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:AUTH:
CO,
314th
TC Gp. :
:DATE:
6
June
1944. :
:INIT:
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MISSION REPORT
1.
314th Troop Carrier Group.
2.
62nd
Troop Carrier
Squadron.
3.
"Bigot-Neptune"
- Para drop
18
A/C (ll C-47A
- 7 C-53D).
4.
2321
hours
5
June
1944
to
0450
hours
6
June
1944.
5.
Saltby -
Atlanta - Burbank - Cleveland - Dallas - Elko - Flatbush -Gallup -
Hoboken - Peoria - DZ - Paducah - Spokane - Gallup - and reciprecal
[sic] to Saltby. Exactly as briefed.
6.
10-20
miles
visibility at take-off; winds as briefed; scattered clouds on route
thickening Elko - Hoboken; Peoria overcast top
1500
feet extending
2
minutes on
course; on descent for DZ broke out at
900 - 600
feet.
7.
None.
8.
Light inaccurate (i.d., eneffective [sic]) moderate flak
encountered on course 2 minutes after Peoria until coast after DZ.
No intense concentrations observed except a five-gun position two
miles before DZ about one mile north; other fire scattered in same
area. Heavy intense flak observed north of course close to
Cherbourg and south of course, distance unknown but out of range.
9.
None.
10.
Large numbers
of ships encountered between Flatbush and Gallup on outward
course; large numbers in Paducah-Spokane-Gallup area on return.
2
A/C which
unavoidably flew directly over ships fired colors of the day.
11.
None.
12.
Time
0203 - 0206;
altitude
700 - 800
feet indicated;
airspeed
105
- 110 mph.
13.
None.
14.
Navigator in Group lead
ship, reported that Eureka at Hoboken was slightly out of position.
Eureka at DZ "N" jammed; none of the radar ships were able to pick
it up.
Group lead ship dropped On "Gee". "Tee" was not lighted when lead
ship arrived; last 3 ships in formation observed both brown and
green Tees and dropped on latter. All other radar and visual
checks operated perfectly. No transmissions were heard. Constant
interference on 5005, KC.
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