Saturday

In England, the war goes one. Today, Verne’s brother-in-law, Kenneth E. Cline, flew his sixth mission with the 392nd Bombardment Group (H) as the co-pilot of B-24 #118. Thirty B-24s dropped 1,240 bombs on the marshalling yards at Munster.¹ The target was obscured and bombing was by H2X. Flak was meagre and inaccurate and there was no German fighter opposition.²

All of the aircraft recovered safely at Wendling at 1700.

Notes & Commentary

¹ “Mission #260, Target: Munster.” WWW.B24.NET (http://b24.net/missions/MM031745.htm : accessed 26 January 2015).

² 392th Bombardment Group (H) History, March 1945, Headquarters 392th Bombardment Group (H), 8 April 1945, microfilm B0445, Maxwell AFB, AL: Air Force Historical Research Agency, 1973, frames 1820 & 1834.