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

Foryth's Mission No. 22

9 February 1945
Target: Bridge, Altenbeken, Germany

February 9, 1945

Today we flew our twenty-second combat mission. We bombed the railway bridge at Paderborn [Altenbeken]. There was no flak over the target but we did get some at the coast of Holland. We bombed from twenty-five thousand. On oxygen four hours.

6/1000
6:45 Hrs

Editor's Note: The 398th official target was Altenbeken; Paderborn is about 20 km away. Mr. Forsyth probably just chose the name of the larger city for his diary.

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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