https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/206/Dibble_Text0148.pdf 59823ad66002178d4228bb32e5b62095 PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQU/ JADRON 1ST FIGHTER GR( 10UP A.P.O. 520 M May 21, 1943. F' ■ IF ... , . BCMBER ESCORT MISSIONS -- 16 P-38s, Capt, Wellensiek, Lts, Dibble, Miller,, Lentz, Lentz, ran, Helr.is, IFroehling, Fell, Brown, Hammond, Petersen, Mathews, Rayburn, Steuhan, sen, SoS<z ierson, together with formations from the 2?th and 71st, Fighter Fir^ ’ at 0740 hours to escort about 70 B-17s from the 2nd and 301st Biib Groups over the; landing grounds at SCIACC.., SIGHT, B-17s going over target 5s at 29,000 feet at 0945 1-Jurs. Lt. Sokol, a spare, returned at 25,000 feet, P-38: because of mechanical i failure, ---------,--------landing — at —0900 hours. Bombing; Airdrome covered with bursts at SCIACCA, but no fires observed'., Oil fires were seen on CASTEL • VETRANO Airdrome. No enemy fighters near B-T7s., Flak: light intensity over target. One enemy aircraft was seen between P ‘IEIIERIA and SICILI at 30,000 feet but did not attack formation. 5 Me,32Js and 16 other enemy aircraft were observed on the ground at SCIACCA. Lt. Hammond land: at a new landing ground near at 1130 hours for gas; tood 2 . 230 hours and landed here at 1300 •"hours. Weather: to and over target, CAVU. Formation landed at 1205 hours. May 22, 1943. WEATHER FLIGHT - 2 P-38s, Its. retersen and Jackson, took off at 0935 hours on a at 1200 ■•■ ’^FIGHTER SWEEP - 14 P-3«s, Capt. Sutcliffe, Les. Pritchard, Brown, Fell, Matnews, "Sokol, Newsome, Hagenback, Quinn, Anderson, Johnson, Lorre, Holcombe and Dibble, together with formations from the 2?th and 71st Fighter Squadrons, took off at & 1240 hours oq a fighter sweep over northwestern SICHI at 5,000 feet. Formation $ . was over northwestern SICHI from 1455 hours to 1510 hours. The two spares, Lts. aJl 7;iHaLo<mbe and Dibble, returned and landed at 1540 hours. About 3 Me. 109s and 3Fw.l9 ’attacked the formation. It. Hagenback probably destroyed 1 Fw.190 and damaged'! f ■•.. 561109. Lt. Fell damaged 1 Jfe.109. It. Johnson damaged 1 Me,109. It. Lcwe was hjt ? * • by an enemy aircraft and is missing. Two aircraft (unidentified) were seen to crash* into the sea a few miles west of SICHI. Flak; light flak pf medium intensity over .. ■ HAZARA: slight puffs ajr numerous other points in northwestern SIGHT. Weather:, to f F-/target, CAVU but hazy; over target, CAVU. Formation landed at 1650 hours. ■_ . . RANDOLPH A. BROWN, 1st It., Air Corps, Intelligence Officer, S � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. 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