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Text Box: 5/15/2022 Introduction Page for the Diary This is the website for the diary written by Sgt Keith Redd during his time as a waist gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber during WW2. He was with the 8th Air Force and the 389th Bomb Group based at Hethel, England. Hethel is north and east from London in the area that juts out into the English Channel. The 389th consisted of 4 squadrons with a total of around 50 B-24 Liberator 4 engine heavy bombers. Because of my interest in the WW2 air war over Germany the diary was loaned to me by my son-in-law Matt Redd, the grandson of Keith Redd. The diary is small (4” wide x 6” high) and somewhat difficult to read. It is getting fragile, so I transcribed it word for word into a Word document. His description of air combat is well written and a compelling account of what it was like.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE DIARY

 

Click here for a photo of Keith Redd dressed for a combat mission

 

Click here for a photo of Keith Redd on London Bridge

 

Click here for a photo of the crew

 

Click here for a photo of two handwritten pages