[hooter]

Hi Frank,
better late than never!
here are the log book entries for my father-F/L T A Smith.
Diary.
23 Squadron.
Aug. 31 PZ172 Fresher Ops: Zuider Zee Round trip: Hoorne-Harderwjick-Urk- Hoorne-LF& SL from Hoorne
Sept. 1 PZ315 Strafe patrol: Weser Elbe canal, Hannover-Magdeburg
Rly, Schoningen-Hildesheim: Barges hit at Hannover, Braunschweig
Sept.11 HR215 Patrol: Guissen & Lippe airfields, no activity. Strikes on goods trucks at Koblenz, Limburg, Guissen yards
Sept.12 PZ187 Patrol: Stuttgart/Ectodingen A/F activity at Boblingen. Strikes on goods trucks at Kaisers Lautern yard
Sept.14 PZ172 Daylight Escort at 20000ft.-fortress on Dutch coast.
Sept.19 PZ334 Patrol: Achmer A/F No activity retired early. Bad visibility & no R/T
Sept.26 HR215 Patrol: Kitzingen A/F Turned back at Moselle. No pinpoints rad fog
Sept.28 PZ187 Patrol: Handorf A/F no activity. Low stratus. Spoof raid to Terschelling, 22000ft.
Sept.29 PZ187 Patrol: Kolitzheim & Gerolshofen A/F’s no activity
Oct.2 PZ187 Patrol: Hagenow A/F no activity. Train hit SW of Hagenow, 3 trains, and 1 engine Hagenow junction. Train & engine hit S of Luneburg
Oct.15 HR217 Patrol: Sylt A/F. no activity.
Oct.19 HR217 Patrol: Biblis A/F. no activity 2x500Ib. Bombs on A/F
Oct.26 HR217 Patrol: Gutersloh A/F No activity. Attacked motor convoy at Delde on autobahn, 8 vehicles, 1 left burning
Oct.29 HR217 Patrol Stade A/F no activity
23 Squadron Photograph- ‘Oct. 44’ picture.
Oct.30 Escape photographs taken-moustaches shaved off-except Sammy’s
Oct.31 PZ183 NFT and film unit co-op
Oct.31 PZ183 Patrol: Munich/Schleisheim A/F no activity 3 trains damaged: Aalen, Heilbrohn, Worms
Nov.2 HR215 Patrol: Fritzlar A/F no activity tarmac strafed strikes on hangar
Nov.4 HR217 Recalled from ops: struck birds taking off.
Nov.6 HR215 Patrol: Ardorf, Marx, and Varel; diverted to Woodbridge
Ardorf active, Marx lit, Varel inactive: no luck
Bud Badley does ‘belly-landing’ at Woodbridge.
Nov 6 Returned to Snoring with Bud Badley (from Woodbridge)
Nov.18 HR217 Patrol: Plantlunne A/F no activity
Nov.21 PZ231 Patrol: Gutersloh A/F; active one Hun lit up by E.S.N’s No contacts
Nov.25 PZ231 Patrol: Stuttgart/Echterdingen A/F s unident T.E. A/C damaged on G.R. Hailfingen L/G 1 Ju88 damaged on GR. + 2 hangars strafed at Echterdingen A/F Loco & MT hit at Plochingen. Trains hit N. Stuttgart & N. of Karlsruhe
Nov.27 PZ315 Patrol: Ober-Olm A/F no activity low cloud
Nov.28 PZ315 Spoof raid, 20,000ft.2x500Ib on Bonn (on Gee)
Dec.3 PZ410 A.S.R. off Egmond coast for W/C Murphy
Dec.5 PZ410 Patrol: Zellhousen A/F, Badenhousen L/G no activity 2 x 500Ib M.C. on Frankfurt/Rhein-Main A/F
Dec.22 RS517 ASH Patrol: Echterdingen A/F strafed tarmac and buildings + Halfingen L/G strafed train at Heilbronn Hit pyrotechnic store: fireworks still visible 30 miles away
Dec.23 RS517 ASH Patrol: Saschenheim A/F: not lit very foggy. Just cleared balloons at Germersheim
Dec.27 RS507 ASH Patrol: Halfingen L/G & Stuttgart/Echterdingen A/F s no activity: thick haze: generator failure
Jan.13 YPA Operational Intruder: A/F not lit chased own ‘shadow’ on ASH for 15 mins.
Jan.14 YPM Opn: intruder Gutersloh A/F, A/F lit hangars and tarmac strafed: 1 U/E A/C destroyed
Jan.16 YPC Opn: intruder, Stendal A/F, not yet returned


The 'ops' totals for each month are
Aug 2.00
Sept 2.10 + 29.30
Oct 25.50
Nov 28.35
Dec 2.45 + 19.05
Jan 8.30 + 4
It would appear that 2.10, searching for sticky is also included in his op total-is that 30-31

I know much more than when I last posted but seem to be no nearer finding out who, or from what unit the german pilots were from.
I did email brian-but since then the computer went bang-terminally-so i guess i have kinda had to start again in certain areas.
I did however receive this one peice of paper from NARA, but nothing else-could any members give this another whirl for me to see if they can turn up anything about fassberg on this date. 16/01/45