Robert J. Weichhand Mission April 15, 1945
April 15, 1945
#19
We went to Italy today - flying the last mission of the 376th bomb. Group before the group goes back to the states. Every available ship flew today - many ships that have never been on a mission before. We flew #15 a veritable “Jinx.” But we got it there and back. The target was troop concentrations in and around Bologna. Our bomb load was 16-250# RDX. Takeoff at 10:25 - target 13:52 - landing 17:20. (Time 6:55) Altitude 20,900 results - unobserved. One bomb hung up and had to be jettisoned over the Tyrhenean sea. We passed Rome today for the first time. Escort 30-P38s. (The Squadron flew two boxes 6 and 10 ships.) We flew the 10 ship box.
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At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.
Also, the board approved a $5,000 donation to add to Ed Clendenin's $20,000 donation in the memory of his father. Together, these funds begin an endowment for the preservation of the 376 archives.
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