S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Green's Diary

398th Bomb Group
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S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Green's Diary
Gunner, 603rd Squadron

Green Mission No. 23

**22 February 1945**
**Target** **Stendal, Germany**
February 22, 1945 Mission: Stendal, Germany We bombed at 13,000 feet. The temperature was –10 degrees. This raid was an all out bombing of Germany. More than 2,000 bombers took part. The 15th Air Force from Italy was with us on this raid. All transportation of any sort was to be knocked out. No flak was encountered at this target, and we could see our own bombing results from our low altitude. We hit our marshalling yard target dead center. The smoke from other targets in the vicinity was rising as high as 20,000 feet.

Notes:

For the first part of his tour S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Green was a Gunner on Kenneth S. Hastings' 603rd Squadron crew.
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