https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/14/363/Dibble_Text0140.pdf 5d602982e53c50f89b740ffe59ccdbf1 PDF Text Text Dear Sir or Mr. W. Dibble: We want to give our excuses for the long respond on your letter but because of the technical investigation, it took a lot longer than we thought. We have finished the investigation with these results. The airplane came from Sala Consilina and fell at 1400 hours on the afternoon of 9/9/43 at a location named Padula. on the rear. The airplane was hit The witnesses which were going to work in the fields, saw the airplane with the rear in flames going down for a crash landing, The airplane, when it crashed, landed, flipped and one of the wings went against a cabina elettrica. Immediately, German soldiers from the Certosa di Padula, upon arrival, they started to shoot small arms, and after they were sure the pilot was dead, they took a majority of the pieces of the airplane with them. The German soldiers noticed that the peasants going to work in the fields stayed there to look. Eventually they called two of the men, one by the name of Paolo and Vito Cimino, two brothers, and they told them to dig a grave so they could bury the body of the pilot, Lt. Dibble. After a week, Antonio, which is the son of Paolo Cimino, which at that particular time, was learning how to be a cabinet-maker or wood worker, made a cross in wood and put it on the grave where the pilot was buried. That particular piece of land at that time belonged to the family of the Cimino's. One year after that, the body was dug up by the English forces, and if you come to Italy, we will give you some more details at that par ticular time. Cimino Vito, who is still alive, born in Teggiano, February 1, 1911, a resident of Padula since 1938. He was the first one to arrive there and the only one who is still alive. Paolo died a few years ago. We are giving you some of these photos so it will be of some help. �PHOTOS Wing hit "La Cabina Elettrica". Plane crash site. Exactly where pilot was buried by Vito and brother, Paolo. Grave was 40 paces from road. Panoramic view of Padula with "Certosa" Headquarters of German forces, also small Concentration Camp. Vito Cimino - Only witness still alive. Panoramic view of Padula. 8. Plane right to left. Husband (Vito) and wife—discussing events. Vito's wife—came after Germans left. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: The Search for Answers Description An account of the resource Learn about the 30+ years James' nephews Jim and Ted spent investigating his death to unearth what actually happened. Using private investigators, government contacts and tenacious research, see how they learned what really happened the day James died, how they found his crash site, including witnesses, and made new friends in Italy along the way. Included are photos and documents about James' posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross, photos of the crash site and finding plane wreckage, plus documents and letters amassed during their search for answers. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. 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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 document 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 English translation of letter from Centrale Ufficio Investgativo in Salerno, Italy to Jim Dibble Subject The topic of the resource Jim Dibble. Correspondence. Crash Investigation. Description An account of the resource English translation of letter from Centrale Ufficio Investgativo in Salerno, Italy to Jim Dibble. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Plane crash investigation 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 unknown 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