Another
diary I received as a Xerox copy is (I think) from my uncle, Dean Hislop. The first date of the diary is dated Monday,
December 13, 1943. I don’t know if this
is the actual date or if this is simply a handy diary for Dean Hislop to
use. This appears to be a countdown of
the missions flown by Dean Hislop in the European Theater during World War
Two. I hope you find this to be an
interesting document as I provide transcripts from time to time.
“First Raid”
Target—Bremen Got up this morning at
2:30 had breakfast & went to briefing (.)
Got target, ship no., and position, which was 2nd in 1st
element which was good (.) Went out to
ship & radio was out. They put in
new trans. but it didn’t work so took off without one (.) Just at take off I noticed my gun was busted
and it took me until we were almost to Germany to fix it, we went into the
target over the north sea which made the Raid a 6 & ½ hour run (.) We test fired our guns & all were working
which made us feel good (.) We
encountered flack when we were over the target which was only about 5 min &
not to(o) heavy (.) Only half our bombs
would release and we had to take them back to the north sea & drop them
(.) Going out P47 were with us all the
way which was good (.) Saw no enemy
fighters(.) …I had my face frost bitten,
Reposh (?) got the back of his hands burnt (.)
Other than that all went well (.)
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