461ST BOMB GP (H) MISSION SUMMARY MAY 1944
MISS NO	DATE	TARGET	1ST ATTACK UNIT LEADERS	1ST ATTACK UNIT DEP LEADERS	2ND ATTACK UNIT LEADERS	A/C T/O	ERLY RTNS	A/C O/T	SORT	TONS DRPT ON B TGT	% IN 1000	WEATHER AT TGT	AA	E A/C SEEN	CLAIMS	A/C DMGD	A/C RTN	A/C LOST	MIA	CASLTY	RATING	REMARKS
17	5/2/44	LA SPEZIA HARBOR, ITALY	COL. GLANTZBERG, LT. DONOVAN, CAPT. LEFFLER, CAPT. PRUITT, LT. STILES	CAPT. DOOLEY, LT. SEEMAN, LT. OWENS, LT. SLUSING	CAPT. HOERMANN, LT. SPECHT, LT. STEPHENSON, LT. PRIEN	39	1	18 LA SPEZIA	38	40.5 500 G.P.	NO SCORE	UNDERCAST	M-A-H	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	FAIR	42.75 TONS ON OTHER TARGETS WARSHIP SUNK
18	5/5/44	PLOESTI M/Y, ROUMANIA	MAJ. KNAPP, LT. STRONG, LT. KING, LT. COLES, LT. SULLIVAN	CAPT. McQUILLAN, LT. ALKIRE, LT. FERGUSON, LT. RADOVSKY	CAPT. GOREE, LT. VEILUVA, LT. DELAMETER, LT. RHODES	36	2	34	34	76.5 500 G.P.	NO SCORE	CAVU	H-I-A	30	0	34	34	0	0	4	FAIR	FIRST FATALITY
19	5/6/44	PITESTI M/Y, ROUMANIA	CAPT. HOERMANN, LT. CHILDREY, LT. STEPHENSON, LT. PRIEN	LT. FULLER, LT. LUCAS, LT. GONZALES, LT. DALY	CAPT. DOOLEY, LT. MacDOUGALL, LT. DAVIS, LT. GERMAN	38	4	34	34	74 500 G.P.	10	LIGHT HAZE	0	10	0	0	34	0	0	0	EXCELLENT	MAJ APPLEGATE’S LEAD SHIP ABORTED INTERVALOMETER SETTING OF 325
20	5/7/44	BUCHAREST CHITILA M/Y, ROUMANIA	CAPT. GOREE, LT. VEILUVA, LT. ICONIS, LT. DE WITT, LT. RHODES	LT. BEAN, LT. BENTON, LT. CRAN, LT. NEIMAN	CAPT. McQUILLAN, LT. ALKIRE, LT. FAHERTY, LT. COLES	36	1	35	35	79 500 G.P.	39	HAZE	M-I-H	2	0	3	35	0	0	0	EXCELLENT
21	5/10/44	WIENER NEUSTADT NORD A/D, AUSTRIA	LT. COL. HAWES, LT. DONOVAN, LT. STILES, LT. LOWE, LT. OWENS	CAPT. DOOLEY, LT. MacDOUGALL, LT. DAVIS, LT. GERMAN	MAJ. APPLEGATE, LT. SPECHT, LT. MURPHY, LT. DUSENBERRY	37	4	33	33	67.5 FRAGS	NO SCORE	HAZE	I-A-H	60	37809	26	32	1	10	7	POOR
22	5/12/44	MARINA DI CARRARA M/Y 7 AL PLANT, ITALY	COL. GLANTZBERG, LT. ALKIRE, CAPT. LEFFLER, LT. COLES, LT. RADOVSKY	MAJ. KNAPP, LT. STRONG, LT. FAHERTY, LT. SULLIVAN	CAPT. GOREE, LT. BEAN, LT. ICONIS, LT. DE WITT	36	4	32	33	75 500 G.P.	NO SCORE	9/10	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	FAIR
23	5/13/44	IMOLA M/Y, ITALY	CAPT. WORD, LT. SPECHT, LT. MURPHY, LT. DUSENBERRY, LT. PRIEN	MAJ. APPLEGATE, LT. MIXSON, LT. KADOW, LT. WILSON	CAPT. DICKINSON, LT. MacDOUGALL, LT. DAVIS, LT. GERMAN	38	0	38	38	92.5 500 G.P.	20	CAVU	0	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	GOOD	TGT WAS FAENZA
24	5/14/44	PADUA M/Y, ITALY	COL. GLANTZBERG, LT. BEAN, CAPT. LEFFLER, LT. DE WITT, LT. VORPE	LT. TALLANT, LT. VEILUVA, LT. DELAMETER, LT. RHODES	MAJ. BURKE, LT. STRONG, LT. KING, LT. SULLIVAN	38	2	36	36	81 500 G.P.	60	CAVU	I-A-H	0	0	32	36	0	0	1	SUPERIOR
25	5/17/44	PORTO FARRAJO STEEL MILLS, ELBA ISLAND, ITALY	CAPT. DOOLEY, LT. DONOVAN, LT. STILES, LT, LOWE, LT. OWENS	CAPT. DICKINSON, LT. SEEMAN, LT. PARKHURST, LT. SLUSING	CAPT. HOERMANN, LT. SPECHT, LT. MALITA, LT. PRIEN	39	6	33	34	74.5 500 G.P.	29	CAVU	M-I-H	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	GOOD
26	5/18/44	BELGRADE ZEMUN A/D, YUGO	COL. GLANTZBERG, LT. WARREN, LT. FAHERTY, LT. COLES	MAJ. KNAPP, LT. STRONG, LT. KING, LT. SULLIVAN, LT. SMITH	LT. TALLANT, LT. VEILUVA, LT. DELAMETER, LT. RHODES	38	6	32	32	72 500 G.P.	NO SCORE	10/10	S-I-H	0	0	2 SLIGHT	32	0	0	0	UNOBS
27	5/19/44	RECCO VIADUCT, ITALY	LT. COL. HAWES, LT. SPECHT, LT. MURPHY, CAPT. PRUITT, LT. PRIEN	MAJ. APPLEGATE, LT. MIXSON, LT. KADOW, LT. DUSENBERRY	CAPT. DICKINSON, LT. MacDOUGALL, LT. DAVIS, LT. GERMAN	31	4	27	27	75 1000 & 2000 G.P.	NO SCORE	9/10	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	POOR	NOT ALL A/C HIT PT
28	5/22/44	PIOMBINO HARBOT, ITALY	MAJ. BURKE, LT. VEILUVA, LT. ICONIS, LT. DE WITT, LT. RHODES	LT. KOLLENBORN, LT. BEAN, LT. CRAN, LT. NEIMAN	MAJ. KNAPP, LT. STRONG, LT. KING, LT. SULLIVAN	40	0	39	39	75.5 100LS INCEND	NO SCORE	CAVU	M-I-H	2	0	0	39	1	10	0	EXCELLENT
29	5/23/44	SUBIACO RD JUNCTION, ITALY	COL. GLANTZBERG, LT. DONOVAN, CAPT. LEFFLER, CAPT. PRUITT, LT. STILES	CAPT. DOOLEY, LT. BIGELOW, LT. OWENS, LT. LOWE	CAPT. HOERMANN, LT. SPECHT, LT. MILITA, LT. PRIEN	39	1	38	38	72 500 G.P.	67	8/10	0	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	SUPERIOR
30	5/24/44	WIENER NEUSTADT WOLLERSDORF A/D, AUSTRIA	COL. GLANTZBERG, LT. STRONG, CAPT. LEFFLER, CAPT. PRUITT, LT. COLES	CAPT. DICKINSON, LT. BIGELOW, LT. MULLER, LT. FISHER	CAPT. GOREE, LT. BEAN, LT, CRAN, LT. NEIMAN	37	4	32	32	52 500 G.P.	NO SCORE	9/10	I-A-H	30	2-1-3	1 SEVERE 22 SLIGHT	31	2	20	3 SERIOUS 2 SLIGHT	VERY POOR
31	5/25/44	CARMOULES M/Y, FRANCE	MAJ. APPLEGATE, LT. SPECHT, LT. MURPHY, LT, PRIEN, LT. DIETRICK	CAPT. HOERMANN, LT. FORD, LT. KADOW, LT. WILSON	LT. MacDOUGALL, LT. WINTER, LT. DAVIS, LT. GERMAN	38	2	36	36	76.75 500 G.P.	36	CAVU	0	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	EXCELLENT
32	5/26/44	LYON/VAISE M/Y, FRANCE	MAJ. BURKE, LT. BEAN, LT. CRAN, LT. NEIMAN, LT. WHITE	LT. TALLANT, LT. VEILUVA, LT. DELAMETER, LT. RHODES	LT. DAHLANDER, LT. STRONG, LT. KING, LT. SULLIVAN	38	4	34	33	69.75 500 G.P.	54	CAVU	0	2	0	0	34	0	0	0	EXCELLENT
33	5/27/44	SALON DE PROVENCE A/D, FRANCE	COL. GLANTZBERG, LT. DONOVAN, CAPT. LEFFLER, CAPT. PRUITT, LT. STILES	CAPT. DOOLEY, LT. SEEMAN, LT. OWENS, LT. SLUSING	CAPT. HOERMANN, LT. SPECHT, LT. MALITA, LT. PRIEN	38	1	36	36	81 500 G.P.	24	LIGHT HAZE	I-A-H	0	0	24 SLIGHT 1 SEVERE	36	1	10	1	GOOD
34	5/29/44	WIENER NEUSTADT WERKE, AUSTRIA	LT. COL. HAWES, LT. STRONG, LT. KING, LT. COLES, LT. SULLIVAN	MAJ. KNAPP, LT. WARREN, LT. LEPIG, LT. HANCOCK	MAJ. BURKE, LT. VEILUVA, LT. DELAMETER, LT. RHODES, LT. BROWN	37	4	33	37	74.25 500 G.P.	NO RECORD	CAVU	I-A-H	3	3-0-0	7	33	0	0	0	GOOD
35	5/30/44	WELS A/C FACTORY, AUSTRIA	MAJ. APPLEGATE, LT. SPECHT, LT. MURPHY, LT. DUSENBERRY, LT. PRIEN	LT. ARBUTHNOT, LT. GUNN, LT. PATTERSON, LT. HARP	CAPT. WORD, LT. MacDOUGALL, LT. DAVIS, LT. GERMAN	35	5	30	30	60 100 LB INCEND	NO RECORD	CAVU	0	0	0	5	30	0	0	0	SUPERIOR	FLAK AT ST MICHAELS
36	5/31/44	PLOESTI CONCORDIA VEGA OIL RFY, ROUMANIA	LT. COL. HAWES, LT. VEILUVA, CAPT. LEFFLER, CAPT. PRUITT, LT. RHODES	LT. KOLLENBORN, LT. BEAN, LT. ICONIS, LT. DE WITT, LT. DELAMETER	LT. DAHLANDER, LT. STRONG, LT. KING, LT. SULLIVAN	36	2	34	34	75.75 500 G.P.	27	CAVU	I-A-H	20	0	31 BY FLAK	32	2	20	0	GOOD	SMOKE SCREEN