https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/223/Dibble_Text0164.pdf 61a97d8d6cca0b40c77bc78efd28d73c PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTEl. SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 p July 11, 1943. DIVE BOiffilNG MISSION - 15 P-S8s, Lts. Brown, Cram, Sager, Sokol, I.lilxer, Kipper, Dibble, Cogswell, Fell, Jacobsen, Brach", Pace, Stephan, Bower, . convey near SCORDIA, destroying about 20 of them. The formation, hl so /S**^ straff&d what appeared to be a Radion Station near PALAGONIA. Flak: t ; scatters puffs at various points. A good inany scattered trucks were seen ; going in a northeasterly direction. An Me. 109 was/sighted in the c-rtral !•' • ’ part of western SICILF and was pursued by 2 R-58s, but this enemy ai draft oscaoed to the northeast. Route: PAiiTL.A.ERlA, LICATA, GALTAG1PDKE, • I . PA^A.BOLO, SCORDIA, RAMACCA, ENNA, S. CATERINA, LICATA, and return •; base. Eeat er: to target, scattered cumulus, clouds at 4,53v fast, 4/10- .. pud^;., ... . . .. ; j, . . over target,, scattered cumulus clouds at fl,500 feet, l/10s clouds. I.-tl"'’ " ’ ' ' ’ I ’ ” Bro.-’-^'returned ’early, ’’landing at 0750 hours because his right prop governor ■ wenu rut. Lt. Dibble returned it 0850 hours becav.se his hose kink in the bel_y tank. It. Stephap.,a spare, returned at 1025 hours. The remainder of’ A ' - the formation landed at 1107 except Lt. Whalen who had difficulty with his , . | ’■’• ■ - • I- . .ua&6uMo.cjx, uoggess, uonnson, Dibble, ’ , Grieshaber, " ' ’ ' r, Holcombe, Anderson, Jackson,. Opdahl, Newsome, Niles,• Stephan, He Broun, n, Brophy, and Pace, Pact each carrying 1 500 pound bomb (Inst', and .045), ... S’ highway between PRIZZA, and- LERCARA, on a, 100 truck .. destroying 40 of them. Flak: light scattered shots i over BISACQUINO, light, intensity and inaccurate. About 20 half-tracks and tanks were seen headed'East from BISACQUINfl at 1520 hours. No enemy aircraft encountered. Route; PORTO EMPEDOCLE, North of RAFFADALI road to . ; . .. PRIZZI, CORLEONE, BISACQUINO, and out over the coast southwest of SCIACCA, L . = . ' and return to base. Weather: to target; CAW but hazy, over target, CAW. j: ■ Lts. Bnown,- Brophy and Pace, the spares, returned and landed at 1608 hours. The remainder of the formation landed at 1644 hoi’rs. -ii j ’ »t 1516 hourson the ■ -1 mvey headed East, . RAI-DOLPH k. "BROWN, Captain, Air Corps, Intelligence A ?ficer. ; ' ?x Av 1§ i? ,?zg '1*1 30I �I ': f: ;v- ■ •'.' ’ -■ >«- ••••' 9«TH FIGHT2R SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP “ A.P.O. 520 July 11, 1943 (Cont'xd ( DIVS BOEBING MISSION - 12 P-33s, Captain Wellensiek, Lts. Dibble, Holcombe, ^.-X, •. ...Brophy, ,Newsoms, Fell, Miller, Grieshaber, Johnson, Cram, Whalen,,and Sokol, each . .-X carrying 1’ BOOJ^ound bomb (Inst, and .045^ except £t. Diible,1took off at 1835 hnursL? to dive bombard''strafe an enemy Panzer division, between 'ALIA and CALTANISSETTA, ' T ■ The formation flew at 5,000 feet and dropped bombs at 5,000 feet at 2000 hours, on • a truck convoy numbering about 40 between GROTTE and APJGONA, destroying 'about 10. ; '■"L • Just after dropping the bombs, the formation'sighted atrit 35 tanks in an orchard : ' I • ; pa a hill just south of GROTTE. In straffing the truck convoy, . the formation temporarily blocked a small path through which the convey was moving southnerd. Flak;, light barrage over the true/, convoy, seavy iut:: sity and very accurate. ! Lt, Johnson' was hit by flak and was later seer, to ers' ! into the sea southeast <£f SC1ACCA. Lts. Whalen and Broriy ■. : /..'•: ' Route: direct to a point K/; • on -the Sicilian Coast just east of PORTO EAPEDOCLE, noytheast to CALTANISSETTAy . . thence up a signed road to ALIA, circled to s. :uth and saw no trace of armored’ division, thence to GROTTE and out due west to sea,, thence home. Weather: Weather: to . ■, • . and over target CAVU^gjLt. Broply landed at "2115 how: urs. The remainder of the >» formation landed at.2135 hours. - ■ .■ \ ’ | I ; ■ J ■ . - < . RANDOLPH A. BROWN, Captain, Air,Corps, .• Intelligence Officer. ' - •' • 5 ’/ ■■ :•••• i f'- j * ""f | n 1} 4 � 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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