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2*. On -2fr Augueti. 1943 white.' ©gtertiug B*2Gs w&amp;ai WS&amp;tfiW,- XTa®?, out
SfiBsattea wa-^taGked by 3
109s Just after leaving tte fcar-ot area. As these
S/A wire divteg, our fesfflation turned into thm» Th© sA teaMtetely brete off
&gt; tte attack and turned aw &lt;te» iWnatten gave otes® arid It* Dibble got on the
tail of the second--30.109 giving it a tetig burst freer 300 yards. This Jo.309
poured black «sote, wat stratete d®an and crashed* ‘2w otter 2 fe.teSs sate a
spilt "3", nhit tiie deck*' and tested for ta©*

3* iMla on a baiter escort olssten wer CAS21SA u6f,. ITALx on 2? -lugost,
1943. After tesvteg the tercet, 10 te»te9s attaoted the P-jSs froa above and be­
hind* 15 other 5fe$2O?s wwc seen high above and th th® left of our formtion
fomeition but
did not attack fcssw^teut the entire ©ng^l^x-nt* Tteugh our fomattea
jnauttea turned
into tee te attacking Je*te‘te, thqy paosaed tore their dtteteas -tusi
— refused to
break off the engagesasnt. Lb, Sites nosed qo end gave, one of these e/a a short
burst which ms too high# Apperarfoly seeing his teacers, this jjjs.te? iaudo a split
«S« st whfeli tiac It, Kites followed hte d®jm giving hl's 3 good borate ft’oa about
s 200 yards# This Z/k disintergrated in said-air, LU Aatersm turned back to aid
a lone F-33 which ted 2 2&amp;»209b m Its tail, ite a&amp;tte a head on att&amp;oSt at -tte first
b/A ®j*teh xswdittfeely itelf rolled ate. disappearod* The second, or® case in closer
ate It* Amerson attacked frm the site, pouring a burst along tea fuselage of
tele S/A TJhteh began making and wat straight down* 3ewal soootes later the
raalteng E/A brefoe off the attack oral headed for- h&lt;xte»
4* Wldle on a besabor eaeort siesion over avesm ij/f, J3A1S on 28 August,
1943 25 to 30 &gt;fo&lt;lD9s, &gt;W&lt;190d end W»202s wars ’tsaitlag £oi- our forf’Z,tio«n just off
ths co:;0t before the fopraation had reached ths tur{.^t» 80s® were painted black,
sown tity blue and sox* silver. Only 4S#vesal of these e/a «tba&amp;a&amp;c^ .-^kteg only
half hearted passes. Kcwsver, the P^38s pressed, httne tlMr attack and Lt, Dibble
destroyed an ise.lO? fe^th a 90 degree deflection diet firing free? uteost coatdmausly to a direct astern position, Lt* Crara dived en 2 30,1098 which u’ere on the
tail ov a stragpling I**33. lie pmcred a- bur®t into the wings of the first
at uiitefa tisus tii® 2 2fewlD9s broke off the attaafe and disappeared.
AHGmSa AJMJSS,
1st Lt*,. Air Corps,
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&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5"&gt;James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6"&gt;His Early Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7"&gt;High School into the Army Air Corps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8"&gt;Flight Training&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17"&gt;We Got Married!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11"&gt;Letters Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16"&gt;Flying with Eisenhower&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12"&gt;The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14"&gt;The Search for Answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15"&gt;The Monument in Padula, Italy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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