27 20 780 https://www.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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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/228/Dibble_Text0169.pdf bc0cbd1827e4df8063acfd078c232619 PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 July. 16, 1943. Hantc DIVE BCtEING MISSION - 15 P-38s, Capt. Stover,, Lts. Lee, Lentz, Hanton, Stephs lan, lj., Sokol bOKolt Newsome, Opdahl and Niles, 1 Eerr, Brophy, Pace, Brown, Wilson, Fell, <■each carrying 1 x 500 lb0 boob (insto and *045 ,045 fuses), tookioff tookiqffat 0659 hours to> div® bo# targets of opportunity in northcentral ,SIOIET. ' The formation flew at 9,000 feet and dropped banks at 4,000 feet at 0830 hours on the road junction just southeast of ADRANO. Bombing: hits were scored on the road junction and a convqy of about 100 eneny vehicles, destroying about 30 of them. 1 truck was damaged by straffing nearby. Scattered units ctf 2 or 3 trucks were observed moving north and east in northcentral part of eastern SICIEf. No enemy aircraft encountered. No flak encountered. Route: From base to a point just east of PORTO EMPEDOCIE, thence to CALTANISSETTA, thence to VAIGUARNERA, thence to AG IRA, thence to TEOINA, thence to ADRANO, the- e to ENNA, out to sea over PORTO * ■ ■ he could not &!?aw gae from his Belly Tank and ided at 0715 hours, Lts, New sane and-epiafe^ spares, returned and landed at >922 hours. Lt. SpkoPhad to pump his wheels down and "‘landed at 1010 hours. The remainder of the formation landed at W hcurso p I I- CC;r?.HF - 2 p-3Sa, crttov nllwiehk, It* jMkawi, took off at 0700 hours to carry maps to LICATA, SIDIII. Landing there at 0830 hours. They took off at 0950 hours and landed atlUO hours. Ho enemy activity of any kind .. • ’£bh AW. German Off deers were in command >aad wot© forced to surrender with ■ -than. ’ Weather: low overcast on the deekj above the deck, CAVU.^ ess KC:» Lts. Lentz and Brophy, each carrying 1 500 pound bomb (Inst, and .045), took off | at 1058 hours to dive bomb targets of opportunity in northwest SICILY. The for­ mation flew at 8,500 feet, dropped their bombs at 4,000 feet at 1210 hours on the railroad station and marshal 1 irg yards at LEONFCBTS. Hits were scored in ,j the marshalling yards and the adjacent highway junction, destroying about 30 £1 of an enemy vehicle convoy of 100 going southward. Seven trucks were destroyed <5 • and 2 were damaged by straffing on the road be’ reen IEONFCRTE and S. CATERINA; £; 6 tanks (stationary) were seen on a hill ''just • fest -of ENNA. There were a large ; number of scattered units of 2 or 3 trucks, . e going northward and sane going ; U- :■••• - ..= Captain, Ail Ai.’ Corps, Intelligence Qfj 'ficer. �94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 July 16, 1943 (Continued) DIVE BaTEING MISSION (Continued) - southward, in the northwest central part of SICILf. ,No flak encountered. No enemy aircraft observed. The spares, Captain Storer, its. Lentz and Brophy, returned and landed at ‘1256 hours. Weather: to target, scattered 2/10s clouds at 2,000 feet; over target, CAVU. Route: from base to MERINA, thence to VALLELUNGA, due east to a point Just south of NICOSIA, thence to IEONFCRTE, due west along road to S. CATERINA, thence to PCRTO EMPEDOCLI and return to base. Lt. Qpdahl landed at GaP© BON at 1335 hours because of shortage of gas; ho took off at 3355 hours and landed at 1425 hours. The ramaind of the formation landed at 1405 hours. RANDOLPH A. BROWN, Captain, Air Corps,, Intel 1 igence Officer. , . . ' - ■ h ’ i • . ■ I € � 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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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 16, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 16, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/229/Dibble_Text0170.pdf 25baae13d5bae29779f18b44d9168c93 PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUAD^H 1ST FIGHTER GRO’.T A.P.O. J20 July IS, 1943. SL.T.CH MISSION - 8 P~38s, Lts. Stephan, Allan, Whalen, Jackson, Brown, Phillips, Brophy and Newsome, together with a formation from the 2?tn Fighter Squadron, took off at' 0735 hours to escort 1 Sunderland on an Air-Sea Rescue mission. About 50 cr 60 miles off the southwest coast of Naples, Italy, at about 500 feet. The formation rendezvoued with the Sunderland over SIDI AHMED, TUNISIA at 0750 hours. The formation did not see ary wreckage, but sighted 2 dinghies about a quarter of a mile apart, one empty, and the other containing 6 men, at 1000 hours. The Sunderland landed and picked up these 6 men. Route: direct. Weather: hazy all the way. No eneny shipping or aircraft seen. The formation landed.at 1323 hours. te < July 19, 1943. LG2BER ESCORT MIS ION - 22 P-38s, Lts. Hagenback, Parlett, Dibble, Grieshaber, Brophy, Lee, Bov.er,' Hanton, Fell, Teryy, Opdahl, Jacobsen, Brown, Newscme, Whalen, Pace, Anderson, Niles, Cogswell, Sokol, Kipper, and Sager, took off at at 1235 hours, the P-38s at 11,000 feet and the B-26s at 10,000 feet. L< . . 4 Nvmeroup tensity and inaccurate; fran ROME out to coast, scattered heavy tracking, . £?EE£?minto the TYRRHENIAN SEA at about 1405 hours, 5 crewmen were seen to bail out. i SsssaSSi I. i timated them to be 230 degrees and 70 miles from ROME. 5 other P~38s and 3 ■ • B-26s circled and the B-26s dropped dinghies. Lt. Niles had both belly tmJr: : so he' told th© other P-38s to return to the mainland and report to the Air-sea 1 Rescue... Lt. Niles tried to reach Air-sea Rescue on °D" channel but he was too far out. The P-38s and the B-26s left and Lt. Niles continued to circle the 2 4 men ^tho managed to get in the dinghy. The other members of the crew apparently 4 drowned. Lt. Nil>s heard Lt. Brown call "MAURICE0 andgive position. Lt Nil th continued to ci’-le for 2i hours and then threw his canteen to the men in t. _______________ dinghy. He fir close enough to the mainland to communicate with Air-sea Rescue ? and was told to land for ten rescue planes were on their way; to the men in the y*> dinghy. Lt. ?’<" is landed at 1735 hours. Route: the form**:ion flew di—t to -.argot and ret;. .ie&, ;.eoxler: to target, v has - tit:, v„: RANDOLPH A. -3F.G.:'., Captain, Air . ,. Intelligence Oil ice. . �94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 July 19, 1943 (Coat'd) 1/10. BOMBER ESCORT MISSION (Continued) - Over target, high scattered clouds, ------- is, x/J-u* " Sokol - • - •had• Lt. Anderson's left engine cut out and he landed at 1200 hours. Lt. jht engine and he was unable to find a 1st® take-off because of trouble with rigl the formation and he landed at 1330 hours. The rest of the formation landed at 1545 hours. SEARCH MISSION - 1 P-38, Lt. Sokol, took off hours on a search mission with 7 other P-38s Squadrons. They searched the TYRRHENIAN SEA of i-.i. They -sighted a small coastal steamer CAVU but hazy. v j at 1545 hours and landed ,<at 2055 from the 27thand 71st Fighter for a B-26 crew but sev nottrace near the Italian coast. Weather: July 20, 1943. ANTI AIR TRANSPORT MISSION - 19 P-38s, Colonel Garman, Captain Stover, Captain | • ' ’ formation sighted 1 Sn. 82 10 miles North of £37177. ISL-JT) at 50 feet over the water.. The lead flight made, a $80 degree turn ana attactoea from rignt rear. Xne ■■ehejsy aircraft took evasive action and after the second pass began trailing gas and oil apd went into the water. The crew were seen in dinghies. A email vessel Boat vas sighted northeast of UST®A ISLAND heading toward. Italy-/ . So Other anW shipping qr; aircraft were seen., Weather: hazy to ^nd. W .area < 7 L. ‘ ; frail 6,000 feet todeck. Its* Schulze, Hagenback, Allan, Opdahl/Newsosje, ' Jaccbben, and Captain Stover returned and landed at 0950 hours. Lt. Sias re- '' $ turned and landed at 0705 hours bepause his left Belly Tank fell off. and his . right .engine was cutting out. ' The remainder cf the foraation returned and land^dl [ RANDOLPH Ai Captain, Ai Intelligence � 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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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/230/Dibble_Text0171.pdf 562df172cc755a7bb78fcdc591ffc652 PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 July 23, 1943. !■ P E SEARCH MISSION - 4 P-38s, Lts. Dibble, Kienholz, Cogswell and Hanton, together with formations from the 27th and 71st Fighter Squadrons, took off at 0650 hours to escort a JBT on an air-sea rescue mission near NAPLES, HAU, to look for 4 men in a dinghy. Formation rendezvoused with PBI over BIZERTE £t J.,500 feet at 0705 hours. Formation sighted what was believed to be a raft'fesAr was empty. 'opping about 4 smoke candles at which PBI circled are-for about 30 minutes dropping ‘ ’ time formation left PBI and returned to> base.base. Weather: enroute, 6/10ths clour;: feet5: over target, CAVU. .Upon re­ at 400 feet but clear from 400 feet to 15,000 feet c. and. 240 degrees back to b; ie. turn hone, weather was CAVU. Route:: 60 degrees out Formation landid at 1146 hours. BOMBER ESCORT ? IBS ION - 14 P“38s, Lts. Brophy, Phillips, Fell, Lee, Brown, Pa.-: stt, Sager, Griesh-' er, Bower, Terry, Niles, Wilson, Opdahl and Pace, together -;:L •the 2?th and 71st Fighter Squadrons, took off at 0936 hours to p •formations fro: <the escort about 0" 'B-26s over airdrome at AQUINO, ITALY, B-26s at 12,500 feet, P-3 3s at 15,000 feet, it 1155 hours. About 25 aircraft, several fighters and the rest bombers, were sighted on the airdrome. Bombing: Very accurate, hits seen all .over airdrome and dispersal areas and on two hangars. It is believed that all flak, not intense and very inaccurate. Weather: to target, S/lOths clouds at. li.QCQ fe^t;..over target,. C^JU. Lo.tneny air craft seen. teats; fcmntica . 30 degrees to target and 210 degrees back to base. It. Wilson returned early be­ cause his both prop governors were out, landing at 1025 hours. Lt. opdahl, the HAH. Formation rendezvoused with Sunderland over SJDI AHMED at 1,000 feet at and 210 degrees back to base. > . • Formation landed at 2036 hours. i j Cyn) ■ RANDOLPH A. BROWN, Capt., Air Corps, Intelligence Officer. 1 K x � 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. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 23, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 23, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/231/Dibble_Text0172.pdf d7b65bb8336feda524d75c7556dfaecd PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUT A.P.O. 520 July 25, 1943. No missions this date. July 26, 1943. SEARCH MISSION - 4 P~38s, Lts. Brown, Schulze, Jacobsen, and Peck, took off at 0601 hours to escort 1 Sunderland on an-air-sea rescue mission to the east Coast of SARDINIA. The formation rendezvoued with -Sunderland at SJDI"AHMED—— at 1,000 feet at 0605 hours. Route: to target, due North. ' eather: en route to target, 8/10s clouds at 3,000 feet, 9/10s at 5,000 f set with haze. • Time over target, 0715 hours. The formation sighted nothing. Weather over target, 9/10s overcast at 700 feet with r end haze. The (relation last ksaw Sunderland -on way home on course of 175 degrees at. which time it was lost f'"in a haze and fog bank. Route: to base, due South. The formation landed at - 0942 hours. 1 . -. • ■ ■ . •/ H? with formations fron the 27th and 71st Fighter Squadrons, took off at 0618 eaSy because hl.' oat end ia^ed UWhoh4.'to target, ■ 70 degrees. ■ 9 Ju. 52s were seen just off the northwest coast of PANAREA - / - target, CAVU .Ito aUgtototo, Ttor^t^ .»«•»V/ * ’ ■ • r BOMBER ESCCRT MISSION - 15 P-38s, Lts. Jackson, Ran Sice, Cogswell, Lee, Brophy, Kienholz, Sager, Grieshaber, Cpdalil, Allan,' Jacobsen, Wilson, Brava, Dibble, and Kipper, took eff at’ 0920 hours to escort 2/ 1126s over SCALEA A/D/ITAU. The P~38s rendezvoued with the bombers at DJ2IDJA at 0945 hours at 4,000 feet. Route: to garget, 60 degrees. Weather: to target, 6/10s clouds at 15,000 feet with haze below. The B-26s were over the target at 10,000 feet; the P-3&2 at 12,000 feet at 1140 hours. Barbing; very accurate, hits being seen all over the target. One large gas fir- tvas observed in the bombed area. Flak: no flik v-.o cr.ccu.—crec. ’..cutter: ever target, ccm.-lete >t. No enesy aircraft or other enemy ccsxcestraticns were overcast at 16,000 feet. >ase, 240 degrees, degrees. Weather: er. rc-ute to base, visibility sighted. Route: to base, fc-r-t: sc_-;isc: j mile: 10/lCs clcuie at |gbi 3,0; -i. fc-rt: ; - r.-: l.ao-c ; eio.:. ' - . Ire-.-.., Diblla-, ’ ' ' er, s; zercr, ream ___ ___ remainder of th jrmation retur:.edjj^d landed at 13-57 hours. RAQDOIi-H A. ; ; •§ fc J « . ~ Captain, A.C., Int. Officer. � 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. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 25 to July 27, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 25 to July 27, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/232/Dibble_Text0173.pdf 7e8997fdceee57697afbf64e7fcd3b58 PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRCN 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 July 28, 1943. J-Jo missions this date. July 29, 1943. ?'■ L> - 7. ; I; \- P ■' F ■ [ BOLEER ESCORT MISSION - 15 P-38s, Lts. Hageriback, Schulze, Niles, Terry, Brophy, Parlett, Dibble, Herr, Sokol, Peck, Hanton, 'Viils .n, Jackson, Cogswell, and Grieshaber, took off at 1142 hours, together with formations fran the 27th and 71st Fighter Squadrons, to escort 24 B-26s over IQUINO A/D, ITALY. The P-38s rendezvoused with the bombers at 1 jJEUR at 3,3-' feet at 1210 hours. Route:, to target, 35 degrees to GUIF OF SALERNO; then: west to a point north of NAPLES; thence to target, Nciv:?:-; to'r: ■ scattered cibuds at 6,000 to -SyOOOfeet with haze below; over target, solid overcast at 7,000 feet. The for­ mation was over the target at 1430 hours; the bombers flying at 6,000 feet; the P-38s at 6,500 feet. Bombing: veiy accurate.— Two strings of bombs hitting the entire length of the airdrome. 6 enemy aircraft were observed dispersed on the airdrome, No fires or damage to buildings was observed, due to dust from baab. .bursts and .hazy weather. No enemy aircraft, were encountqred in the .air. -_'Ifo - flak was encountered; •- Route? to base, 230 degrees. 5 ehsmy Treig^dre-Weihs; c- ‘ sighted heading south from P. LICOSA al<w- the coast at 1205 hours. Lieutenant ...at’ 1534 hours. Lts, Dibble and Grieshaber while on their way hone encountered. Rm. . on .its way, he left the bcmber at 1725 -hours, landing back at bas< . v .• h - sas sss ;aiSB g SEARCH MISSION - 3 P~3Ss, Lie. Opdahl, Ei“-p°r, and Thiessen took off at 1625 hours £0 escort 1 Bunderland on an Air-Sea Rescue iission between Sicily 'and Sardinia. S The P-3Bs were over the rendezvous point - SJDI AHMED AIRDROME, BIZERTE - st 1635-1, houps at 2,000 feet. Weather: to and over the airdrome, hazy. The Sunderland did' not ccme up and at the same time the P-38s. received a cal 1 from MATEUR to return ;'j ■ to base. Weather: en route to base, hazy. The formation’returned and landed at 1? ( .h Captain, Air Corps, Intelligence Cilice:-. � 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. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/233/Dibble_Text0174.pdf 168b1f712e7cc566ff21003927ef5b42 PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 July 30, 1943. No missions this date. Jtily 31, 1943. BOMBER ESCORT MISSION - 15 P-38’9, Lts. Hageriback, Sias, Kipper, Kienholz, Brophy, F/0, Allan, Sager, Herr, Opdahl, Phillips, Jacobsen, Wilson, Niles Hanton and C-rieshaber, took off at 0854 hours to escort 33 E-26’s over ADRANO A/D, Sicmr. Route: to target, direct to Southeast SIGH!, thence to target. Weather: to targe , hazy; over target, hazy with scattered clouds, Farming: hits were o served on field south of tom. The formation was over the target at 1O:Z|O h urs; bombers at 12,000 feet; the P-38’s at 13,000 and 13,000 feet. J’c r. iy aircraft were encountered. Flak: North­ west of target, heavy, tracks, light intensity and accurate. Route: en route to base: direct. Weather; to base, hazy. At approximately app 10:00 ,o catch fire, ; hours on the way to target, one B-26 was seen to and smoke. This B-26 landed safely at MALTA. The spares, Lts. Niles, lianton and Grieshaber, returned and ladded at 1215 hours. No other sightings observed. remainder of the formation returned and landed at 1244 hours. SSShrT*; Intelligence Officer. -i f I � 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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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/220/Dibble_Text0161.pdf 12fbb221e9996ad46502194ad80e97c7 PDF Text Text 1 . “■ J<n July 4, 1943. a-i 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST TESTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 ■. ? U,.. .- .BOMBS! SSGQKT,.MISSION - 19 .P-38a, _Lts. Johnson, Hanton, .Anderson, GiOliam^ophy, .. " ^leffi^FTlJ^n/Sokol,NeWscmo/Jacobisen, Fell, • Lentz, Kipper, Brown, Ahd Cogswell, took off at 1125 hours, together with forma­ tions from the 2?th ar 1 71srt Fighter Squadrons, to escort 33 B-26e from the 319th Bomb Group over GERBINI A/D near CATANIA, SICHZ at 1400 hours. The P-38srendezvcused with .the b-26e at 1215 hours over DJEDEIDA at 4.000 feet. This formation rdndezroueeiiMth a formation of Spitfires over MASSA (which acted as top caver) [;■ at 1330. hours. -26ss /ere over target at 10,000 feet, P-^Ss at 12,000 feet. No „ ,’e. bb-26 one observed the borir Lng. 4 jie.lOSs were sighted near the target at 14fC0 feet but they did net att; sk the formation. Flak: about a dozen puffs south of the ta H get, heavy, light in! msity and inaccurate. Route: Fonation flew at 13,000 feet to PANTEi1eRIAp thenc4: :to-M|LTA, thence to target, and .returned by sama route, Weather: to target, hazy; over target, hazy with overcast at 18,000 feet. Lt. Jacobsen returned early because of mechanical failure, landing at 1215 hours. Lt. Sager returned early because of mechanical failure, landing at 1300 hours. r h 1 si ■ ? f hits were seen on the airdrome but the dust obscured the view. No enemy aircraft . h ; ji heavy, light intensity and inaccurate; scattered puffs 20 miles south of the targetyog about 6 red bursts about 2 miles south of SCORDIA. Route: direct to DJEPEIDA, -■? Sp thence to :,'? “ thence to target, and return by same route. ’.'...it appeared to be >fc a new airfield Ld wi's seen about 3 miles south of ME. ETNA. Two cargo vessels and $ several small boats were seen in AUGUSTA HARBOb at about 1330 hours. Weather: to JxK target, hazy; over target CAVU. Lt. fpdahl returned early because of mechanical failure and landed at 1345 hours. The remainder of the formation landed at 152 5 hours. ■ ■ to|| 1 � 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. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 4 to July 5, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 4 to July 5, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/221/Dibble_Text0162.pdf 8a5e73372a6fb88883ac99945bbd8139 PDF Text Text July 6, 1943. rCMBER ESCORT MISSICW - 12 P-38s, Capt. Wellensiek, its. Hanton, Holcombe, bokol, Stephan, jacobsen, Niles, Dibble, Brown, Kipper, Pace and Cogswell, H «- ■■? The F-38s rendezvoused with the b-17s at 12,000 feet over HAMMAMET at. 1337 . hours, Formation then flew to MALTA, thence around east coast of SlCUZ to CATANIA. thence to target, .thence to MAIffA and thence home by the same route. . 1-he f option irae over target at 1515 hours, tJ-17e at 21,<K)0 feet; r-3es at 22,000 feet. B®nblag? two rows of about 1.0 hits each were laid down the beriter of a/D. About 25 SA, Me.109s and Fw.l90s attacked the formation three times from various angles.' Lt. Dibble probably destroyed «n Me.10J. Gapt. Welle; aiek damaged an me. 109. Flak; over target only, heavy, ligi ; intensity, * ■ difficult for the r~38e. it. Kipper returned early because of met. anical fail­ ure, landing at 1405 hours, it. Brown returned early because of mtchanical failure, landing at U25 hours. It. Niles took off at 1340 hours, attanptWio ■ landed at rANTEIIERIA because of shortage of gas at 1630 hours, took ---------off at 1330 hours and landcc here st 1930 Keiurs, It. Jo.r.otson Isnded at ijALTA. becausf shortage drgas. Remainder of formation landed here: kt 1705 hours. 3 ■ v.y, / y ; ; • ' . . • $4*^ / -(y.f< ?.< July?, 1943. , '. y BCRBER TRCORT MTS^CN -'18 p-38s, Captain 'Stoverj'lts.Wilsdn, Holcombe,' w ..., ■ -.; Gilliam, Gill lam, Wlenj-Kipper, Whalen, ..Kipper,: Bower, Dibble,'Hageiback, Dibblt Cogswell, Pace', Niles, - - vZ' 'BrOwri,'Pell, ‘0pdahl, 'Brown,' Fell'/tr^* ’'1' Millei-,''Grieshaber^ and Anderson,’took off at 0850,'hcrars ' ' ‘f together I iV— with ,-ith formations frcm the 27th and 71st Fighter Fquadrons to'escort 2S about ?0 B-2$s • rehdeivoued w±1 proceeded thenc led bythe same'route. The formation was over the target at 1105 hours, ?S and teturnt the --26s at s 10,000 feet, the F-3?s fro- 11,07' :: 23,000 feet. Bombing: three . > s rings of bombs were laid'down on either side of runway. No enany aircraft ' encountt encountered. Flak: heavy, scattered around the target, not intense, inaccurate, and barrage; scattered puffs toward the south of the target for 10 or 15'miles. 'miles. weather: to target, very hazy with visibility 3 to 5 miles; ovei target,, CATO «> bit hazy. Lt. Grieshaber returned early because of mechaiical failure and id landed landed ; 0910 hours. The rest of the fo nr at ion aland^d at 1320 hom■ f ;■ �' 94TH I SOTOTOOH ’ - I ■ ■. July 7, 1943 (Cont’d) .... 1ICTE: On July 6, Lt. Jacobsen landed at MAITA'at 1540 hours because of a ’ her^^rt^l^^^ours^® K-- -3 lW0chaur8 and, landed. July 8, 1943. • i > STRAFFING ICTSFICN- 4 P-38s, Its’. Holcombe, Gilliam, Opdahl and.Niles, took off at 0755 hours on a straffing mission against a.Radar Station, 1| miles'southwest of CATANIA A/r> on the coast of the r.uTP nF CATANIA, SIGHT. The formation left : the:’codst Of' TUNISTA'at CAPE MAMOUPA, thence to a p-tint half way between MALTA and SICTIY, thence around southeastern coast of r*' lv to the CUIF CF CATANIA ;k.; - 5 then.ee to target and returned by the same rdute. Th ? formation flew”on the .deck” > '' and was''over' the target'at 1C10 hevrs. "he formstio ’’hit what' was believed’to be the target on the coast; they also hit a lighthouse ind radio station on CAPE L , .P4SSER0; they.also.,hit two fishing boats in the GULF .OF CATANIA about 4 miles off | ’ "shore due east of CATANIA A/D. "Flak: none around target; flak was thrown up from b . b L. - shots, mot intense, inaccurate: at CAPE PAS8ER0,light barrase, medium intensity ant, ir.t z: urate. No t.r.t-.y ciicr-.*’. eiol.c: it. i!.t air cr on p’.e grout.1. Thredarmy trucks were seen just north'of CATANIA A/D moving'toward CATANIA*. Che large warship was seen 2 or 3 miles'south of RELIGIONS point. Weather: toand over r .1 '. B'CKBER K8C0RT MISSION L k F r' i ■■i iS ... 16 R-38s, Its". Fell,'Herr, Bower,' Nibble, Stephan, Han Squadrons to escort 48 B^26s from the 17th Bomb Group and 320th Bomb Group over i-Sg ffiRBINI.A/b near CATANIA, SICILY, The.P-38s rendezvoused .over DJTDEIDA with the B-2«J|. '.at 5,000 feet at -0948'hours. The formation then flew to MALTA’ .where it rendezvoused^ g g with a formation of Spitfires at 1103 hours4 Formation then flew to target'and re-| = | turned by7 same at 1125 hours, B-26s at 11,000 feetjglf same route. route. Formation Formation was was over over target tarf P-3?s at 12,500 feet. Bombing: hit: sser, on A/? which had apparently been abandoned,f No enemy aircraft encountered. Flak: heavy barrage and tracking over target, heavy tj '■ intensity, and accurate; coast of the GULF OF NOTO, scattered puffs. 12 small^B ite; along ale boats seen in CATANIAA harbor harboi at 1130 hours. Weather: to target; CAVU but hazy; ove^mB target, CAVU. Lt. Miller returned early because of mechanical failure, landing at Sjg 0935 hours. Lt. Pace returned early because of m^_..anical failure, landing at 1040^ hours. Lt. Anderson landed at MAT"! because of t. tage of gas at 12A5 hours, took- Jg' off at laCC hcur^ s-.' .. . . '1 ' f-'r.--*:or: i'r/'j r" 1345 hours. -0 � 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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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 6 to July 8, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 6 to July 8, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/222/Dibble_Text0163.pdf 3ea582f1ff45114b52855c446aa0af9e PDF Text Text ■’: [; ! " "■;•'■ ' ' i. , hr .• ! '' ’ ■ i *- ft* * -; - '94TH FIGiiTER .: SQUADRON : 1ST FIGHTER GROUP -. - ? A.P.O. 520 • ’ - ‘ < . Ju^ 9’ 19*5, . pyryw ESCORT "IS-"?"1!' - 7 P-583, Lts. Stephan, Anderson, Hagenbeck (fonattior. over GERBINI L/C j?7 near CATANIA, SICILY'.' Rendezvous was made with the R-25s . ’ over KORBA at 2,000 feet at’1550:hours and the entire formation was over target at 1705 .hours, the P-58s at 10,000 feet, B-25s at 9,000 feet. Bombing: - . -'hits were seen ..on the runway, and accross. the' highway from the runway, a largp > ~ '■ 'fire Which appeared to .be ah-oil dump was left burning on -the L/G, a firewas. ■uT'Tt'Iseen in:ihe\taen .on the docks. No enemy aircraft'were encountered but 8 unl,, ..._M..,identified..siiigls/X'.gine aircraft '"re seen in the target area which-climbed. X-k.T "Tinto th^ sun-buTdid not attr ck t> Vormati6n. ' About 50" enemy aircraft’were T" T - aisperpec. on il t on ' 10 Fid:: heaty barrage over tar-ci. .. l„a0=^te; .. ■ ,ee„ tS8;ttSyh8^S£t^0JU?Fsa H ?’.. iust north of VITTG~ .i t.'v.'.ce to < • et and returned from same route. R' ' E ... I ■•-■ < Two H-.Ur. ■;+.hn <->+.h.?r tiirnin’" to the .> eft, thus tendering the ------- ------- -• biif—I . ■ target, .light barrage (ZOi.El.) light intensity and inaccui’c.te; light barrage » h taW ■'e,' thence ■ hdme Ty - hazy wit> ;h 5 to 8 riles ■lies visibility. WS5 . -Ml Constant-radio chatter of other squaor -n £g' > "-S: RANDOLPH A. BEGUN, Capt., Air Corps, In-’-c? it yoC» Of'ic-r. ’■-» ' � 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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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 9, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 9, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/212/Dibble_Text0154.pdf 57201f20ff5d2a4ea2fcd262ae238b74 PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 June 10, 1943. DI.r: 1017 " hI h ir gj, I t-> - 12 P-33s, Co.pt. Sutcliffe, Its. Cilliai, ' , nord #4A at PANTIILERIA. Lt. Hammond returned early because of mechanical" failure, • landing at 0305 hours, Capt. Sutcliffe returned early because of mechanical fail­ ure, landing at 0310 hours. Lt, Jackson was late taking off due to mechanical failure and could not find formation so returned and landed at 0840 hours. Lt. Anderson returned early because of mechanical failure, landing at 0330 hours, Formation flew at 7,500 feet until over the target when they climbed to 3,000 feet and dived to 3,000 fc-d before releasing their bombs. 2 bombs were seen to hit the target and the r. c landed in .the vicinity. Time over t-f„.; ■ hours. Flak: light, intense :and accurate. Weather: to target, heavy overcast abou. half to T ' j . : .,000 feet, from there on and over target, 0 .'."J, Re eneay aircraft seen, After ’ mbing, formation reformed at 3,000 feet, Re..r_inder ; of formation landed at 1050 i.ours. 6 bombs were dropped. Route: Direct to target, .U Lt. Niles flew with the 27th Fighter Squadron on same mission, taking off at gSSwr”- — h””8-Th»£ B-i o » SR&FrfA 27th and 71st Fighter Squadrons,' took off at 0740 hours to dive bomb gun positions B .O’s* £iyn j>u..nAwu pjpuxw; ~ Capv,. ouvCj-u.^e, Lus. bower emu oagW, £>enuz, ;pace^”Brophy, Sokol, Quinn, Cogswell, Whalen, Gilliam, Capt. Stover, Its. Esser, . Newsome, Helms, Froehling, Opdahl, Jackson, Hammond, filler, Niles, Johnson and tg IkV * aj^aflfailurej landing' at 1515 hours. ■' W*feet but dived to 4^000 fee. before dropping bombs. About 16 bombs made , : direct hits on target and the remainder hit around target area. Formation also ’ f straffed while diving. Time over target 1638 hours. One large transport believed 1 SS'A’K.rSZ . I not intense and inaccurate. It is believed-that’there are several flak pbsitions on southern part of island. Weather:, to target, hazy, scattered showers and poor vd: i’.ildty; over taL-jeu, C.dv'U. do eae.j-.- aircraft seen. ._ _cv .. formation reformed at 500 feet. 22 bombs were dropped. Route: direct to target. Formation landed at 1810 hours. ‘ - randoipita; bro.;?:, Capt., Air Co:-v:. Intelligence Cd_ic-r. 3 I y � 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/. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/213/Dibble_Text0155.pdf dbd7a20e08df0483e26f8db5e0d1f84f PDF Text Text r 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O.- 520 I j- June 11, 1913. DIV- HAIIIJG KI33I0N - 14 I’-38s, Capt. Stover, Lts. Bower, Jacks 0.;, R, h H.- . a,,. . - ’■ ■ E, :- .took off at 1110..hours to patrol and dive bomb PANTELLERIA-. Formation flew at between 6,000 and 9,000 feet. Formation was ordered to jettisons bombs as 60 enemy fighter were coming in. Formation saw bombs drop around our invasion ^barges butJ could not see enemy aircraft. The enemy made one direct hit on one of our larger boats. Formation over target from 1235 hours to 1440 hours, . Weather: x ..... to overcast at tar9,001 feet with No flak encountered. and over rget. Formation landed at 1520 hours. 'showers, Route: direct to tarf 10 flew with the 27th Fighter Squadron. e,ch ear­ Its. Opdahl an.' Nibble wh< th (instantaneous and .45 fuses.). It, QpdaiJ. Look off at riel 1 x 1000 lb. 1015 but returned e- •ly because of mechanical failure, landing at U10 hours, • Im. little took of.. it 1045 T_ hours — to patrol and dive bomb PANT-Il Patroled F.-.NP/jLIEitLA for I3 . .urs. Porn rmation sighted 60 Fw,190s dive bombing landing barges and -Ships so formation1 jettisoned bombs and dispersed these enemy air, craft. It. Dibble landed Tlmixs to refuel reiuej at 1415 hours, took off at nded at TUNIS . 1 weather at 1645 hours, took ---------- 1740 hours.‘ ’ '' NOTE: Lt, Cronin who was previously ?reported as missing had landed at ALGIERS 1 \’V because of mechanical failure at 13255 hours and returned to base today. - " ^,12. W. . ESCORT MISSION - J3 R-38b^ Its. Froehling,Niles, Whalen, Helms, Stepban, Br<?phy, Opdahl,Lentz, Anderson, Brown, Gilliam and Hammond, together. = formations fr.cm the 2?th and 71st Fighter Squadrons, took off at 0840 hours; to escort 36 B-l?s over .Castelvetrano A/b, Sicily, B-17s going over-target at' ■ p*--’-.... . 24,000 feet, P“r35f at 25,000 feet at 1105 hours. Bur formation made a sweep over, Er A ..V-^target before B<7s made bomb znin. Bombing: very ..accurate;.! large fire with ■’ Jarge column of black smoke on k/D. No flak encountered. 2 E/A seen below bomber F' ' ‘£t 15*000 feet just west Of the target going east but did not attack formation,!? p ’ leather: to target, 4/10ths clouds at 6,000 feet; over tarpet, hi~?. overcast at? k. 30,000 feet. Lt, Stephan returned early because of mechanic-1 1 allure, landi.\ K; at 0900 hours, Lt, Brophy, after dropping belly tanks near target, returned be. cause of mechanical failure, landing at 1220 hours, Lt. Brown, landed at SolimAnW ■k ’ ht 1200 hours to,ref uel, took off at 1300 hours and landed here at 1400 hours, £ g’ Route: to CAPEiBON -irectly east.thence north to target. Remainder of formation* landed at 1250 hr •; > ’ RANDOLPH I � 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. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 11 and June 12, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 11 and June 12, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/214/Dibble_Text0156.pdf 928d110120892e6d418e3ead6f516a84 PDF Text Text 94TE FIGHTER SQliUADRo;: 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A. P-O. 520 June 13, 1943. No misrions thie date. ■ h June 14, 1943. No missions this date. June 15, 1943. FCiSER ESCORT MISSION- - 24 P~38s, Capt. Stover, Lts.. Bower,,Johnson,f Helms,, Frcehling, Pace, Jackson, Hammond, Lentz, Gillie..:, ,.ndcrs on, Liblls, C.ui.;.;’ Cogswell, Hole'jbe, Sokol, Stephan, Oodahl, Brophy, Cronin, ?'iller, Hiles. . xm: a:-’ 3"i.: .together wit'.. formations f.a. the "7':?. ’ “* • . ?1 . Squadrons, too; £ff at 0610 hours to escort 48 B-l?s over BOCCADIFAICO A/D, !: ; 11171*, B-l": ■ ing over the target at 22,000 feet, at if,COO feet. F:r a-.-;ion ov : arget from 0550 hours until 0?00 hours. Co:lLnj:: very ac­ curate; hits seen directly in center of A/D but no fires and no E/A on ground. No enemy aircraft seen. Flak: very light, very little flak and very inaccurate. [ pact, thence east, thence eontoeast tn ta.F"et» r.ant, Cf.nver rp+.nvnflrt p.arli.- 1.c>— F because of mechanical failure (Radio), landing at hours. Lt. Froehling re- . L * . turned early because of mechanical failure, landing at 0905'hours. Lt. -Killer Lk ■}■■■■ ■ landed at BQME becauseof mechanical failure at.0835 hours, took.off.-at 0850 >•.• hours and lahded here .at-0920 hours. Its. Brophy, 'Pace, - Cronin, BowerDibble. 3 / t ^:™c^ani9a^faH.ure^Remainder of‘Joimation landed at 1120 hours. M/-.-/ / s ! ... R/d-DOIPH .;. Lit;.*/, ■ i Intelligence Officer. :rr> . i .- ■9 � 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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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 13, June 14 and June 15, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 13, June 14 and June 15, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/215/Dibble_Text0157.pdf 4c443023cbb057776909a36ebade305d PDF Text Text A.r.c. 520 1 June 16, 1943. isions this date. ■ -• ■.-■■--• <n ■■ ■-■. k: •■ ■-..■■mM-i’A .......................... , . .. -.. '- ■: t :■ : -...' : . .,,-v June 17, 1943. " " ._;.. ■ ,<A- i ■'.- ’ ■ No missions this date. ■ .. - June 18, 1943. ! . EXSSR ESCORT KESIOE - 23 P-33s, Capt., Stovdr) j.ts, Hay, Joan;::: Dibble, Boose, r nrer, Holcombe, Brown, Niles, Anderson, Sagar, Quinn, Kipper, Er ,phy, y&illiMi, enhan, Pace, Jackson, Cronin, ’filler, Error, <~;'d n;2., r-c ? . . 1, took off at r k - inj over tar~et at 10,000 feet, P-33s at 12,000 feet. Bombing: verj- accurate; lafis Id T intense and accurate*. Weather: to target, CAVU with;« i ■ heee bn "deeW*: over-target, scattered clouds at 6,d00 feet. Route: JO dereee ■ --jX3«r^,nia^ W5 s “4 ' aircr^kXS SS^ i ' fer3 h ' '. • RANDOIPH A. BROWN, Capt., Air Corps, Intelligence Officer. .b: h9r° ■ ■ ws < I f J ' -®'- •;'■/• 'J. � 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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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 16, June 17 and June 18, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 16, June 17 and June 18, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/216/Dibble_Text0158.pdf c0ecb35f2aa8442767cb58fde46b22e2 PDF Text Text 0. 520 .i 7, ■■ ■ ■ , ,, . ■ 7f:7‘. ; ' iq.'S-L. S3C&;*? LI^Ig'.' - 11 .... l.l_. 'ix)te, Iris.haber, Dib'.la, Oi'cnin, Lent:-, -MX;'-< lEsser.^ Anderson, Sokol, ^teyhan, race, Johnson, Jager, and jfciliiaw, together with f ' '■'■ fictions--fror. the 27th and 71 - Fighter Squadrons, took off at 0620 hours' to ' * ‘ *' escort 36 P-26s over '. T ... .’/□, i-fell", ]>2o? roing ove; target at 11,000 •"•^•dfestfoj'ed -3-::-e;<.10o^ it. Stelian destroyed 2 k-~. I".'?.-'* Lt. Gilliam destroyed £ ' i-y.-r :me« W9sand Lt'. tibose damaged 1 K*u- 109. Formation aw 2 P~38b shot .dotn, 1 of, ■: - th^-hilotd bailing out about 15 miles off coast of SICILY due west of target. < ;;^S ! it • fH--..:!/-* Dibble returned'early because of mechanical failure, landing at 0635 hours.- Lts. • r;’■'. - ■ :.l Ho-mission this date. ■■ ■. : . ... '-■ ' ’ VS$ s its 1. • .: ' ■■ : , ;.v ;,. 7 r ' ' . ^23/1^ . ‘ .. <-e • . » . ■ ■ . . .. aMMBSrM BpBfOW K'._ ; ... . . jone.^wfe, ... . ~ thi- -te. • • \ - ■ . • . . ■ ' ~" r . .y Bower/-® . . Vih^len; ’§§ger.. Cogswell, ililes, tooz off at O64J hours, together pith .'oryiatlonii .g ■ from.71st--and Fighter Squadrons, to' escort about LC B-26s wer CH ’’ G^Xs^SutS^Si ' ■ 0-c/St/ ''•-to L'CT-ITI, 3in?~:7.'.. thence to target; thence westward out;*t&Hse:< and ■-•*1 .... I-7.C4 .to base. E-2os uve; ^..z_.. ... ..' .1 l>,br. fe’t. Fcc-.it ' ation fSccEi the 27th. and-71st Fighter Scuadrbcame .separated from-the E-26s aS r< ' our.-fonaation,’ Just fc§f6feccrpssin.g■ .SARDINIAN coast. Result^ 'of baibing: Hits .-g' 'i. : . . ..' were seen' in the 'target area, but there w;as so much’ dust*it- was impossible -.to ' 7. • , ■'.determine the exact.spot of barb burst. . Just after the'banbing about 20 ene.-jy' ,® ’ i..-'-' -'•’<bli^Litos^t,^Tfe.lO?S'^^ FA- 190s attacked the P- j and n general dbgriisrht ensued.^k tiozai'Oyou 2 "e. 1-yo. 1-. ■ L.r � 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. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 20 to June 24, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 20 to June 24, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/217/Dibble_Text0159.pdf 63c7b4bd0bf1be399eff98aff0f95e5b PDF Text Text '• - ■ ■ -.-.<•<■ 3 l‘j / .' - - ■ nr ' 94TH r lGripSR SQUADRON 1S T FIGHTER GROUP .l.P.C. 520 June 25, 1943? - ’ •! ■■■■■^ ... is1^1'7 June'26/1943 I '' .■■■/? . Ho,mission this date;' ’• ' ■ - io ,;1..: .' ' ■• ’; He “.iscio' this £*/• • .. t te. <1;-- <- - ■ - /-.I; June 27, ’ ,5. - '-' ?.. '.'; ' --I $WWW-• f<-tVW- I'- ;- -, June 23, 1943.' J "'-3^144^1- • ■ June 29,, y - June 30. 192a.- • *< ' tFfcESSW - 18 P-38s, l£s^K&a>r; Grieshaber, HdgwiA^^^svrelj^ ' >T,'Kewscme, Dibble, Brown/Brophy,- Sokol, Stephan, ■'flpfejim; 47 ■' war iiHRizzo Airdrome, Slp^y^ormation rendeavoued. 'Over^S^ ■_-— n I.:, lurniig in tne -aale of the airdrcuici.^luk: tar^t/medi^; altit^Q, n^^nse^but^c^e; Oso >5e»<-K7r-^.-' . ’rr’- ... . i • Is jack. One SIXEL ESSEX just off Sicilian Coast'at about" 1120 hours’. Lt. Co.-.£tell rc;.-.j-. :•:'- ■■ ' lc: • ■ of ;-.;oL'..:»ical failure u:l l...i:'et at 1Cj 5 ?,:-. uK;,47 •. , .Lt.:rBrpwn.returned early bee;-. . f.of mechanical failure and landed at 1140 h^¥v horrsi H !;/< - ;, r:U. Sokol became, separated fro^ bh^.foraation while foUowing.lt. Brown his. hi. <s F, “ v Flight jleaUer and returned and landed at 1145 hours. ' Lt. Brieshaber return ?ned: ■» F-’. .eirljr;ibecaube of mechanical failure arid landed at 1165 hours. The remaind* ler oj.'| J /■ t.... .. . p; . ...-, ;;y. � 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. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 25 to June 30, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 25 to June 30, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/208/Dibble_Text0150.pdf da8def1bd068899dd2bf0063e20268df PDF Text Text ■ 94TH FI-.LTE:. L 1ST FLUTE?. GLuUP .4.P.O. 520 June'3, 1943. DlVa j -HPLIr - 15 P-38s, >8s, Capt. Wellensiek, Wellensiek, Lts.. Opdahl, i\halen, Anderson, Quinn, Gilliam, Ltrown, Hammond, >nd, .Stephan, Stephan^ Priciiard, Brci >phy, Helms, Holcombe, Cogswell., 1335 hours/ and i’ihblo, took off lj:35 hours, to-ethcr >.it?i formations j from. the L'.’LL uni 71st Jy;.drons, e.cli curry. •; 11 * A^ IL^c It. L;..L -----br. ... -route to dive bomb grin emplacement No. 1 immediate: f TZLLSRIA. The fornati-'n cl :>-bed 5000j feet 1 iet:e. before beginning their dive and released their bombs at 2500Cf~et. XX' fret. It iis impossible to estimate exactly the number of hits scored because the tai arget was covered with dust, but it is oelieved that two-thirds of the bombs hit j; ■ in the targetL area’. One cament building was hit; -- 4fo j--- .. enemy aircraft were observed,♦ Flak: Light, intense, intense and accujAte. Time over targe CAVU. FoHtetion landed at target 1515 hours. Leathei to target and over target 171C- hours. k [ 5177 I-C n~.:Fr "LSJr.n: - 15 P-j't, Capt. .iover, Its. Pace, Kewsone, j..:ol, Lo.-.c, i Cronin, Hageni-acx, Eec-er, Freehl'.’ ng, Jager, Least, Gillian, Petersen, Liles, yic. L; i a-s.-. eacii carryiyl x 10X 1b. bomb (inst. and .025 fuses), took off at 1545 hours, F’’ .“ together with the 2?th Fighter Squadron,” to dive bomb Kild a/b near TIiAPANI, 6IQL Is.deck direct to the -iq”i--ds ,w. - - -y.nrc-o + - -y - ■ y-< — ■ gtF the field and the runway. Two hangers were left burning. ^Time. over target 1755 .. Two hangers hours. ; No -E/A were encountered. Flak: light, neitherintense nor accurate but a/ L- r rnr7~—; ’1^4TOk? FLIGHT - 2 P-3«s, Its, Petersen and fironhy, took off 0500 hours and lanaed f? 0930 ho. rs on weather £li:ht to Hyeres Islandr. nearF^V’CE t''. a ‘ ■ � 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. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 3 , June 4 and June 5, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 3 , June 4 and June 5, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/209/Dibble_Text0151.pdf 2482ed25c87a06e51b7e3ebc69c6fdba PDF Text Text 94TJI FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST F3DIIIER GROUP A. P.O, 520 June 5, 1943. (Con't) DIES LCLEING HISSIOL; - 5 P-38s, Its, -oose, Esser, Whalen, Anderson and Newsome, F bomb NdSEPI-iTO k/D near CAGLIARI, SARDINIA. The formation flew on the deck direct to the southeast tip of SARDINIA, thence north for 20 miles, and thence direct to target and southward back to base. Lt. Newsome the spare, returned and landed at 1610 hours. He shot dov.n a balloon, 6ar 8 feet in diameter, 100 feet off the water about 45 miles south of CAGLIARI. The formation climbed to about 5,0C ■ feet just before the bcmb run and dropped their bombs from 3,000 =t. Hits were scored on hangars on the north side of A/fc. Hits werefalso seen feel rev :h corner of k/D, Tine over target, 1510 hours. Flak over t irget: light in the i Liu.; insity, not accurate. About 5 minutes after dropping their 'ombs, It, Whalen turned back to help another P-38 which was being attacked by 2 Ke.109s. ' 6 other Me ,109s then attacked these 2 P-3Ss. Lt. h.u-Ler. probably des? oyed 1 l'.e.l09 which was confirmed as destroyed by a pilot of the 27th Fightev Sq. It. Whalen then rejoined formation. Weather: to and over target, CAVU. Formation i u MS.. Capt.Sto^, *. NX,^, QuW, )IVZ lolc-xRe, Telu, FrecIJin;, Opda’il, Tk-oiirck, Nv: .end, Stephan and Miles, took off at? 1310 hours, togeuner with a formation xrom the 71st F. Sq,, each carrying 1 x 1000 2b bomb (instantaneous x .025) to dive banb the l/G just ■ northeast of CAPOTERRO, SARDINIA (just west of CAGLIARI). The formation flew . • M -. ,.. . K . ? L. | %t s ms a&*es s \ .parw, rrturnod ana landed at,J$50 hear., the tomMlon dropped bank. Iron, -' . 3,000 feet on north side of field near operations buildings and scored hits ’on 2 buildings. - About 12 B/A were in this corher of the field. No eneiqy aircraft ? were encountered. Time over target'lg00 hours. Flak: light, medium intensity W and not accurate. Vfe.ather to target, CAVU; over target, scattered clouds at g 6,000 to 7.000 ^.^uon^d at hour.. . Uapt., Air Corps , Intelligence Officer 1; � 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. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 6 and June 7, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 6 and June 7, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/210/Dibble_Text0152.pdf ea27b9e080d7fd2620072689b593d648 PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.0. 520 K June 6, 1943. DTVD 30? UNO i:iS3I0:i - 15 P~38s, Lts. 'uinn, Face, Brophy, Cogswell, Hiller, ■ from the 27th and 71st Fighter Squadrons, took off at 1335 hours to dive bomb gun emplacement position # 7 on the island of PANTELLERIA. Formation flew at ' 6,000 feet until over water where they flew at 500 fe<^« Formation started to ' dive from 6,500 feet, dropping their bombs at 4,000 feet’. Bombing: very acjhhdnrate, hits seen directly on gun emplacement position number 7, Due to the “ "dust and emoke, it was impossible to determine-the extent of damage,, but it .. is believed that this gun emplacement position was conp?.etely destroyed, Lts. Fell, Anderson and Cronin, ‘the spares, returned and l'r. bd at 1630 hours. Flak: ‘ ... light but intense and inaccurate. Weather: to ana ever arget, hazy from zero FVbter; 1,000;feet but. clear above 1,000 feet. Time over tar. et 1530 hours. Route: to and from target, straight east, ”c ene-.v aircraft se: a. Remainder of forma­ tion landed at 1700 hours. 12 bombs dropped in all. r k .BC.EBZR ESCORT HISSWrION - IL P-3Ss, : Capt. Stover, Lts. Hiles, Nev.-some, Helms, ' and Pace, together with formations'* from the 27th and 71st Fighter Squadrons,'' teyic^took-dff at 1Q30 hours to escort about 45 B-l?s over PANTELLERIA, B-l?s gc*~- ' ■ " “S sBSSSfE-gBS... ft. ’ pT’ . -^he'target^^'arently did not attack Jfihem. Wehtherrto' and 'over but hazy. Lt. Dibble, turned back over Cape BON because of mechanical failure and 1 hours. Remainder of formation landed at 1415 hours. RANDOLPH A. BROWN, Capt., Air Corps, Intellige..„ ^Officer. F < ■ : 1’ 1? |p � 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. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed mission report 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 Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 6 and June 7, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 6 and June 7, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06 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 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/211/Dibble_Text0153.pdf d46a520a2a75be55489885c196c0f083 PDF Text Text 94TH FIG.’l'LE SQUADRON 1ST FJGNTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 June 8, 1943. K'iH- PH. LGPin ::i35K.‘i: - 21 Ccpt. Cover, Its. Riles, Fell, Helms, Free 111—. Cronin, Hagenbaok, Sager, Boose, Cogswell, Whalen, Sokol, Quinn, Bower, Brophy, Gilliam, Stephan, Pace, Killer, .Anderson, and Esser, each carrying 1 x 1000 lb. bomb (,1 and ,025 fuses), together with formations from the 27th and 71st Fighter Squadrons, took off at 0910 hours to dive bomb gun emplacement position #3 on PArrrET.TF.RTA. Formation flew due east to target at 6,500 feet and dived to 4,000 feet before dropping their bombs. Direct hits were scored on target but extent of damage could not be seen because of dust and dirt and the shelling of the Island r.y 14 heavy cruisers and destroyers. Flak: light, not intense but accurate. Fo enemy aircraft'seen, Weather: to and .ver target, Cr-VU. Time over target 1128 hours. Lt. Bower returned :.r : srje, 2 dine at 1220 hours, Lt. Quinn landed at Enfideville at 1225 hoars to refuel, , pk off at 1320 hours and landed hero ' at'1440 hours. It. Cronin is missing, 10 oombs are known to have been dropped. Remainder of formation land. ’. :t 1>;.5 5. : '• June 9, 1943. ^^^t^'lfetBCMBI^AW-BCtOlR^CORT MISSION - 19 P-38b, Capt. Wellenaiek, Lts, Pace, JQRT MISSION - 19 p-38s, Capt. wellensiek, ' Bnicombe. Opdahl. Quinn,' Niles, Hasenback, Cogswell, Miller, Bower, Whalen, r 0^ ii:ioo6M7i^rGiri»i\O25,fises)^ together with formations from the £7th • aaft'TlBt .Fighter Squadrons, took off at 1210 hours to dive bomb gun emplacement ■ ? r I k... E< p L f . an Ke.109. Our formation then escorted the B-17s back over PANTEIIERIA, B-17s goirg over-target at^3J8,QPOfeet,„Pr3?6 at 19,000 feet at 1430 hours. Our Squadron went.w ■ not-intense. Route: direct to P/uMSIIERIA, back to CAPE BOM to escort B-l?e, thenb to hAV’.' ry::.-r-d buck * .cathey to on: ever t?r ;et, CAVU. Lt. Filler I.-;-/ at 1610 hours. Lt, Sager landed at S6LIMAN A/D on CAFE BON at 1445 hours because t of a shortage of. gas. He took off at 1520 hour®, and landed at 1620 hours. Remaind| of formation landed at 1545 hours., ■ RANDOLPH A. BROWN, k Intelligence Officer. N< � 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. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Flight Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Randolph A. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06 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