Posted:
By: Jeffrey Charles Aiken
On: 03/26/2003
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Don,
My father flew on the same day as your uncle. I pulled out his flight log and it has two news clippings, one titled, "Allied Bombers Blast France in Heavy Raid" and the other, "Bombers Blast Nazi Evacuation Ships and Plants." My fathers logbook reads as like this:
MISSION: #6
DATE: August 24, 1944
TARGET: WEIMAR, GER.
Munitions factory engaged in the manufacturing of V-1 and V-2 jet and rocket weapons. Bombing done visually from 24,000' with good results.
FLAK: Light to moderate tracking flak enroute to, and over target area.
BOMB LOAD: 10 X 500 lb. GP.
FLIGHT TIME: 9:00
POSITION: #5 low sect. of low sqdn.
AIRCRAFT: "Queen of the Chase"
OBSERVATION: 401st. attacked by 25 ME 109's. 3 B-17's knocked down and 4 fighters destroyed.
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