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Lt. Robert J. Beckley's Diary
Navigator, 600th/601st Squadron

Beckley's Mission No. 3

5 August 1944
Target: He 111 Engine factory, Doliberg, Germany

No. 3: Dollbergen [Doliberg], August 5, 1944:
[Editor's Note: The Official 398th Mission this day was to Doliberg, Germany. Probably Dollbergen was nearby or an alternate spelling.]


6 hours 25 minutes flying time.

Bomb load 20 two-hundred fifty pound GP bombs.

This is the kind of raid we all have sweet dreams about. There wasn’t a bit of flak over the target and the closest it ever got was about twenty miles to the left as we reached the initial point (IP). The target was a He 111 Engine factory.

Notes:
  • Lt. Robert J. Beckley was the Navigator for the Linn R. Rogers crew.
  • The above transcription was provided by Ann Collins, daughter of Phillip Collins, Ball Turret Gunner on the 601st Saul Marias Crew.
  • This transcription is a reproduction of the original. Spelling and punctuation changes have been made to improve readability. In some circumstances, material may not have been transcribed or was rewritten.
  • Clarification of acronyms or special words or guesses of certain words are shown in brackets [ ].

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