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"Big B? Oh, no. Not again!" I can hear the
groans even now. The red lines led south. Then
they jogged back northward and led around Berlin
to try to divert and possibly confuse the Luftwaffe.
That wasn't usually possible. I think the Luftwaffe had the sharpest air controllers in the business.
  From briefing, we were driven, usually in 
trucks and jeeps, to the dispersal areas where the
Forts were parked. Each was parked in its own
area. I remember that in the down fog, they looked
like great ghostly whales. Sometimes the fog was
so thick that we couldn't see the airplanes until we
got next to them.
  The bombs had been loaded during the night
by our armorers. They were then carefully
checked by the bombardiers. After the ammunition
was loaded aboard, our preflight checks completed,
the 50-calibers installed and checked, and the aircraft commander had taken his last "walk-around,"
we were ready when the Germans were! We'd
begin to taxi, each ship in its assigned position in
the line, toward the runway. In good weather, the
aircraft would take off at 30-second intervals. But 
in the fog, the entire group takeoff might take up
to a half-hour. The fog and bad weather were
always our bitter enemies. While taxiing, our 
engines would roar, brakes would screech, and we knew we'd awakened everybody in East Anglia. 
  Imagine it! Hundreds of bombers taking off, gathering over East Anglia, groping around in the fog or mist, forming into a semblance of organization over our previously designated "splashers" (radio beacons). The timing was absolutely critical. 
We had to reach each splasher on schedule. If, for instance, we missed our connections with our fighter escort somewhere, that meant less time for the escort. We tried never to be late meeting our "Little Friends."
  The Luftwaffe met us shortly after we reached Germany. Those Me109s and FW-190s that had flown through fighter screen would coast in behind or abreast of the formations, throttle back and fire their rockets. A direct flak rocket hit on a B-17
usually caused an instant explosion of the most
violent and dreadful nature. The rocket, the airplane's 
bomb load and the fuel would all go up in a searing flash of lig[[second page cutoff]]
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