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GRAHAL SORTIES: 40 ■LEATHER: 7/10ths cumulus overcast at. 8,000 ft.., CAW above. ’ Target area was covered with scattered <cumulus !clouds from 7,000 to 11,000 ft. but otherwise CAVU. and 1 Scattered showers were encountered between Italy --!Sicily on return. NOTE: Lt. IHTTJ.TI’S reported missing on mission Mo. ’809, 28 august, 1943, has returned to base. He: landed at Termini, Sicily with a blown out engine. Ilie returned to base in another P-38. i 30/8/43 48 P-38's from the 27th, 71st and 94th Squadrons up base at 0950 hrs. to escort B-26's of 349th Bomb Gp. to Aversa l.i/l, Italy. 4 P-38's returned e;.rly "ly, 2 due to r radio trouble and 2 due to engine trouble. Gq. " leaders: L«s. HURST, VOLLEY and DIBBLE. Time over i arget area 1200 hrs. ^iltitude of fighters 11,500 ft.. and bombers 11,000 ft. 60 to 75 e/a (Lie 109's, 's, 7<l 1903 s, Lla 202*s, possibly a couple of enemy operated ;ed Spitfires Spit f12 and 1 enemy operated P-38 identified with black crosses on it) attack-. ed formations just as they the crossed the coait over Lago di Fatria at 11,5000ft. The The bombers continue! on to target while P-38's e/a. Results of bomb: .ng was not ob- . 3’s engaged en served. 12 made the first attack!out of the sun 12 Lie 109's I . . 7)^13 ,vas follow- ■ from above as F-38's crossed... the coast, F.I 1^0's and Lla ed by increasing numbers of Lie 109's, 109' 2's, 202' s, which forced the l’-38's -38r down to 6,0^)0 fjr. and in . a running dog fight over the Gulf of Gaetaj the battle was fought jht low over the water. The P-38 formation was good until ;il repeated attacks by superior numbers of enemy . fighters, a, which isolated a alflight at a time. Several. P-38's reported flying 300 mph. on the dec'/ and being 1091 s^carrying sfea: easily overtaken by Lie 109* belljr tanks.? The enemy attacks were highly coordinated, coord: one(group attack ing while another was The initial attack was is reforming. reformin'* made from a half circle formation 1500 ft.I above and be hind F-38's. }8's. Aerial dive bombing occurred; black flak l like bursts •sts were seen generally above 1-38's. Rocket I projectiles exploding in white bursts are Also believed Ito I to have been used. The engagement lasted from 1155 hrs. •1 until 1235 hhrs. and a second wave of Lie 109's carrying belly tanks pursued the formation 100 miles from Italy. Six (6) PP-38' —38's were observed to go into the sea. One collided with a F.7 F,7 190 head-on and exploded in air. Sev eral parachutes, both American and German, opened and dinghies were seen in the water. Eight-(8) c/a. were de stroyed, three (3) probably destroyed and five (5) damaged z <■ ' z z �1ST FIGHTER GROUP JOURNAL (date and hour) 1700 hrs 30/6/43 ’ ... :■ (data and hour) 1800 hrs 3/9/43 Serial i Time No iPated UNIT: 1st Fighter Group PLACE: Hateur. E. Africa Incidents, Messages, Orders, etc. (day and jDisposidate) ■ tion 30/8/43 Oont’d. Thirteen (13) P-38's are missing. jrved frc from the few bursts of light inaccurate flak was observed ;h of Lago di Patria. No >und, coastal area North I enemy grot naval or shipping m * ^‘ "ity observed. 28 E-j-38's dowr ------pping activity base3 by by 1713 1713 hrs. are down down in in S: Siiily.. One of 58's are hrs. 3 P-38's the three pilots landing in Sicily returned to 1base by a transport. sport. He suffered minor shrapnel wouhds in the ■ left shot shoulder. ! CHRONOLOGY; Time off 0950 hrs. Time over target 1200 i hrs. Time down 1713 hrs. ed Alm el I.Iekki, rendezvous3 point ROUTE: Base to C. Sidi Lago di Patria to Avzrsa, retuj return with B-26's thence to La_ ing via Sicily where several of our planes 'efueled, thence to base. ENEMY LOSSES: Size (6) lie 109's one (1) F< 190 and one (1) Ma 202 destroyed. Three (3) L'e 109's Probably destroyed. Three (3) lie 109's and two (2) M 1 202>s damaged. OUR LOSSES: Thirteen (13) P-38's are missing: 1st Lt. IRQ, 2nd Lt. CLIFFORD E. RANDOL, 2nd Lt. JEROME N. WEINBERG KARRY D. '.;AREKER, F/O DONALD B. DEISENIiOTH,-2r •2nd Lt.’WALTER G. MORRISON, 2nd Lt. CLARENCE E. SOUTHURD, _J, 2nd Lt. ' Lt. RALPH F. TURRSNTIKE, 1st Lt. JOHN S. WILLEY,, 2nd ' DAVID 0. PARLETT, 2nd Lt. HOHN T. CRAM, 2n{l ILt. RALPH IS. PECK, 2nd Lt. CHARLES A. WOODARD and 2nd Lt.. HAROLD D. RIGNEY. WEATHER: CAVU enroute and over target are 1, with cumulus clouds building up over Sicily at 9,000 ftr PRESS DATA: 1st Lt. FRANK J. JiC IliTOSH, 1|U5 Irving St., San Francisco, Calif., destroyed one (1) F7 190. 1st Lt. JOHN D. HURST, 921 B. East Garfield Ave., llendale, ” ’ ' "Calif, destroyed two(2) Me 109's. 2nd Lt. LARRY k. REYNOLDS, 322 '.7. Culver St., Phoenix, Arizona, destroy? eyed one (1) Me 109. 1st Lt. JOHN I. HUSBY. 712 alien o/e., |kv? Rapid City South Dakota, destroyed one (1) Me 109. f* 2pd Lt. STANLEY 2. STUBER, Monona, Iowa, destroyed two (2^ -) Me _109!s. 2nd Lt. ROBERT A. VRILAKAS, Proberta, Calif., destroyed u.., aesT one (1) Ma 202. F/C 5TU12CA.TD, probably destroyed sptroyed one (1) Me 109. 2nd Lt. BERRENS, probably destroyed Me royed one (1) ' 109. 1st Lt. OPMIL, pfiobably destroyed onb (1) IMe 109 and damaged one (1) Na 202. Lt. VRILAKAS damaged one (1) Na 202. Lt. SOKOL damaged one (1) Me 109. SCHAPER J.ii Lt. SC ____ damaged one (1) Le 109 and Lt. ANDERSON dz ‘ lalaaged one (1) Me 109. I 31/8/43 1/9/43 No missions this date. Ho missions this date. r �94TH fi-.ht.z: sjuadhok 1ST fI’.KT.r. GROUP APO 520 September 2, 1943. SUi-J-GT i : TO Combat Claims. Commanding Officer, 1st Fighter Groqj, APO 520.' 1. On Au-ust 30, 1943,1 took off with 16 other F-33e from the 94th Fi«htcr Squadron, together with formations from the 27th and 71st Filter Squadrons to escort 19 B~2bs over Averse H/f, Italy. Before reaching the target, our formation ms attacked by about 75 to 100 Me.109s, Fw«190s are: i‘.a.202s. Our flight turned to the left and 1 saw a Ma.202 attacking anoJ er flight. I closed to about 150 yards and gave liim along bui-st. This 2ia.2O2 started staokins;, burst into fLanes and crashed in tlio water. 2. As ws "hit the deck** I tried to rejoin ay formation and directly in front of me was a Ma.202. X gave him a medium bu’st from about 75 yards arid saw ny tracers enter his cockpit and along his gas tanks. This enemy air craft started smoking badly and siads a gentle turn to the left, indicating that the. pilot may hive been hit. AL this tine I was forced to turn away in order to get away from another Ma.202 which was on my tail. 3. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Historical account Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 2003 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022