https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/244/Dibble_Text0212.pdf c3d19820260956688fa5d2b4041ab0fb PDF Text Text - '• ’; • ■ ; - ■■■ • 7- ■ HEADQUARTERS 1ST FIGHTER GROUP Office of the Intelligence Officer APO 520 25 August, 1943. SUBJECT: TO Mission Reports. : Commanding General, Headquarters 2686 Wing (US), APO 520. (Attn. A - 2). ' ( I < 805. 65 P-38’s. from the 27th, 71st and 94th Squadrons up base at 0706 hrs. to strafe Foggia A/D’s Nos'. 1, 2,'and 4. in Italy. 8 P-38’s re­ turned earlyj 2 belly tank trouble, 2 engine trouble, 1 inverter out, 1 man­ ifold pressure too low, 1 electrical system and 1 wheel failure. Capt. RUSH Group and Squadron leader. Its. SHEARER and BOWER Squadron leaders. Time over target 0925 hrs. at an altitude of 25 to 50 ft. Strafed Foggia A/D’s Nos. 1, 2 and 3 destroying and damaging many planes. R.R. Station at Roccheta strafed and left burning. Strafed locomotive at Rpccheta. Stra­ fed 3 trucks headed East on road near Anzi. R.R. Station and box cars stra­ fed near Anzi. Strafed one truck 4 mi. S.E. of Foggia. Strafed troop train and 20 cars at Potenza. 1 Ju-52 destroyed in the air on return to Sicily. Light inaccurate flak of slight intensity encountered from No. 1 A/D. A few bursts wbre 88mm, but were ineffective. Nine 5 in. guns along coast road 4 mi. S.W. of Manfredonia fired a few bursts. Three destroyers, 3 mi. off­ shore Marghertia d Savoia fired considerable amount of light flak. Light inaccurate flak from k/D No. 2, small arms and machine gun fire. Scattered but accurate 40mm flak from 15 mi. W. of Zapponita. Medium, tracking of moderate intensity and accurate flak at Sapri. Along Tanagro River Valley, light, tracking and scattered accurate flak. One heavy flak position of 4 to 6 guns, 1 1/2 miles North of Zapponita and 1/2 mile inland. 50 P-38’s down base by 1900 hrs. after landing at Termini and Gela. 7 P-38’s have not returned to base; l.was shot down (Lt. WILLIAMS) over the target and he was seen to bail out from 300 ft. and chute open. 1 P-38 is lost (Lt. VIALL), he was last seen at 0900 hrs. leaving fornation as he could, not release his belly tanks. 5 P-38’s are still in Sicily, 2 of which crash landed. CHRONOLOGY: Time off 0706 hrs. Time over Target 0925 hrs. Time down 1900 hrs. ROUTE: Base to Zembra Island to C. San Vito, Sicily, Salina Island, Praia la Mare, Italy, Molfetta, Italy, then to initial point on N. .end of lake 3 miles S. of Manfredonia and into target on course of 2?2®. On leaving target area, formation became divided into flints, following river valleys on a gerenal 173° course to Praia la Mare and landing at various landing grounds in Sicily. RESULTS OF STRAFING: Strafed Foggia A/D’s Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Destroyed 18 JU-SS’s and 1 Ju-52, probably destroyed 1 Ju-88 and 1 s/e fighter and , damaged 18 Je-88’s and 2 s/e filters on Foggia No. 1. On Foggia A/D No. -1 - ? �~ ---------- — T ' , V'?-' ■ f ,-.. A r_. . - . ,---- ,,r, Mission Report (cont‘d) 25 August, 1943. t ' c 2, destroyed 11 Ju-88’s and 1 s/e fighter and damaged 6 Ju-88’s and 1 s/e fighter. On Foggia A/D No. 3, destroyed 5 Ju-88's and damaged 5 Ju-881s. Totals: 34 Ju-88‘s,.1 Ju-52 and 1 s/e filter destroyed; 1 Ju-88 and 1 s/e fighter probably destroyed; 29 Ju-88 *s and 3 s/e filters damaged. R.R. Station at Roccheta strafed and left .burning. Strafed locomotive at Rocc­ heta. Strafed 3 trucks headed East on road near Anzi. R.R. Station and box cars strafed near Anzi. Strafed one truck 4 mi. S.E, of Foggia. Strafed, troop train of 20 cars at Potenza. Troops poured out of trains, many cas­ ualties inflicted. High power lines, at Malfi were shot up. Buildings at S. end of Foggia No. 1 were hit and a'flak battery NE of this, field was strafed. Five motor trucks at the W. end of the field were hit. One light gun emplacement on Foggia No. 2 was strafed. FLAK; Light inaccurate flak of slight intensity encountered from. No. 1 A/D. A. few bursts were 8&nm, but were ineffective. Nine 5 in. guns along coast road 4 mi. S.W. of Manfredonia fired a few bursts. Biree destroyers, 3 mi. offshore Marghertia d Savoia fired considerable amount of light flak. Light inaccurate flak from A/D No. 2, small arms and machine gun fire. Scattered but accurate 40mm flak from 15 mi. W. of Zapponita. Medium, tracking of mod­ erate intensity and accurate flak at Sapri. Along Tanagro Biver Valley, light, tracking and scattered accurate flak. One heavy flak position of 4 to 6 guns, 1 and 1/2 miles North of Zapponita and 1/2 mile inland. ENEMY AERIAL ACTIVITY: At 1100 hrs. 8 Me-109's (markings; black with silver bellies) encountered over Gulf of Policastro on the deck. E/a dropped belly tanks, made one pass (unagressive) and turned off. One Ju-52 was destroyed over Polomante at.1015 hrs. Two unidentified a/c were parked on beach at Safri. ENEMY AIRDROMES: Observed a landing strip at 40® 05’ N. 15® 35* E. on the coast of Italy. On this strip there was a 4 engine plane, believed to have been a B-17 and a s/e a/c believed to have been a Spitfire. ENEMY GROUND ACTIVITY; Observed a locomotive at Roccheta. Three trucks on road near Anzi, beaded East. Several box cars near Anzi. One truck near Foggia. Twenty train cars at Potenza. ENEMY NAVAL & SHIPPING ACTIVITY; Three destroyers, 3 mi. offshore Margher­ tia d Savoia. .. . ENEMY TACTICS AND SPECIAL COMMENTS: Element of surprise for operation was excellent. ENEMY LOSSES: One Ju-52.' OUR LOSSES: Two (2), One is lost and one is missing. . SOBTIES: Fifty-seven (57). WEATHER: Enroute; scattered clouds 1AO at 3,000 ft. Over target; CAVU. RADIO: .Good. 806. 4 P-38’s from the 2?th and 71st Squadrons up Termini A/D at 1445 hrs. on Air-Sea Rescue mission. A course of 30° to.Alicude.Island was followed. At .1500 hrs. a dinghy containing one man was .sighted about 15 to 20 miles SW of Alicudi Island. P-38‘s circled and contacted Grubstake and Walrus rescue a/c, which arrived shortly after and picked up the man. -2 - �r Mission Beport (cont'd) 25 August, 1943. No other observations. 4 P-38’8 down Termini A/D at 16 hrs. NOTE: 4 P-38's on Air-Sea Rescue mission were the same on previous mission which landed at Termini. For the Group Commander: CLYDE Wo GABLER, Major, Air Corps, Intelligence Officer. r A TRUE COPY: C. H. BORNHORST, Major, Air Corps. E C -3 - �r HEAnQUARTTOS G-2? NORTHWEST AFRICAN STRATEGIC AIR FORCE APO 520 US ARMY 27 August 1943 SUBJECT: TO I Commendation. : Commanding General, 5th Wing, Commanding General, 47th Wing, Comnandi^ General, 42nd Wing, Air Officer Conmanding,. 205 Group, Officer Commanding, 330 Wing, Officer Commanding, 331 Wingo 1. The Commanding General is pleased to forward the following messages: a. Message from Air Chief Marshall Tedder: nX/ hearty congratulations to ydh, your commanders and crews, on success of their operations against the enemy air on 25 August. It is clear that success was obtained by care in planning and.by courage and determination in execution." b. Message from Lieutenant General Spaatz: C • "I consider the Foggia attack of 25 August an outstanding demonstration of effectiveness of air operations well planned with intelligence and executed with spirit and ability. You, your staff, and the participating units are to be commended for a remarkably fine job." 2. In transmitting these commendations, the Commanding General desires to.convey his appreciation for a task excellently accomplished. By command of Hajar General D00I1TTLE: /s/ J. M. Ivins J. M. IVINS, Lt. Colonel, A®, Asst. Adjutant General. A TRUE COPY:! C. H. BORNHORST, Major, Air Corps. �HEADQUARTERS FIRST FIGHTER GROUP Office of the Group Commander APO 520 I 3 June, 1944. I certify that the following named personnel participated in the engagement with the eneny 25 August 1943 J i i OFFICERS HEADQUARTERS 1ST FIGHTER (SOUP Captain George A. Rush, .0-421324 t C 2?TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1st Lt. Warren P. Eickmann, 0-724722 1st Lt. Robert T. Hill, 0-730491 1st Lt. John D. Hurst, 0-732256 1st Lt. John I. Bisby, 0-730503 1st Lt. Clifford E. Randol, 0-423960 (MIA) 1st Lt. George R. Smith, 0-734014 1st Lt. nt. Raymond aaymona E. x*. Snythe, anytne, 0-734015 w-yjwi? , 2nd -sna Lt.-Arden it. araen W. w. Ferrin, rermn, 0-740390 2nd Lt. Hilliard H. Graham, 0-667064 (MIA) 2nd Lt. Lester H. Laird, 0-737804 2nd 2nd Lt. Lt.’ Francis Francis J. J. Maron, Maron, 0-740491 0-740491 2nd Lt.. Lester C.. Peterson, 0-740545 ‘ ‘ “ -----------2nd Lt. William A. Schnurr, 0-736380 2nd Lt. Larry 0.~Reynolds, 0-740558 . 2nd Lt. Edward T. Wellner, 0-737914 2nd Lt. Walter J. Schranz, 0-736381 2nd Lt* Jerome N. Weinberg, 0-737913 (MIA) 2nd Lt. Marcel J. Williams, 0-740618 (POT F/0 Donald B. Deisenroth, T-12 ZZ (POW) :“■) F/0 Millard V. Stunkard, T-186613 F/0 William A. Wemergren, Jr., T-186612 (. I . 1st Lt. :1st Lt. 1st — Lt.. 2nd Lt. - - -Lt. 2nd 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 1st Lt. 1st Lt. 1st Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. ' 71ST FIGHTER SQUADRON Ernest A. Chapman, 0-733821 1st Lt. Edward M. Helm, 0-72388? Burdette E. Nygren, 0-729360 1st Lt. John L. Russell, 0-733993 —Sentes, —, 0-734003 let Lt. Richard E. Shearer, 0-730634 Alex M. Jr.,, 00-730344 2nd Lt. Richard C. Catledge, 0-740366 (MIA) Lester L. Berens, Jr. (j • 0-737016 ---------- 'j • 2nd Lt. John R. Lion, 0-740479 (MIA) Raymond- ™ T. Dart, 2nd Lt. Walter G. Morrison, 0-740515 (MIA) Charles J. JfcCann, 0-740496 Clarence E. Southard, 0-740582 2nd Lt. Stanley E. Stuber, 0-740587 2nd Lt. ----Ralph R.--------Turrentine, (MIA), Reward J. Taylor, 0-732400 ---------e----------- - 0-798376 Hobart S. Vincent, 0-732413 (MIA) 2nd Lt. Robert E. Viall, 0-732411 (MIA) .. Mathew (NMI) Warren, 0-740465 (FOW) 2nd Lt. Russell G. Winegar, 0-740620 (MJ 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON Robert H. Anderson, 0-7303261st Lt. James E. Bwer, 0-728963 James P. Dibble, 0-733844 (MIA) 1st Lt. James J. Hagenback, 0-732233 John D. Pace, 0-729050 2nd Lt. John G. Cram, 0-667044 (MIA) John T. Hanton, .0-667072 2nd Lt. William L. Jacobsen, 0-737792 Ralph L. Kipper, Jr., 0-737798 2nd Lt. Richard J. Lee, 0-740472 Jack D. Pettus, 0-740547 '2nd Lt. Marion E. Phillips, 0-740548 (MIA) Raymond L. Schulze, 0-740565 Jtad Lt. Ralph A. Thiessen, 0-740592 Robert B. Van Sice, 0-740600 2nd Lt. Robert.A. Vrilakas, 0-740604 C. H.BORNHORST, Major, Air Corps, Adjutant. �189 16® 14® 12® 10®^ k. I L 42® T A L Y 42 (geRSOj O ROME 26 M,^Ar Manfredonia FOOfllAf^X^. *-45 Ml. ^*%UOLFETTA \ \ 40® SARDINIA^ T Y R R H E N 1 S 88® M E 0 I jr e R R A NE A N // I \ U' A N ij9S I mare -r) /salina i.\ SEA 4C MwA E A *$0 ►^TEUR^Y I 108 Ml.-** NAPLES! C ) 88 ____ I L Y “L<£EM8RA I. 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