Lt. Mark J. Woods, Jr.'s Diary

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

Woods Mission No. 21

**27 June 1944**
**Target** **Biennais, France**
Total combat time=144:25 hours Date: June 27, 1944 Mission No. 21 Location of target: Biennais, 10 miles north of Rowen, France, Type of target: Camouflaged warehouse. Load: 2700 gals of gas and ten 500 lb. bombs. Flight Time: 5:50 hours Escort: Area cover, saw none. Force of raid: 24 planes, 2-24 plane formations. Position: Leader of low squadron of high group. Opposition: Light and accurate flak. Battle damage: None. Results: Dropped bombs. I would say that we missed the target by 10 miles. Remarks: We made three runs on the target. The navigation was not good.

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