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T/Sgt. George W. Forsyth's Diary
Engineer/TT Gunner 602nd Squadron

Foryth's Mission No. 10

30 November 1944
Target: Merseburg, Germany

November 30, 1944

Today is our tenth mission. We went to Merseburg again and believe me I’ve never seen so much flak in all my life. The lead ship made a mistake after bombs away and turned the wrong way right into some more flak. We were in flak for twenty-five solid minutes. We were the luckiest of anybody in the group we only got two holes. Some or I should say most of them really got shot up. Two ships got direct hits and they didn’t even have a chance. It really gives you an empty feeling to see a ship go down. We bombed from twenty-six thousand. On oxygen for five hours.

20/250 G. P.
7:50 Hrs

Notes:
  • T/Sgt. George W. Forsyth was the Engineer and Top Turrent Gunner for Al Petska's 602nd Squadron crew.
  • The above transcription was provided by James Froelich, son of Sgt. James S. Froelich of the same Petska crew.
  • This transcription is a reproduction of the original. Spelling and punctuation changes have been made to improve readability. In some circumstances, material may not have been transcribed or was rewritten.
  • Clarification of acronyms or special words or guesses of certain words are shown in brackets [ ].

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