Date: February 21st 1944
From: Commanding Officer 643rd BS/409th BG
To: 409th BG Commander & AvA Command
Subject: Targets for the day After Action Report.
Sir,
It is my duty to inform you that the 643rd BS launched a full compliment of low altitude bombers to the primary target Troop factory @ 9,5 and secondary target AAA factory @ 9,6. The flight could not locate the targets from the assigned bombing altitude.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Gos-410bg-a20-3.jpg/180px-Gos-410bg-a20-3.jpg)
We stayed in the target area for 25 minutes without sighting the primary and secondary targets.
![](http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1621863960422&id=9e041827128a0de36cab9b3179df93b3&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.armyaircorps.us%2fpictures%2fa201.JPG)
I pushed my pilots down through the low cloud cover to see if the target could be spotted.
![](http://www.military.cz/usa/air/war/bomber/a20/a20havoc_small.jpg)
The result was one lost ship crashed on hillside.
![](http://www.aero-web.org/database/aircraft/imgthumb.htm?id=8143)
On RTB an additional ship was lost as it crashed at the end of the runway of the alternate strip.
![](http://www.aero-web.org/database/aircraft/imgthumb.htm?id=8142)
We request a photo recon mission to the area to ascertain the correct location on all targets prior to the next mission.
Respectfully,
Major
Redtail7Commanding 603rd BS/409th BG