"Had one hell of a time - rode on flight deck No GEE box No pilotage No radio just D.R. on Metro and there was a wind shift. Moderate Flak but no holes."

"A bad time - Assembly area changed - Homed in on radio compass. Germans were jamming and we "homed" to 10 miles from Holland. Found error and returned to Dover. Could not find 467th. Tacked on to 448th and bombed with them.  Heavy Flak at target and return. 2 holes - one above waist window, the other in right wing. Don Hudson shotdown. MIA. Turned up POW 3 months later. Others killed. Rough mission."

"Not a bad mission - some light inaccurate stuff at the target. The following Groups got none."

"Best one to date - route over North Sea over enemy territory 45 mins. Everything went swell - easy - no flak."

"Never again! I hope! Went in over the Zuider Zee. Adverse weather all the way. Clouds up to 22,000ft. Many dog-legs around them. Straightened out on bomb run in - clouds and con trails. Lost #3 engine - salvoed bombs 6 miles south of target and turned to west. Let down to 17,000ft turned to 300 degrees and came out over coast near Heliogoland. 4 gun tracking flak at coast - several holes  - one piece hit bomb sight. Intercepted formation over North Sea and came on in. WORSE YET!"

"Everything went well until we arrived on bomb run - turned visual at the last minute and all hell broke loose. Flak intense and accurate! Hydraulic system shot out. Charlie Shinn got hit on his arm - a brace stopped the velocity. R/O Sodano called "Bomb Bay on fire." and Maharrey left tail turret let off 2 and passed out. Sodano thought he was hit. Had to circle field for 1hr while we cranked down the wheels and flaps. Wonderful landing. WORSE YET!"

"I was praying for an easy one after yesterday and it was, relatively. Moderate accurate flak but no holes."

"Heavy ground fog delayed take off. Our ground troops had a 1245 zero hour for their attack on the Ruhr. We finally took off on instruments and headed straight for the target. We were deputy Squadron-lead and took over lead over the channel after the leader aborted. Damn nice mission - everything went well. Bombs Away at 1244hrs. Rackheath base fogged in on return and we diverted to Lindholme RAF base."

"A good mission as far as Flak and Fighters - NONE. However we missed the target. It was GH Bombing. The viaduct is still standing."

"Very uneventful and easy. NO FLAK NO FIGHTERS."

"Largest force of 8th Air Force Bombers to date. 5 Squadron effort for 467th. 672 planes in 2nd DIV. and 1600 in 8th AF. Good mission - no flak. We were due to parade over Paris on return but scrubbed because of weather."

"Christmas Eve Mission. Bad weather all week and have "stood down". Super all out effort. 2000 Bombers in attack. 467th put up 63. Even "BIG PETE" flew, with carbines for protection. Each Squadron/Group had a different target. All of them were small marshalling yards at the base of Runstedt's Bulge. One of our Squadrons was hit by GAF. 

"A good visual day and the results were excellent. The RR Yards "HAIN'T NO MO'." Picked up some Flak over the BULGE. Got 6 holes - one in the nose."

"Our first mission in 791st Squadron. Capt. Leonard rode as Command Pilot. Hugh Donlon (engineer) lacerated finger in heater fan. Diverted to RAF Church Fenton."

"Lots of Flak but it was 1000ft too low. CHAFF is good stuff. MICKY (RADAR) went out on way home past Hanover and also  a big wind shift. Got off course and went over Osnabruck and Munster. Attlebridge lost 2."

"Good mission. GEE box all the way. Flak at bomb Line out!"

"A long mission but no flak or fighters."

"It was PFF and Cassidy messed up. We went from North to South over BERLIN and did not drop our bombs. Instead, we used it as an IP and dropped on Eberswalde."

"Once more after the Viaduct. Made a GH run and got some hits. The RAF finished it off that night."

"Started a GH run. Turned visual at last minute. Could not pick up target. Dropped our bombs over. Light Flak."

"A long mission - but a good one. Went in over Denmark and around south Sweden. Flew Group DEPUTY. 10/10ths cloud coverage and bombed PFF. NO FLAK!"

"Take off delayed one hour because of fog and haze. Finally got off and took up position as WING DEPUTY. Mix up on VHF caused us to take over lead for a few minutes. Col. Shower was in lead with Capt. Littleford. A very good mission in and out. Ernie Sorrentino did a mighty fine job as Pilotage man. NO FLAK! NO FIGHTERS! Saw lots of Germany. Most Ever. Just 8 more."

"The least said about this one the better. I think by far our roughest mission. Heavy Flak (155's) for 5-6 minutes at target. Intense and accurate, VERY. 30-40 holes. #546 (W. Shinn) went down over target with bomb bays on fire. Chapman, 2nd Sqd. lead also got it over Target. I saw Shinn's plane peel off after it was hit. Horrible sight. From then on I didn't think we would make it back, I rode the Flt. deck and did not see much Flak but I could hear it and feel it. I've never been so scared, Ever. Chapman turned up in Poland. Crashed. Everyone OK except Nav. Van Tress. He got it!"

"Group Deputy Lead. Took off in #671 but returned to field with#4 prop. gov. inop. Got in #862 and took off 25 mins. later. A "lovely" mission - - our best and easiest and by far the shortest. The Group got excellent results. Ryan flew as Pilotage Nav. in place of Ernie S. who was on pass. NO FLAK NO FIGHTERS. Landed at 11.45 AM. Again a "lovely" one. JUST 6 MORE!"

"Flew Deputy Group Lead. Good position. Visual all the way. Got excellent hits on target. Also lots of Heavy, Intense, and Accurate Flak. Got 40 holes. Scared to death! Otherwise good mission. 5 MORE AND I HATE TO FACE 'EM"

"Good mission - why?? I'll never know. 10/10ths clouds at target and low flak. CHAFF is wonderful. Balog rode as MICKY operator. Good Boy." "4 MORE. HERE'S HOPIN' and PRAYIN'."

"Flew Group Deputy on Capt. Ed Wild. Had to be visual or we were to return with our bombs. On bomb run target area was clear but target itself was obscure. Big correction at last and only a 10 sec. run. Other Sqdns. brought bombs back. Got jumped by jets. Maharrey and Wagoner cut loose mighty fine. 2 passes made at us - no hits."

"Third Squadron Lead. Turned over to deputy at W.I.P. Bomb sight inop. NO FLAK. 1 ME 109 made a pass at our formation. Mid-air collision with WENGER's plane. The 109 spun in. Wenger's ship had right stabilizer torn off but was still under control. No report as yet.2 MORE!"

"Flew with JACKSON'S crew to catch up with Frank Watson. A pretty good mission. Charlie Shinn finished up today. 35 missions. JUST ONE MORE."

"Flew 2nd Squadron lead. Abort in #250. Changed to #513 and carried on. WE weren't to be denied to day! A long mission but a good one. 5 bursts of flak at target and 1 B24 went down. Blew up around 10,000ft. Kenny R. hit the target for a VERY GOOD. FINIS! HAIN'T NO MO'!"