Diary Type: Combat - 11 Dec 44
Waite, Lyle Dwaine
We flew my first mission today. It was the biggest raid ever made on Germany. We bombed the marshaling yards at “Hanna”. Never saw any fighters or flak. We were escorted by P-47’s and P-51’s. Some of the men saw some flak. I was busy throwing out chaff. We flew “943” Cherub, carried 6x1000 lb. Bombs. We flew six hours and thirty minutes.