Debrief notes.
§ Group Debrief
With 200 enemy jet aircraft reported in the operational area, this strike on the Parchen airfield at 18,000 feet turned into a sustained 40-minute fighter engagement. Nose gunner Lt. Lee and top-turret gunner Thorstensen both fired on the attacking jets; Lee recorded a confirmed hit on one ME-262. No bombers were lost from the group, and two crew members completed their tours on this mission.
The formation.
§ 2 Aircraft Dispatched
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The 33rd mission on April 4th targeted an airfield at Pachen. No flak, but jet fighters found them again. Two hundred were reported in the area. The attack lasted roughly 40 minutes. Lee in the nose and Thorstenson in the top turret were firing throughout, the whole aircraft shaking when the fighters closed in. Lee hit one. No damage to the aircraft, all crew safe. Two men on the crew finished their tours that day.