| No.1 |
14 Aug 1944 |
MANNHEIM Jet propelled aircraft factory. Hits very good.
Some of the heaviest flak encountered by the group. 10-GP No.2 in High
Squadron-Low Group Good weather. Lt. Martenson, pilot. |
| No.2 |
16 Aug 1944 |
ROZITZ Carbonization plant and oil refinery. 10-500# GP.
Bombs very good. Light flak. No.3 High Squadron-Low Group. Good weather.
Escort encountered bandits. Lt. Hyder, pilot. |
| No.3 |
26 Aug 1944 |
BREST Coastal gun installations. Did not drop
bombs-overcast on two bomb runs. No flak or fighters. No.5 High
Group-Lead Squadron. 38-100# brought back. |
| No.4 |
30 Aug 1944 |
BREMEN Foche-Wolf aircraft factory. Hits unobserved-PFF.
Moderate flak. Came back on three engines. 40 100# incendiaries. No.2
High Squadron-Lead Group. |
| No.5 |
1 Sept 1944 |
MAINZ Tank factory near Frankfort. Cloud up to 20,000
feet. Recalled just inside Germany. Brought back 4 1000# GP No.6 Lead
Squadron-High Group. PFF navigation. |
| No.6 |
3 Sept 1944 |
BREST Buildings, probably barracks. Made four runs over
target-one at 11,000 feet, others at 8,000 feet. Hits very good, 99% in
1,000 feet. 38-100# Demo. No.2 Low Squadron-Low Group. |
| No.7 |
5 Sept 1944 |
BREST Troops and ground personnel. Hits were not too
good-one run at 12,000 feet. 30-260# fragmentation bombs. No.2 Low
Squadron-B Group. Very near a hospital. |
| No.8 |
8 Sept 1944 |
MAINZ Armament factory near Frankfort. Lead of the High
Squadron-Lead Group. 10-500# GP. 80% in 2,000 feet. English fired at us
on return. |
| No.9 |
12 Sept 1944 |
LEIPZIG Synthetic oil factory-small town south of the
city. No.2 Low Squadron-High Group. 10-500# GP. Hits obscured by smoke
from earlier groups. |
| No.10 |
13 Sept 1944 |
STUTTGART Aero engine factory. Did not make run on
primary target. Brought back 12-500# incendiary clusters. No.5 Lead
Squadron-Low Group. |
| No.11 |
17 Sept 1944 |
ARNHEM Anti-aircraft installations. 30-260# fragmentation
bombs. No.3 Low Squadron-High Group. Bombed by squadrons. |
| No.12 |
19 Sept 1944 |
KOBLENZ Railroad marshalling yards. Good hits on targets
of opportunity. 6-1,000# GP. No 3 Lead Squadron-Low Group. Primary
target covered by weather. |
| No.13 |
25 Sept 1944 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN Chemical works. PFF bombing and navigation.
No.3 Low Squadron-Lead Group. Piece of flak came through nose of
airplane-flak suit stopped it. 6-1,000# GP |
| No.14 |
26 Sept 1944 |
BREMEN Foch-Wolf plant. Lead High Squadron-Lead Group.
Bombed PFF. No flak holes but B Group hit with heavy flak. 5-1,000# GP. |
| No.15 |
27 Sept 1944 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN Chemical plant. 12-500# GP No.2 Low
Squadron-Lead Group. I got hit in the face with plexiglas from 4"
hole in nose of airplane. |
| NO.16 |
3 Oct 1944 |
NURNBERG Airfield-experimental station for ME-262
jet-propelled planes. 10-500# Incendiary. No.2 High Squadron-Low Group.
Visual run. |
| No.17 |
5 Oct 1944 |
MUNSTER Hangar installation at airfield. 6-500#
Incendiary, 6-500# GP. Two bombs released late. No.2 Low Squadron-Low
Group. Light inaccurate flak. |
| No.18 |
6 Oct 1944 |
BERLIN Tank factory. 5-1,000# GP. No.3 High Squadron-High
Group. Flak all over the place. Released bombs late because of plane
under us. Fighters attacked other wing. |
| No.19 |
7 Oct 1944 |
MERESBURG I.G. Farbin. Actually dropped bombs at
Berlinfelt R.R. yards-target of last resort. Lead of Second Element of
Lead Squadron-Low Group. Flak at primary-few holes in the plane.
10-500#GP. |
| No.20 |
9 Oct 1944 |
GUSTAVSBURG Tank factory near Mainz. Bombed PFF. Flak
moderate and inaccurate. No.2 Lead Squadron-High Group. 5-1,000#GP.
Weather pretty bad. |
| No.21 |
12 Oct 1944 |
BREMEN Tank and truck factory-visual bomb run. No. 2 Lead
Squadron-Low Group. 12-500# Incendiary. Light flak. |
| No.22 |
14 Oct 1944 |
COLOGNE Railroad marshalling yards. 6-500# Incendiary.
Bombed PFF. Lead Plane-High Squadron-Lead Group. Moderate flak. Entire
8th Air Force hit same town. Also 6-500# GP. |
| No.23 |
18 Oct 1944 |
KASSEL Tank factory was primary-we bombed railroad yards
in the center of town PFF. Lead-Low Squadron-Deputy Lead.6-500#
Incendiary 6-500# GP. Bad weather on return-some planes landed in
Belgium. Light flak. |
| No.24 |
19 Oct 1944 |
MANHEIM Tank factory-bombed PFF. Very intense and
accurate flak-another hole in the nose of the plane. 6-500# Incendiary
and 6-500# GP. Lead Second Element-Lead Squadron. Bad weather. |
| No.25 |
22 Oct 1944 |
MUNSTER Primary was airfield southeast of town-bombed
secondary PFF. Lead-Low Section-Lead Squadron. 6-500# Incendiary, 6-500#
GP. Light inaccurate flak. |
| No.26 |
4 Nov 1944 |
HAMBURG Oil storage tanks and refineries-bombed PFF. No.
2 Low Element-Low Section-High Squadron. 12-500# GP. Heavy flak but
inaccurate. |
| No.27 |
5 Nov 1944 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN I.G. Farbin chemical plant. Lead-Low
Element-Low Section-Low Squadron. Flew with the 385th Bomb Group.
6-1,000# GP. Heavy accurate flak. |
| No.28 |
6 Nov 1944 |
NEUMUNSTER Aircraft factory was primary target. We bombed
railroad yards in the center of town PFF. No.3 Lead Section-High
Squadron. 20-250# GP. Target located east of Kiel. Only flak from Kiel. |
| No.29 |
9 Nov 1944 |
SAARBRUCKEN Railroad yards. Primary target was part of
Segfried Line. Two runs over the target. 6-1,000# GP. Light and
inaccurate flak. Lead Low Section-High Squadron. |
| No.30 |
16 Nov 1944 |
DUREN East of Achen-troop support. Bombed in group
formation. Lead Low Section-High Squadron. 30-250# fragmentation bombs.
Moderate flak. Landed at Welford Park because of weather-stayed two
days. |
| No.31 |
21 Nov 1944 |
KOBLENZ Railroad marshalling yards. Primary target was
Meresburg. Lead Low Section-Lead Squadron. 12-500# GP. Light accurate
flak on the way in. |
| No.32 |
26 Nov 1944 |
HAMM Railroad yards. Lead Low Section-Low Squadron.
12-500# GP. Light accurate flak at the target. |
| No.33 |
27 Nov 1944 |
BINGEN Railroad marshalling yards. Bombed Micro-H. No.4
High Section. 2-500# Incendiary and 34-100# GP. No flak at target-light
inaccurate flak at IP. Enlisted men finished on this one. |
| No.34 |
30 Nov 1944 |
MERESBURG Synthetic oil refinery-visual bombing. Lots and
lots of flak. 20-250# GP. Lead Low Section-High Squadron. Last mission
for Dutch [Hoffman, pilot]. |
| No.35 |
4 Dec 1944 |
MAINZ Railroad marshalling yards. Moderate flak. No.2
High Element-Low Squadron. Flew with Lt. Meyers and crew and bombed
with another bomb group. Jack [Wells, navigator] and I finished today.
All of the boys were down to meet us. Dutch met us in a jeep - a swell
crew! |
