https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/212/Dibble_Text0154.pdf 57201f20ff5d2a4ea2fcd262ae238b74 PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 June 10, 1943. DI.r: 1017 " hI h ir gj, I t-> - 12 P-33s, Co.pt. Sutcliffe, Its. Cilliai, ' , nord #4A at PANTIILERIA. Lt. Hammond returned early because of mechanical" failure, • landing at 0305 hours, Capt. Sutcliffe returned early because of mechanical fail­ ure, landing at 0310 hours. Lt, Jackson was late taking off due to mechanical failure and could not find formation so returned and landed at 0840 hours. Lt. Anderson returned early because of mechanical failure, landing at 0330 hours, Formation flew at 7,500 feet until over the target when they climbed to 3,000 feet and dived to 3,000 fc-d before releasing their bombs. 2 bombs were seen to hit the target and the r. c landed in .the vicinity. Time over t-f„.; ■ hours. Flak: light, intense :and accurate. Weather: to target, heavy overcast abou. half to T ' j . : .,000 feet, from there on and over target, 0 .'."J, Re eneay aircraft seen, After ’ mbing, formation reformed at 3,000 feet, Re..r_inder ; of formation landed at 1050 i.ours. 6 bombs were dropped. Route: Direct to target, .U Lt. Niles flew with the 27th Fighter Squadron on same mission, taking off at gSSwr”- — h””8-Th»£ B-i o » SR&FrfA 27th and 71st Fighter Squadrons,' took off at 0740 hours to dive bomb gun positions B .O’s* £iyn j>u..nAwu pjpuxw; ~ Capv,. ouvCj-u.^e, Lus. bower emu oagW, £>enuz, ;pace^”Brophy, Sokol, Quinn, Cogswell, Whalen, Gilliam, Capt. Stover, Its. Esser, . Newsome, Helms, Froehling, Opdahl, Jackson, Hammond, filler, Niles, Johnson and tg IkV * aj^aflfailurej landing' at 1515 hours. ■' W*feet but dived to 4^000 fee. before dropping bombs. About 16 bombs made , : direct hits on target and the remainder hit around target area. Formation also ’ f straffed while diving. Time over target 1638 hours. One large transport believed 1 SS'A’K.rSZ . I not intense and inaccurate. It is believed-that’there are several flak pbsitions on southern part of island. Weather:, to target, hazy, scattered showers and poor vd: i’.ildty; over taL-jeu, C.dv'U. do eae.j-.- aircraft seen. ._ _cv .. formation reformed at 500 feet. 22 bombs were dropped. Route: direct to target. Formation landed at 1810 hours. ‘ - randoipita; bro.;?:, Capt., Air Co:-v:. Intelligence Cd_ic-r. 3 I y � 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. Dibble: Mission Reports Description An account of the resource A collection of Mission reports from James' combat flights.<br /><br />Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. 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