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                  <text>94TH FIGHTER S4I
iUADRON
1ST FIGtiTLZl GZaoup
A.P.O. 520

22 August, 1943No missions this .date.
23 August, 1943.
»o iBslon. this isle.

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24 August, 1943.

NO missions this date.
25 August, 1943*

STRAFFING riSSIO" “ 13 ;
3, Lts. Bower, Van Sice, Kipper, Cram, Hagenback,
^Thiessen, Jacobsen, Zu.., ihulze, hanton, Anderson, Pettus, Phillips, Dibble,
Lee, Opdahl, Vrilakas and Tarlett, together -with formations from the 2?th and
71st Fighter Squadrons, took off at 0i&gt;43 hours to strafe a/d at FOGGLA, II’aII".
Lt. Opdalil returned early because his right engine vias cutting out, landing at
the P-40 base at 0700 hours. Lt. Parlett returned early because his right -wheel .
..wouldn't come up, landing at 0815 hours. Route: to target, from base to ZUJBRA,

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up ,- rr c-..
sovcrnx ia car;; and locomotive, ja.&lt; Tec snot up
g.BR:jstation, leaving it burning and damaged several box cars, at ANZI. Lt. Dibble
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: shot up 3 trucks, one of -which blew up. Lt. Pace damaged a'locomotive. Lt. Van Sics
• • ‘ -destroyed 3 Ju.88s on the A/D and also shot up 3 military barracks. Lt. Hageriback
rXp.^destroyed XJu.88, l^e^^^maged^Ju^BSs an^shot_up b^tgsion power

: Rocchbtfco Lts. Bower, Jacbbsen, Thiessen and Gran together shot up and destroyed .

5-‘Jacobsen destroyed 2 Ju,88s on the A/D and reports what he believed to be a B-17 f

SSsH -•-SSSSaw j

accurate flak and machine gun fire over UANFREDONIA and from 3 destroyers in the
GULF CF rtrenrenorT.*-. At 1100 hours 8 He.109s with belly tanks were sighted below
-. .GULF OF FOLICASiKG, ■
ithe deck". They dropped their belly tanks, made one pass^
j’ A 'G-j'- at our formation and Z;:pt going. One P-38 pilot was seen to bail out directly over
■• ”
A/D. Lts. Hagenback, Van Sice, Kipper, Pace, Schulze, Anderson, Pettus, Phillipa,
• Dibble, Lee-and Vrilakas landed.at PONTE OLUfO, SIGHT at” 1130 hours, took off atg
•" ■
1230 hours and landed at base at 1345 hours. Lts. Gram, Hantbn and Bower landed a£
£• •
' TOARLiMA,SIGHT at ll.?,'i hours./Dtp. Hairton and Cram took off at 1400 hours and lie
at base at 1530 ho--.-.. T.tj Bower took off at 1420 hours and down nt r-se at l&gt;.',f I
_Lts, Thiessen and Jacobsen landed at
S1UJLT at, 112(1 ho^ra, wool off at
1515 hours and landed at base at 1620 hours, Lt. Hanton&lt;a*AI^T o-r locomotive.' =

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1st. LtojAir Corps,
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