29 20 780 https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/10/226/Dibble_Text0167.pdf df1b02b64b92cd2c210df42102d9a1bc PDF Text Text r 94TH FIGHTER Si SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER CGROUP A.P.O. 520 Ju|y 14, 1543. DIVE BOATING MISSION --15 F-38s, Lts. P-agenback, Parlett, Stephan, Anderson, Newsome, Her;, Brown, Sokol, Fell, Fa] Boggess, Lentz, Grieshaber, Stover, Filler and Holcombe. each carrying 1 x 500 lb bomb (inst.. and .045 fuses), took •; off at 0555 hours .to divt bomb enemy concentrations is northeast of KT.fETNA," SICILY. Formation flew at 5,000 feet and dropped their b ubs at 2,000 feet at 0730 hours on the docks and seaplanes at MILAZZO Harbo: There were 2 large ships, 3 or 4 small ships and 4 seaplanes in the harbor.At 0800 hours a l^/V was sighted 5 miles heading eastwardly »s off TERMINI TERM] and was straffed without inflicting any apparent danage. 5 trucks were straffed and damaged near FINALE. 6 trucks were straffed and damaged north at "a ’po point ;ed moving i at"a ’ir*- just south of MISILKERI. A 2 ng column of dust clodds was sighted along Long the road between bt RANDAZZO and ALLAH j •.;11 >h were believed to be a convoy of enemy- vehicles. 4 Ke.Ill attacked Lt. Stephan r ;r PALERMO but he succeeds in evading ing tl then. Flak: light ; barr.-ge ever L<’5“L".. . .heavy intensity and very accurate. Route: base to SIvUi.1 ‘ , northeast to MARIANAP0L1, thence to NICOSIA, thence to target 'get thence west along co: ^t ' tc 7PABIA thence southwest to CAPE S. KAP.C0, thence to base. ITeather: leather: to target, tnrgf 7/10ths broken clouds over the sea; over SICILY, CAVU. Lt. Brown returned early k: cause he lost oil pressure, landing at 0S00 hours. Capt. Stover and Lt. Miller, the I spares, returned aid landed at 0748 hours. Lt. Fell landed at 0525.hours. Lt. Spephun 'W? ,rtC9» hours, . : ■ .. re r k’ riVE ^^THG P7ooI‘y - Id. P-38z, Cort. Stover, Ito. Loo, Lee, “ilher, il?:cr, Piloo, Prom, 1 ,7; -^ocuuow»,, race, Lxoule, vackson, wxlbon., «ua*en, .aippex, Lower wm*, wgbrtej-i., vacu .. cariying carrying 11 xx 500 500 lb. bomb. (inst.. and .045 fuses), took off a> 1136 hours rnrs to dive feet and . bomb eneny concentrations in northeastern SICILY. They,, flew at 10,000 r. - ___ light barrage over CATERINA, •. i thOTcel^’'ItANDAZZO) 'thenbe £to NICOSIA thence to S. CATERINA and dutf west’-Jf; out to sea and tetum to base. Weather: to and over target, CAVU but hazy. The spares;' Its. Bower and Corrjell, returned and landed at 1537 hours. .Remainder of formation landed at 1447 hours. I ' RANDOLPH A. BROWN, Capt., Air Corps, Intelligence Officer. 'ii ! � 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. 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Theyr fl flew at 7,000 feet and'dropped .»mbs at 2,000 feet-over (1) 8 trucks just west ,ot Of ?tward Ryr.4T.pnT0, destroying 5 of1 them at 1045 hours, (2) a short distance eastw; on the same road on 6 tiu.acs, damaging all of them at 1048 hours, and(3) ,) <on 3 or 4 trucks just east'o"’TDOINA, damaging all of them. They straffed3 3 or 4 trucks at- c. CAwrTv'-.. damaging all of them. No enemy aircraft observed. No flak encountered.. 11 scattered units of trucks observed moving eastward in northeast central r“’ TY. Route: rANTEII.RP.TA, thence to FOR^O ’!?'«n0CTE, thence to CUT'..’I ' . , phence to F.nGALBTTO, thence to ADRAI’C, t:.e..ce to BRONTE, thence to TRCItJA,'thence to S. CATERINA, and"out by MARINA, thence to base, weather: to and over target: CAVU. It. laitz landed at t.-a.C hours because his Yhedl ’“ell noor would not close. He took off again at CTL5 hours but returned and landed at 1040 hours because he could not find the formation. Its. Holcombe and Newsome landed at 1045 hours as spares. The rest of the formation landed at 1133 hoars. . . s y . „• JUVh faOMBlNG N18B10N - ±4 P-3bs,'Its. Stepnan,'Schulce, Lentz, Jacoosen, i Brow:, Herr, nibble, .Sokol, Fell, Kipper, Pace, Cogswell,'Miller, and Sager, , "took off at .1432 hours to dive bomb the railroad junction,'station, and the <; ■' ’destroying 10 and' damaging 10. -/The f oroatidn5 to^ffed?.entered ;tiuaks . , 1 around RE°UTTANO and damaged 5 of them. Flakl * a'bdut'15 puffs seen near TltOINA. f F-Lum* ‘ " ^d return to base. F'-" ” at- 36'2 hours. fen The spares','Its.' Piller And i’i^'er,-:;iieturned and landed The re«t of the formation landed at’ 1736"bours. RANDOLPH A. RR(7N,' .Captain, Air Corps, Intelligence Office: - B � 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/10/224/Dibble_Text0165.pdf 7678661e59a4f83af310265a84c6469d PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.PLO. 520 July 12j 1943. . ’ ■ J) iff ■ 4( ' ' ;. DIVS BOMBING },CTSCIO*? - 15 P-38c, Lts. Brom, Herr, Bower, Files, Whalen, Wilson, Anderson, Sager, Miller, Cram, Lents, Opdahl, Jackson, Fell, Hanton, each carrying 1 500 pound bomb (Inst. and .045), took off at 0938 hours to dive bonfc enemy convoys in the central part of western SICILY. The formation flew at 6,000 feet and dropped bombs (except It Herr whose bomb failed to release), a1 3,000 feet at 1100 hours on about 20 trucks moving in a southeasterikjdirectio: at S. CATTERINA, destroying 8. The formation then straffed about 25 dneny V0Mcles nsar VALLED0L1© wring in a southeastern direction and destroyed 7. Th0y also straffed about €1® enemy veh.i les well dispersed in the vicinity of LERCARA destroying about 15. They air > straffed about 20 enemy vehicles near GROTTE moving in an eastern direction iestroying 5. FLaki scattered ’puffs at ARAGONA; scattered puffs v:: er points in the area of the central part of western SICILY. No ene$y aircraft were encountered. Route: base to: PANTELLERIA, thence to PORTC EMPEDOCLE, thence to S. CATTERINA, thence to VALLEDOLMO, circled North, thence to LERCARA, thence to GROTTE, thence due West to sea, thence to base. Weather: to target, scattered clouds, 2/108, at 2,000 feet; over.target, CAVU. The Allied Navy was seen to be shelling the ■ gp- and -Hanton, spares, returned ?+ 1?JO h-r.-.rr. k ■ . : , < .■: ■■■ The reminder of the'format io . ■ Sager, each carrying 1 500. pound bomb (Inst and .045), took off . . southeastwardly from VALLELUNG. , destroying about 8. No other convoys were seen ? .^but numerous .scattered units of 2 or.3 vehicles were sighted moving in .a. ■ . a southeastwardly direction in northwest centra SICILY. Flakb ,light barrage - | ' k 1 ““I# light, intensity and fairly ac curat e.-Tha railroad -station near f FRlZSl was observed to be on fire at about 1700 hours. No enemy aircraft were encountered. Route: base to PORTO EEPEDOCLE, thence to VALLELUNGA, thence to ALIA, thence to FRIZZI, thence t . jRAGONA, thence to PORTO EMPEDOCLE, and re­ turn to base. Weather: to and o', ar target, CAVU. Three Allied cruisers were seen off shore from PORTO EMPEDOCLE at 1630 and 1700 hours. Lts. Lentz, Dibble, and Sager, spares, returned ahd landed at 1755 hours. Lt. Grieshaber had difficulty in lowering his landing gear and landed at 1847 hours. The remainder.! of the formation landed at 1827 b hrs. k. . ' -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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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/10/223/Dibble_Text0164.pdf 61a97d8d6cca0b40c77bc78efd28d73c PDF Text Text 94TH FIGHTEl. SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 p July 11, 1943. DIVE BOiffilNG MISSION - 15 P-S8s, Lts. Brown, Cram, Sager, Sokol, I.lilxer, Kipper, Dibble, Cogswell, Fell, Jacobsen, Brach", Pace, Stephan, Bower, . convey near SCORDIA, destroying about 20 of them. The formation, hl so /S**^ straff&d what appeared to be a Radion Station near PALAGONIA. Flak: t ; scatters puffs at various points. A good inany scattered trucks were seen ; going in a northeasterly direction. An Me. 109 was/sighted in the c-rtral !•' • ’ part of western SICILF and was pursued by 2 R-58s, but this enemy ai draft oscaoed to the northeast. Route: PAiiTL.A.ERlA, LICATA, GALTAG1PDKE, • I . PA^A.BOLO, SCORDIA, RAMACCA, ENNA, S. CATERINA, LICATA, and return •; base. Eeat er: to target, scattered cumulus, clouds at 4,53v fast, 4/10- .. pud^;., ... . . .. ; j, . . over target,, scattered cumulus clouds at fl,500 feet, l/10s clouds. I.-tl"'’ " ’ ' ' ’ I ’ ” Bro.-’-^'returned ’early, ’’landing at 0750 hours because his right prop governor ■ wenu rut. Lt. Dibble returned it 0850 hours becav.se his hose kink in the bel_y tank. It. Stephap.,a spare, returned at 1025 hours. The remainder of’ A ' - the formation landed at 1107 except Lt. Whalen who had difficulty with his , . | ’■’• ■ - • I- . .ua&6uMo.cjx, uoggess, uonnson, Dibble, ’ , Grieshaber, " ' ’ ' r, Holcombe, Anderson, Jackson,. Opdahl, Newsome, Niles,• Stephan, He Broun, n, Brophy, and Pace, Pact each carrying 1 500 pound bomb (Inst', and .045), ... S’ highway between PRIZZA, and- LERCARA, on a, 100 truck .. destroying 40 of them. Flak: light scattered shots i over BISACQUINO, light, intensity and inaccurate. About 20 half-tracks and tanks were seen headed'East from BISACQUINfl at 1520 hours. No enemy aircraft encountered. Route; PORTO EMPEDOCLE, North of RAFFADALI road to . ; . .. PRIZZI, CORLEONE, BISACQUINO, and out over the coast southwest of SCIACCA, L . = . ' and return to base. Weather: to target; CAW but hazy, over target, CAW. j: ■ Lts. Bnown,- Brophy and Pace, the spares, returned and landed at 1608 hours. The remainder of the formation landed at 1644 hoi’rs. -ii j ’ »t 1516 hourson the ■ -1 mvey headed East, . RAI-DOLPH k. "BROWN, Captain, Air Corps, Intelligence A ?ficer. ; ' ?x Av 1§ i? ,?zg '1*1 30I �I ': f: ;v- ■ •'.' ’ -■ >«- ••••' 9«TH FIGHT2R SQUADRON 1ST FIGHTER GROUP “ A.P.O. 520 July 11, 1943 (Cont'xd ( DIVS BOEBING MISSION - 12 P-33s, Captain Wellensiek, Lts. Dibble, Holcombe, ^.-X, •. ...Brophy, ,Newsoms, Fell, Miller, Grieshaber, Johnson, Cram, Whalen,,and Sokol, each . .-X carrying 1’ BOOJ^ound bomb (Inst, and .045^ except £t. Diible,1took off at 1835 hnursL? to dive bombard''strafe an enemy Panzer division, between 'ALIA and CALTANISSETTA, ' T ■ The formation flew at 5,000 feet and dropped bombs at 5,000 feet at 2000 hours, on • a truck convoy numbering about 40 between GROTTE and APJGONA, destroying 'about 10. ; '■"L • Just after dropping the bombs, the formation'sighted atrit 35 tanks in an orchard : ' I • ; pa a hill just south of GROTTE. In straffing the truck convoy, . the formation temporarily blocked a small path through which the convey was moving southnerd. Flak;, light barrage over the true/, convoy, seavy iut:: sity and very accurate. ! Lt, Johnson' was hit by flak and was later seer, to ers' ! into the sea southeast <£f SC1ACCA. Lts. Whalen and Broriy ■. : /..'•: ' Route: direct to a point K/; • on -the Sicilian Coast just east of PORTO EAPEDOCLE, noytheast to CALTANISSETTAy . . thence up a signed road to ALIA, circled to s. :uth and saw no trace of armored’ division, thence to GROTTE and out due west to sea,, thence home. Weather: Weather: to . ■, • . and over target CAVU^gjLt. Broply landed at "2115 how: urs. The remainder of the >» formation landed at.2135 hours. - ■ .■ \ ’ | I ; ■ J ■ . - < . RANDOLPH A. BROWN, Captain, Air,Corps, .• Intelligence Officer. ' - •' • 5 ’/ ■■ :•••• i f'- j * ""f | n 1} 4 � 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/10/222/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. 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 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/10/221/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/10/220/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. 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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 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/10/219/Dibble_Text0160.pdf 2b7328ce8d45aa4a644e3f196a47699e PDF Text Text 7 .94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON . j 1ST.FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 ’ ’ 1' I 1 - ■ July 1, 1943 • No missions this date. ‘ ''' ' ‘ 5^ . ... - • ■' ' ' July 2 ’1943 No missions this date. * , r-4- , - M ? • ;i ' > . 7 ' ■ . 1 1?U. u . i BdcEER ESCORT liLSSlC. 23 P-38s, Captain Wellensiek, Lts. Hantcn, Lentz ' Dibble, -Brown, GilUa i/ Newsome, Cogswell, Whalen, Grieshaber, Niles, Stephan, Jacobs?:: combe, Bower, Fell, Eirper, Johnson, Opdahl, Bomb Group over udblS A/D, SARDINIA. The formation rendezvous?, over CARE .SBffiAT.at 1015 hours at 4,000 feet. .The entire formation was over Bhl' .ISUdiaiarsal area, one laree column of ifctt'e «tak» and oil fdrew were left . ' JI gw MvSxi.wre^^-WSi^adis, uLa upon B-24'ooqrn. Win ' ’ , return to base by same route. 1 surface vehJel was seen in the Gulf of __________ __ __ ___ _r____ _ . "SeWlSrawiMl ™ formation a.f. ?. Lt. ~ hours but could not fi.™ find the and:land?! landed _t at llOJ 1105 h;ur hours. Grieshaber reti^r.r.d and landed at 1115 hours because of mechanic-.1 failure. • The remainder ci :he formation returned and landed at 1325 hours. ! * f’ t w I .’ f gg 11 � 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 1 to July 3, 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 1 to July 3, 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/10/218/Dibble_Text0145.pdf 19e1c5c8d6361e80c88c52182355f39e PDF Text Text CONFIDENTIAL 4»z Weakly Encounters ___ DATE; 7/£/4? - 2^^^ ’ MISSION: e/a PLANE © PLACE TTbiF, A\JiT ALT □Jr, ppc? TYPE DEST <? PROB DEST DAM / NO. ROUNDS OR BURSTS \s ?| | <1 fl I » s < . ;p. . ■ i © z*Z SQDN: DESCRIPTION OF ENCOUNTER £/A J ig^l 11- I GRS7P: £ � 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 Weekly encounter report, 1943-07-04 to 1943-07-10 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Air Force. 12th Air Force. 94th Fighter Squadron. Description An account of the resource Weekly encounter report, 1943-07-04 to 1943-07-10, listing Lt. Dibble as "probable" for downing an enemy plane. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown 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/10/217/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/10/216/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/10/215/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. 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 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/10/214/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. 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 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/10/213/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/10/212/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/. 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 10, 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 10, 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. 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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 8 and June 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, June 8 and June 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 1943-06 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/10/209/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. 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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 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/10/208/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/10/207/Dibble_Text0149.pdf 03fbe42b3b897a00eaaa6138a3ca4e39 PDF Text Text I t 94TH FUHIER SQUADHOE 1ST FIGHTER GROUP A.P.O. 520 W 31, 1943. ’ ’ 0915 hours. Weather: over SIOUX, 2/10ths clouds at 30,000 feet, hazy. Towards ITAIX, scattered clouds at If,000 feet. Over SARD KIA, 1/lOths clouds at 30,000 feet. JIo enemy aircraft. No enemy shipping. fiune 1, 1943, J.... : fe 77, ; . I DIVE BOaiiD AID I^CCllT nlooldi: -• 2 F-30s, Lts, Petersen, Esser, .Lentz, Froehling, Pritchard, Nev;some, ’ Solrol, Boose, Bower, Hiller, H :r■'' pi, each carrying 1 i 1000 lb. borab Holcombe, Helms, lla'ch. -cl; jether with ^'formation from the 71st Fighter-Squa. .'(.l and .025 fuses )y together -. ■.curs to aron, took off at 1135 -'.ours t; escort about 20 B-l/s over PAI.TSliZRIA. Our Squadron formation flew at 12,000 feet on a direct eourse to the target , .but descended to 3,000 feet in order to dive bomb the gun positions #1 iaYnAri-ia+.A ’ltr nnY*hhAast. mediately northeast of of the the towr tqwn .of.Just after the.Bvl?® had ■bombs going irito the water. 12 or our bombs hit in the target^area and • ■ ’ “ "r:I lie. fns ->5?et •-“-hl? to relorre his bomb, It was ir.roscihlr the uamage done uecause of w large amount of dust la ... .. X -B®t area. Flak: over target,late in opening up but medium in height, also .flight, but'intense and accurate. No enemy aircraft seen. Weather: to and-' a: > ^-32 WSEf escorted by formation from the 14th Fighter Group, took off at 0620 hours ■ on a dive bombing ri.ssioh over ?HTjO SIOUX. Formation flew on the deck to a point about 23 mil . off BOLE ■’..'here they were forced to turn backj.because of low overcast :.■ d heavy haze from 0 KB on up. Lt. Anderson heturned eatly because of mechanical failure, landing at 0635 hours. It. Brophy returned early because of radio trouble, landing at 0700 hours. t L L F;. < Remainder of formation landed at 0S00 hours. ■ Capt., Air Corps, 7 . A 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. 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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