398th Bomb Group
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T/Sgt. George W. Forsyth's Diary
Engineer/TT Gunner 602nd Squadron

Foryth's Mission No. 14

24 December 1944
Target: Marshalling Yards, Koblenz, Germany

December 24, 1944

Today we flew our fourteenth combat mission. We bombed the Marshalling yards at Koblenz. The flak was light but accurate. We picked up two holes. When we got back to England there was ground fog all over except along the coast; we landed at the coast. We ate at the base where we landed and waited until midnight for trucks to take us home. It took us four hours to travel sixty miles. It was so damn cold we could hardly feel ourselves after the first couple of hours. That’s how we spent our Christmas Eve. A bunch of tired, cold and dirty guys.

38/100 G. P.
8:00 Hrs

Notes:
  • T/Sgt. George W. Forsyth was the Engineer and Top Turrent Gunner for Al Petska's 602nd Squadron crew.
  • The above transcription was provided by James Froelich, son of Sgt. James S. Froelich of the same Petska 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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