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- 1 NOVE 9BER 1944 - 31 NOVE' 1BER 1944

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Mont h ot Noveaiber 191 1F, pr epsred by T, Sgt Donal d J . Goranaon, 468t h B SQ

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1 St a.nd- do rn. Weat her . Rout i ne , Lt Kanorrs} and S, t s Bray and oodback, Fi ve new combat men i n. Navi gat i on l ect ur s by I,t Nud,a t o t he newenlisted bamba.rdiera.2 St atzd- down. Wea er . Rout . Lt s Jonea , Ne .hard and oan ramthe k2nd Y ing. They were aerYt there to break in the 319th Group on the

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_vi$ at i on l ect ur e by Lt Duda .

Stand-down, ea her aga , edaj.s wer® presente s mor ng n4 88t h "C- rat i on bowl + by Br i g- e n Kna pp, Cpl Rum ae l wa s euppos ed t o beo n t he 1 8qt h pl ane whi c h t ook oYf i r om Na.pl e .3 l .at e y e st e r day a nd nowi t a n i s s i ng . Ca pt ] i nt z gav e a l ec t ur e on radi o a nd S- 2 gav e an B & Eleeture to the new ereKS.

4 F ' teen planes to Cgsa e ]do errato ra br dge, It . Gotaccuracy. Ack-ack ras plenty hsavy and intenee. even planes wereholed and 8 F xas ditched about a mile north ot the tip of the island,Lt Kiqg pilot rr8s dro rned and Sgt Burger tail gunner never came up.He mus t hav e go ne do rn wi t h t he pl ane . The r es t o f t he cr e r i s i n t hehospital sutfering trom exposure. Rommel came back. He wasn t on that 489t h pl ane a Pt e r a l l ._5 St and- down. taat her . Four Of f i aere and -j n et ec en, com ba men, l ef t f vr hoa e. 9- 2 bufl di ng just about f i.ni shed . ul t i f mai lf or a cha s .

s on o rans oimer a Tr ent o , I a y w ve p e s . , p c-cellent bombing because there xere three hospitals located in the areaand not a one was hit. One of the bambardiers who was disaualitied iromtlying waa transferrsd to another group as S-2 Cpficer. 7Pe now haveCapt ai ns Kok, gcelbi ng pt f i c ar , and bswad, Fl i ght Commander .7 488th sent eightesn planes to Casarsa road and rail br idge Ita1y utthey couldn t bomb due to weather. Combat men happy-•-three new crerrsaesigned todap, Therets an epidemie of trench mouth and dermatitis malo'

i n t he r ounds ot ' t he Squa dron. - -- -8 Pinzano rail bridge Ita y ba abad by twelve planes. Got on],y 50 ast hs aecond bax mi ssed t he t ar et

_ . 5- 2 bui l di ng f i ni ahed.Sent txa ve ptanes o same get as yeaterday bu ey were una e o

bomb due to undercast in the tar et area.ss n ra s s . ,

lii s si on t o Pi azzol a rai l . br , I t al y , 100y . Zt ro awre c o mbat men l ef t f orthe States.S an wn, ea er, ou e. ,aranson gave a na ga on ec uret o t he ne.r bombardi er a .

aen p nes ex over s e ovo ra r e , a

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Sheet No .w ar Di ary l 88t h Bomb gquadron Al esan I,/ G, Corsi ca.._ . ..

o.nt h of Nove absr 191i4 . pr epar ed by T/ Sgt Donal d J, Goranaon 1 BSt b Bomb gq

DAY u g Sbomb because of xe shter. ;.t Jonea and Sgt Andrist back. They force- /landed in Spain due to shortage of gasoline and rere internGd until justnox. The cargo liquor--ffi].

200 xorth of it was contiecated by the SpBr _

n i s h Gov ernaae nt , al ong ri t h t he ai r pl a ne ,1Ji St and- do rn . iea t her . No f l

,yi ng at al l t oday . C• e of t he engi neer s_ _

broke his ahoulder playing fovtball.1 5 St and- down , Jones and A.ndri st l ef t f or hom e t oday al ong .ri t h [aj orHoward, pps Of f i csr . Ma j or Howard xi l l be back f ai rl y aoon t hough as heo took a 34 day leave. Ditching brocedure lecture bp Lt Ta.rzeZ.16 Again eighteen planea Rent to CaEtls Novo rQil brid ra but this time xeba abed . Borabi ng ac curacy wa s 9 . Ca i ro Cos sa cks t

.s f t t oday .17 di s s i on t o Fa enza r oad br i 3g e I t a l y ri t h t vrel v e p l anQa ar r yi ng t hou-s a nds and t hr ee ca yi n cha f . 9 , cape l ec t u ,re on yl go s l avi a t oal ]

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.l d be Ke tl l be o pe rat i ng ov er i n t hat di re c t i on s c on .16 Stand-doxn. Comaunications Officer g3ve rwdio release lecture to newboambsrdie rs. Football frtill th® big aport, ka3 Cassada was the rsferee for the gunnere aad Headquarters section and two of the gunners got abit heated. The m aj atopped one scrap on the field but after t: e game

ras finished the two vrent oif into the woods and had it out, pne ended- up xith having four etitches taken over his right eye, On the xholethO good eport anahip has been displaped on the football iield aad

most of the felloxs ha e en,ioged the season,1 9 .s ai on t o Fa enas r oe d br i dge aga i r, wi t h t wel 4e pl a . s . 100, a i n .

Lo r e ra t u s f or t he enl i s t ed c a nba t er s o nnal c ame out .20 WeatY:er made our ormation turn c rom t e C2sarsa ra r gediTersion, Ita19. R,outine.,21 Weather again made our tornstion turn back, this time fran Qbedisce railbridge, Ita13-. The Gexm ans hew e the neather on their aids again, USOahow t oni ght a t t he Ecil .i at od 1 en s Red Cr o s B Cl ub . Qui t e good , ev ez n-body en oyed seein and hearing American girls again,11 4 3E3Lh got 10 ( aga 3.a , t h3e t i me o n t r oop c oncent ra t i ons nea r Fa enza , Italy, hess hall finished for Thanksgitring dinnsr tomorrox. The ?ight13t in b the cello lass lends a chee at. nos here to it,23 Thanl gi ng in Corsica. A stand-down a or xo r ea-- . oand second to Yugoal.,av

ia, pur one olane secret mission got over toFlarence but couldn t land due to weather. Maj Brussela, Group FlightSurgeon, spoke at noon in the dispersary to the crerrs who are aweatingout rot e.t i o n . Al l of t hem hav e bet .re en 60 a nd 74 mi s s i ons . The df nne rwent off without a hitch and most ever .e aRreed that it was a good ideaf o r t he enl i at od men t o drax nu be r a f or f r s t and se c ond di nner t i e 9 ,The dinner itself ras delicioua and everyon® anjoy ed it, pn the serving

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Sheet No . -̂ Tar Di ary 1 8St h Bomb Squadr on Al esan If G, Cors i ca

-Yont h of Novecaber 191;!}. Pr epnred by T/ ̂ t D•onal d J. Gore.nson l.BSt h Bomb Sq

DAY L TENTS

2 St and- dorm. Weat he r , XI I Ai r Fo rc e i ns pec t ora her e and t heg rs notoverlooking a thing even dvxn to inspecting personn el tente. A ma3orheard ar p comp].a

ints other than rotation or transfers at nooa in theOr der l y So o a. An At f ore s agent gav s an E & E l ec t ure t o al l cr ews s t1 500 hour a . Mei i l i

.a pr et t y s l ow i n c omi ng i n t he s e day e- - t ods.y t he r ewa,s o one l e t t er f or t he whol e s ua dr on.

2 Stand-down ma . Anot er .ecture was g ven or ese crews at

rere f l y i ng y e s t e rda y af t er noon . Fr l i s t ed men ar e go i ng t o g i ve ada nc e nex t Thur s day at t he F.1[ a ed Cr os s Cl ub . Sa t her of pg a i s t he4E8th respresentative. S/Sgt Lippert of ou.r photo section received adi rec t ca nmer dat i o n f rom Br '.g- e n K,napp f or r f e c t i ng t he i ns t al l at,i onof a twelva inch camera in the noae of a &-2

The purpaee of the camera

is to take pictures fro the initial poinct to the target for referencsin case Ae have to go over that target again.

26 St and- do rn. Rai n i . t he ai 't ernoon. Dr i va , our carperit er , got an en-ergi zer f or hi s saw. Mapbe we x on t be bot he rAd. a i t h radi o i nt erf er ence

_ at aor e, we hope .___._ _ ._. __.' 27 Rai n and a st and- down f or a change . Boys back f ram xo e . , 1.1 con tcrewe xere called togi her and given a lecture on th® uae of the hsater

after xhich Capt Bachtell gave a short talk on if the rar ends aoon allour planea and ggsoline will be taken away froam ua and strenuous p ,T.and an extsnsive educationsl prograrn will be inatigated. The Groupthough xill be givea the choice of volunteeri.ag

for another thaater orswe at i ng out goi ng ba ck t o t he St at e s , Thi s +ri l l be c auae f o r man,ydiscussions far into the ni t. Yailil VYell some a how.

2 Y ssion to uagenta ro .d and ra bridge, I . l aBed, Y came homeoa a single engine. No mail, Yeeting in S-2 at 1900 houra to decideupon a topic for the first OrierYtation discussion group. Sub ect ofprisoners of xar in the U .S. was choeen--kind of touchy but sveryon®is intereated in it.

29 St aud do. ru . Se c ret mi s ai on back f or a ahort t e . The crex s a ngin F orence, iline gu,aQere ir+oa the VIII Air Fores in tonight. ?heghave f rom one t o af ne mi s sf.ona i n heavi ea. Good movi e , Up In T abel s8oa n .

St - dn.rn , p r am ng ma ng canns d ra o pr ogrems . S- raoPf t he c ha nce s on t he t Ys a rbool and CBpt l a r i no won . Lfo ne p f or Gr onpi ns i gni a wa a al s o t aks a i n . Our $ ngi ne er i ng Of f i c er i a m x Ca Ya cko .Qn the whole the month of Nove ber has beea fairl.v alow but ull ofamci ous wai t i ng f or t he weat her , and * at chi ng t he pr o rr e s a of t hecampaigna in both theatera. The 488th did ita assigr.e

d ahare bT ilyingl96 eortiea and drogping k6l 120 pounds of bombs. There wera eightef f ec t i v a mi s s i one . non- e f f dct i ve mi s ei ons and t r o t fin e a up ro i t h cc -bat time only. The bambing accuracy was 86.60 .- _ .

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