History of the Diary

1. Veteran/Position/Squadron/Crew:
   T/Sgt. Armand Fugge
   B-17 Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
   600th Squadron
   Donald Lowe Crew
2. Original Diary Location:
   Unknown.
3. Copies at Key Repositories:
   8th AF Heritage Museum in Savannah: Unknown
   Hertfordshire Archives: Unknown
   398th's Wally Blackwell:
   398th's Raymond Borys: Paper and Electronic
   398th's Dave Jordan: : Paper and Electronic
   398th Donald Lowe's 600 Crew Members: Paper copies thought to be with all of the crew or their families
   398th's Allen Ostrom: Unknown
   398th Web Site/Archive: Electronic
   
4. Period Covered:
   Thirty-two 398th Missions between May 6, 1944 and August 8, 1944
5. When written:
   Armand Fugge's diary was written daily from April 20 through August 21, 1944. There is an entry for every day, including days when he was not on missions and thus provides some insights into everyday life at Nuthampstead. The diary was typed up years later and copies were given to the Donald Lowe Crew at various 398th Reunions. The diary also provides a number of short comments on missions Armand did not fly or were scrubbed. There are also a number of first hand comments about his observations of what he saw when colleagues were shot down.
6. Transcribers to Electronic Text:
   Raymond Borys with some minor editing by Wally Blackwell and Dave Jordan. The August 8th mission was transcribed from Flak News.
7. Contact Information:
   Comments or corrections about this diary can be sent to the 398th Comment Coordinator.
8. Epilogue:
   Not available.