Lt. Robert J. Beckley's Diary

398th Bomb Group
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**Lt. Robert J. Beckley's Diary**
Navigator, 600th/601st Squadron

Beckley's Mission No. 6

**13 August 1944**
**Target:** **Seine River Bridge, Rouen, (La Manoir), France**
No. 6. Rouen [La Manoir], August 13, 1944: [Editor's Note: The Official 398th Mission this day was to La Manoir, France. Rouen is a larger city on the river.] 5 hours 30 minutes flying time. Bomb load 6 one-thousand pound GP bombs. We called “bombs away” on a Seine River bridge to hamper the German retreat in the sector. The flak wasn’t heavy, but they had our range with every burst. No battle damage, luck is still with us. This was our Air Medal mission so we called ourselves Junior Birdmen when we got back to base.

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.
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