398th Bomb Group
Memorial
Association


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

Foryth's Mission No.
33

5 April 1945
Target:
Ordnance, Grafenwohr, Germany

April 5, 1945

Today was number thirty-three. We bombed the barracks of an ordnance outfit at Grafenwofr. We bombed from sixteen thousand. No. flak. On oxygen two hours.

6/500 G. P.
4/500 I. P.
8:15 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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