Mary