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

Beckley's Mission No. 21

30 September 1944
Target: Marshalling Yards, Munster, Germany

21. Munster, September 30, 1944:

6 hours 45 minutes flying time.

Bomb load 12 five-hundred pound GP bombs.

On our course over Eindhoven and Arnhem we were expecting fighter interception to be protecting that area, but none were ready to pounce on us. Coming in on the run to drop our bombs on the Marshalling Yards we thought, for a while, we had caught the flak gunners napping but, just before bombs away, they opened up on us. We should know by now that they never stay very far from their guns. The barrage was pretty accurate, but we got through without a hit. On the way home we were surprised with flak at the coast from New Amsterdam.

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.
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