HOP'N MAD!
Mission 94
Target: Gelsenkirchen — Oil refinery
Date: Aug. 16/17, 1944
To Target: No encounters
Target: We were spotted in the searchlights by a Me-109 which proceeded to destroy the rubber raft, put rounds into the starboard wing root and destroyed the aileron. Tail gunner believes he 'nicked' him. (Me-109 — FCA Sgt. Jake Weathers). No flak hits; Bomb Run on, and 20% On Target
Return: No encounters
Victories: None
Notes: None
(Signed) F/O Harry Maguire, Pilot
Pilot: F/O Harry Maguire
Bomb aimer: Sgt. Terrence Reilly
Flight engineer: P/O Henry Beams
Navigator: P/O Roger Skelton
W/O operator: Sgt. Thomas Herald
Mid-upper gunner: Sgt. Paul Monksford
Tail gunner: Sgt. Jake Weathers