This is a day we’ll never forget. We alerted and called at 4:30 a.m. We briefed at 6:00 and supposed to take off at 9:30 a.m. While we were working on the ship a heavy fog cloud in. The visibility was about 100 feet. There were four planes crashed after takeoff. One ship crashed just after take off. Another with Lt. Foster crashed a few minutes after take off. Five men on Fosters’ crew were killed in the crash. We went through OTU. with them. They were a swell bunch of guys. The Co Pilot Christian was just married before we left Boise. Bertie Vought was married and had one child. They were probably expecting another in Jan. We probably lost 25 or 30 men. It was an easy raid on a railroad junction at Prum. If we hadn’t lost our turn we would have been one of the planes that took off. We were next to take off when the mission was scrubbed. This was the third crew of our boys to catch it. Lt. Barry’s crew was shot down over France, but most of them are safe. Lt. Linde’s crew was shot to pieces by flak. Curly, Toms, and Robie are in the hospital in Serious condition. We even had our crew party together. We sure had a time that night.