Lt. Mark J. Woods, Jr.'s Diary - 7 April 1944 to 22 April 1944

398th Bomb Group
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Lt. Mark J. Woods, Jr.'s Diary
Navigator, 600th Squadron

**7 April 1944 to 22 April 1944**
**Non Mission days**
Date: April 7, 1944 Mission: Rapid City to Grand Island, Nebraska Load: 1700 gals of gas, baggage and equipment, wt. 3500 lbs. Flight Time: 2:40 hours Date: April 13, 1944 Mission: Grand Island to Bangor, Maine Flight Time: 9:15 hours Load: 27,000 gals of gas, baggage and equipment wt. 3500 lbs. Date: April 18, 1944 Mission: Bangor, Maine (Dow Field) to Goose Bay, Labrador Load: 2700 gals of gas, baggage and equipment wt. 3500 lbs. Remarks: Hit Goose Bay 1mile right Flight Time: 4:40 hours, 2:40 hours on instruments Date: April 19, 1944 Mission: Goose Bay, Labrador to Meeks Field (Reykjavik), Iceland Load: 2700 gals of gas, baggage and equipment wt. 3500 lbs. Remarks: Celestial navigation until one hour past Prince Christian. Missed Prince Christian 1 mile, hit Meeks on the nose. Time: 11:00 hours, 1 hour on instruments Altitude: 11,000 feet to 15,000 feet, two hours out of Iceland Date: April 20, 1944 Mission: Meeks Field to Nuts Corner, Ireland via Stornway, Scotland Flight Time: 5:30 hours Load: 1700 gals of gas, baggage and equipment wt. 3500 lbs. Remarks: Missed destination three miles right. Hit Stornway, Scotland on the nose. Date: April 22, 1944 Mission: Nuts Corner, Ireland to Nuthampstead, England Flight Time: 3:00 hours

Notes:

Lt. Mark J. Woods, Jr. was a Navigator on Stanley R. Reed's 600th Squadron crew.
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