Yesterday’s windy weather was followed today by rain, which forced Greg down from a counter battery patrol. A subsequent exploration of St Venant didn’t go entirely to plan, thanks to the German artillery…
Log Book
Date: 26.7.17 Time: 5.45 Rounds: - Bombs: 4 RE8: E27 Observer: Lt. Hodgson Time: 1 hr 30 m Height: 3000 Course/Remarks: CBP. Forced down by rainstorm.
Diary
Friday July 26th. CBP (5.30am). 1½ hours. Forced down by rain. Went down to St Venant in the afternoon. While exploring in some of the houses Fritz started shelling. Cleared out pretty quickly. Managed to pick up piece of shell as souvenir.
More on CBP here:
Earlier visits to St Venant here: