Chapter 48-24

24 Castrop                                                                                                                                                                                   next mission

2Nov44

US mission 698

"This was no milk run by any means, and we weem to hit nothing but the Ruhr (Happy Valley). Led the 446th BG. 5/10 cloud cover up to the Castrop-Rauxel synthetic oil refinery near Dortmund. This didn't stop the flak, and plenty came up. Several burst hit near the ship, and we got some nice large holes. Scared the hell out of Olmsted, but I wasn't looking for the flak, so it didn't bother me. Bombed GH. Got back with about 15 holes." Foster

Ruhr Valley Raiders above are B17 with ME 109s Messerschmidts. Ruhr Valley was a big target.

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Target for Today Excellent 1944 AA Corps Govt movie puts you right back there to cover a whole mission. Real military personnel although campy stilted dialog. 1 1/2 hr  if glitch/reload