Mission 130 Debriefing
Target: Politz
Mission 130 was our third mission flown. Our take off was on schedule, and navigation to the target was fine. Once our flight took us over Germany, we were harassed by fighters repeatedly, but suffered no major damage. Our luck continued over the target, as we managed to lose another 110. The searchlights never found us, and we encountered no flak. A 109 came out of nowhere and shots were traded with neither of us causing harm to the other. Our luck did not hold as we conducted our bomb run. We bombed on the green TI, but witnessed no secondary explosions from our delivery. Given the nature of the target, we can only assume our run was off. No opposition was encountered during our outbound trip.
Plane and crew are fit to fly the next mission.
Frederick J. Weaver
February 9, 1945