https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/224/Dibble_Text0165.pdf 7678661e59a4f83af310265a84c6469d PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.PLO. 520 July 12j 1943. . ’ ■ J) iff ■ 4( ' ' ;. DIVS BOMBING },CTSCIO*? - 15 P-38c, Lts. Brom, Herr, Bower, Files, Whalen, Wilson, Anderson, Sager, Miller, Cram, Lents, Opdahl, Jackson, Fell, Hanton, each carrying 1 500 pound bomb (Inst. and .045), took off at 0938 hours to dive bonfc enemy convoys in the central part of western SICILY. The formation flew at 6,000 feet and dropped bombs (except It Herr whose bomb failed to release), a1 3,000 feet at 1100 hours on about 20 trucks moving in a southeasterikjdirectio: at S. CATTERINA, destroying 8. The formation then straffed about 25 dneny V0Mcles nsar VALLED0L1© wring in a southeastern direction and destroyed 7. Th0y also straffed about €1® enemy veh.i les well dispersed in the vicinity of LERCARA destroying about 15. They air > straffed about 20 enemy vehicles near GROTTE moving in an eastern direction iestroying 5. FLaki scattered ’puffs at ARAGONA; scattered puffs v:: er points in the area of the central part of western SICILY. No ene$y aircraft were encountered. Route: base to: PANTELLERIA, thence to PORTC EMPEDOCLE, thence to S. CATTERINA, thence to VALLEDOLMO, circled North, thence to LERCARA, thence to GROTTE, thence due West to sea, thence to base. Weather: to target, scattered clouds, 2/108, at 2,000 feet; over.target, CAVU. The Allied Navy was seen to be shelling the ■ gp- and -Hanton, spares, returned ?+ 1?JO h-r.-.rr. k ■ . : , < .■: ■■■ The reminder of the'format io . ■ Sager, each carrying 1 500. pound bomb (Inst and .045), took off . . southeastwardly from VALLELUNG. , destroying about 8. No other convoys were seen ? .^but numerous .scattered units of 2 or.3 vehicles were sighted moving in .a. ■ . a southeastwardly direction in northwest centra SICILY. Flakb ,light barrage - | ' k 1 ““I# light, intensity and fairly ac curat e.-Tha railroad -station near f FRlZSl was observed to be on fire at about 1700 hours. No enemy aircraft were encountered. Route: base to PORTO EEPEDOCLE, thence to VALLELUNGA, thence to ALIA, thence to FRIZZI, thence t . jRAGONA, thence to PORTO EMPEDOCLE, and re­ turn to base. Weather: to and o', ar target, CAVU. Three Allied cruisers were seen off shore from PORTO EMPEDOCLE at 1630 and 1700 hours. Lts. Lentz, Dibble, and Sager, spares, returned ahd landed at 1755 hours. Lt. Grieshaber had difficulty in lowering his landing gear and landed at 1847 hours. The remainder.! of the formation landed at 1827 b hrs. k. . ' -I i * � 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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