https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/227/Dibble_Text0168.pdf 780bce50600d7483b3bd5d666a6bfe36 PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 July 15, 1945. DIVE BOMBING MIS310N - 14 P-58s, Lts. Newsome, Herr, Bower, Sokol, Stephan, Brora, Dibble, Dibble Fell, Boggess, Holcombe, Hanton, ililler, and Whalen, Vrilakas, Brown, each carrying! bomb (instr and .045)y took off at 1349 hours to • • ' 500 "1 pound POT dive -''omb road junction :tion at RANDAZZO, 6ICILY. The formation flew at 8,000 feet rad dropped bombs from 3,000 feet at 1525 hours on the target, scoring several hits on the road junction and south end of the bridge at RANDAZZO. ■ The ’ srmation straffed and destrcye 2 trucks just East of RANDAZZO. They, then straffed 5 scattered trucks near TROINA, damaging 5 and destroying 2. No rak encountered. No enemy aircraft observed. A landing ground was ob~ se:r ed just southwest of the small lake which is due south of IJNA. „4 Fighter pla: as were seen on this landing ground. Lts. Holcombe and Bop jess collided i ; id-air just after dropping bombs over the tsrget. Both pl .es crashed. Both^pilots are missing. Weather: over target, 7/10s clouds w.jbh base; to target, CAVU. Route: Base to PORTO ELTEDOl.Z, thence to PETIA. LA, thence to target, 270 degree turn, thence to NICOSIA, thence to MARINA, t snce to base. The formation landed at 1655 hours. f h -ih he. -DIVE Hagenback, Cogswell, Niles, Opdahl, Brown, Jacobsen. T«ntz. Whalen, Stephan, : hours*to'dive bomb'ves^els ih the'hartoTat"lERMINI^ SICILY.^The^ \ formation flew at 7500 feet and dropped bombs at 5500 feet at 1915 hours. Bit V - < •?::s " ^=°s. xsaxi: SESS=“■=S "Weather: L h , over the sea, CAVU; over eastern SICILY, JILY, solid overcast at at 9,000 feet, g ’ xence td S. §TEPKfi south to NICOSIA, .southwest to MERINA, and return to base., Lts. Stephan and Fell, spares, returned and landed at 1952 hours.> The third spare, Lt. Brophy, returned and landed at 2002 hours. The remainder ,1 of the formation landed at 2053 hours. . . ' . , * < . f a. r RANDOLPH A. WN, Captain, A-ir ' ups, intelligence Officer. ri ? >§> � 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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