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Target- Military Inst. near
   Gelsenkirchen
Alt. 25,000   | at Westerhault
Temp- -36°C
flak - Miderate but accurate
Bombing - Visual - 3/10 clouds
Results were unobserved
Time 6 hr 30 min
Remarks. Shortest & Ruffest.
Had over 100 hits in our
ship. Left w[aist?]. inter[com?] shot out.
2 control cables - 1 port[able?]. oxy
bottle and emer. dinghy also.
Andy was hit in the leg.
Purple heart for him. Poor
plane, needs new wing &
   over
Photo Credit : Len Estrin, 2006

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