Summary of Missions and Targets

Forsyth Mission	Mission Date	Mission Location via Diary	Target via Diary	Comments
1	October 30, 1944	Hamm	Marshalling Yards	-
2	November 4, 1944	Hamburg, but location was probably Harburg. See Comments.	Oil Plants	The official 398th Mission for 4 Nov 1944 was to Harburg, Germany. Forsyth's diary indicated that he went to Hamburg on 4 Nov 1944. Harburg is about 5 miles south of Hamburg and south of the Elbe River. It is presumed that Forsyth wrote the name of the larger city, Hamburg, though the actual target was Harburg that day. Thus the name of the target in the diary was changed to Harburg to be consistent with the 398th Official Mission records.
3	November 5, 1944	Frankfurt	Marshalling Yards	-
4	November 8, 1944	Merseburg	Oil Plants	-
5	November 10, 1944	Cologne	Airfield	-
6	November 21, 1944	Merseburg	-	-
7	November 26, 1944	Misburg	Oil Plants	-
8	November 27, 1944	Offenburg	Marshalling Yards	-
9	November 29, 1944	Misburg	Oil Plants	-
10	November 30, 1944	Merseburg	-	-
11	December 9,1944	Stuttgart	Marshalling Yards	-
12	December 15, 1944	Kassel	Locomotives and Tank Plants	-
13	December 18, 1944	Cologne	Marshalling Yards	-
14	December 24, 1944	Koblenz	Marshalling Yards	-
15	December 29, 1944	Binsen	Marshalling Yards	Binsen appears to be a typo. The spelling is Bingen, Germany.
16	January 3, 1945	Cologne	Marshalling Yards	-
17	January 5, 1945	Kall	Communications Railroad and Crossroads	-
18	January 8, 1945	Cologne	Airfield	The official 398th Mission for 8 Jan 1945 was to Speyer, Germany. Forsyth's diary indicates that he went to Cologne on 8 Jan 1945. Cologne and Speyer are over a hundred miles apart. Speyer is near Ludwigshafen. The 398th Group Historian has researched this matter and it is now believed that the date should be 10 Jan 1945. On that day, the 398th flew to Ostheim, Gemany, about 100 miles east of Cologne. The secondary target though was Cologne. One plane went to the secondary target. See Editor's Notes for Forsyth's 10 Jan 1945 Diary Entry.
19	January 13, 1945	Germershiem	Railroad Bridge at Germersheim	The actual spelling of Germershiem is Germersheim.
20	January 22, 1945	Sterkrade	Oil Plants	-
21	January 29, 1945	Koblenz	Marshalling Yards	The official 398th Mission for 29 Jan 1945 was to Niederlahnstein, Germany. Forsyth's diary indicates that he went to Koblenz on 29 Jan 1945. Niederlahnstein and Koblenz are only about 10 km apart. Mr. Forsyth probably just chose the name of the larger city for his diary.
22	February 9, 1945	Paderborn	Railway Bridge	The official 398th Mission for 9 Feb 1945 was to Altenbeken, Germany. Forsyth's diary indicates that he went to Paderborn on 9 Feb 1945. Altenbeken and Paderborn are only about 20 km apart. Mr. Forsyth probably just chose the name of the larger city for his diary.
23	February 14, 1945	Prague	-	-
24	February 20, 1945	Nurnberg	-	-
25	February 21, 1945	Nurnberg	-	-
26	February 28, 1945	Schwerte	Marshalling Yards	-
27	March 1, 1945	Nerkarsulm	Tank Factory	The actual spelling of Nerkarsulm is Neckarsulm.
28	March 4, 1945	Ulm	Tank Repair Plant	-
29	March 5, 1945	Chemnitz	Marshalling Yards	-
30	March 17, 1945	Bohlen	Oil Plants	-
31	March 22, 1945	Dorsten	General Headquarters and Barracks of an Army Camp	-
32	March 28, 1945	Berlin	-	The official 398th Mission for 28 Mar 1945 was to Berlin, Germany. The Forsyth diary indicated the target was Spandan a subürg of Berlin.
33	April 5, 1945	Grafenwohn	Ordnance Outfit	-
34	April 7, 1945	Kohlenbissen	Airfield	-
35	April 8, 1945	Derben	Oil Storage Plants	-

Table Note:

1. The above format of the the table is different than in the diary, but was done to improve readability.
2. The dates, locations, and targets are as they are in the Forsyth Diary Mission Table. If there are discrepancies, they are noted in the comments column.