Point Missions2

Sometime Army Air Force Bomber missions were 2 Point.

2 points missions had an upside,                 

Provided you returned to base.

Frank needed fifty combat mission points

Before he could return stateside.

Army Air Force Bomber missions were

Elevated from 1 to 2 if the time

Required to target and return

Increased the risk, substantial,

Or if Messserschmitt  BF 109’s,

In numbers, were waiting.

Frank described the German fighter BF109

As both beautiful and very efficient.

He thought German pilots were excellent.

Frank’s B-24 bomber was one of two

In a nine-bomber formation, that returned safely,

After a 2-point mission.