https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/14/356/Dibble_Text0142.pdf 7bfc7ad2210b1d1fbc6a8b4c8e005c2c PDF Text Text Fifty years later Ray Schulze learned that it had been Stan Wojcik who had managed to bail out of his plane and not Jim. After reading Stan's report of the mission, Ray Schulze responded: "I remember the mission very well. I was happy to hear that Stan survived despite his ordeal. I will not dispute Stan's report of the mission.” “However, I say the reports I filed following the mission that day was the way I saw the results unfold. In the turmoil of a gun battle things happen very rapidly and the markings on our planes were not that large and identification of an individual plane was not fool-proof. I do believe that Jim bailed out of his plane that day. There was so much anti-aircraft fire coming in our direction it will always remain a partial mystery of Jim's fate and how he met his maker." Ray Schulze's assessment is understandable. The formation was flying at over 300 mph ten feet off the ground. His plane was being shot at from every imaginable direction. Information from other pilots indicated that the anti-aircraft fire was as heavy as they had ever seen it. By the time Ray noticed the planes ahead of him on fire, Stan had already overtaken Jim's plane and was in the lead. The enemy fire was so intense few of the other pilots could even successfully complete their attack on the convoy, and seeing two planes already shot down, returned to the base. We now knew that Jim had indeed been killed on September 9, 1943. He had not, as my Grandmother feared, been shot while floating to earth in his parachute. His original grave, as reported by the Army, had been 50 feet from his plane, which now made sense. � 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: The Search for Answers Description An account of the resource Learn about the 30+ years James' nephews Jim and Ted spent investigating his death to unearth what actually happened. Using private investigators, government contacts and tenacious research, see how they learned what really happened the day James died, how they found his crash site, including witnesses, and made new friends in Italy along the way. Included are photos and documents about James' posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross, photos of the crash site and finding plane wreckage, plus documents and letters amassed during their search for answers. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. 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