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" THUNDERBOLT IS KNOWN AS A HIGH ALTITUDE PLANE" SAID TALL RANGY 1

ST LT JOHN L BROWER SON OF MR AND MRS L C BROWER 605 SIXTH AV HUNT///

HUNTINGTON W VA "BUT IT IS MOST VERSATILE. I CAME IN AND PICKED OFF A

ME109. 100 FT OFF THE GROUND. THE ME FLEW STRAIGHT AND LEVEL BUT I

FLEW STRAIGHTER AND LEVELER."

THE PILOT OF MERRY BEE LT J C DORETY SON OF MR AND MRS JAMES A DORETY

1083 LAWRENCE RD TRENTON N J SAID " JU88 JUMPED ME STRAIGHT DOWN OUT

OF SUN. I DODGED AND FOLLOWED HIM DOWN AND SHOT HIM".

A RAILROAD MAN IN CIVIL LIFE 2 ND LT RICHARD H MOCK HARTFORD VT SAID

THAT WHEN HE GOT UPSTAIRS W// THERE WERE NO SEMAPHORES SWITCHES OR

SIDING." THIS MACCHI 202 CAME IN HEAD ON. THINGS HAPPENED FAST.

ANYWAY I GOT HIM."

2 ND LT FRANK E WALKER SON OF HAROLD WALKER 1530 FRANKLIN ST HILLSIDE

N J CLAIMED HE DESTROYED A ME109. "I GOT HIM IN A HALF ROLL" SAID LT

WALKER "P47 IS BEST PLANE I’VE EVER FLOWN OR EVER KNOWN" "FOR A

WHILE I DIDN’T THINK I WAS GOING TO GET ANYTHING"

RELATED FLT/O WALTER L DAHL SON OF MRS MAUDE DAHL 312 SIX ST

STAPLES MINN "A ME GOT AWAY FROM ME, THEN ANOTHER ONE DID THE

SAME. A THIRD ONE CAME ALONG AND I WAS DEAD SET ON GETTING HIM.

THERE WERE 400 ROUNDS IN EACH OF MY MACHINE GUNS. I USED UP ALL

ROUNDS BUT I GOT THAT ME109"

IN HIS TURBO TERROR AW // AS HIS PLANE IS NAMED 2 ND LT GERALD B

EDWARDS SON OF MR AND MRS GEORGE C EDWARDS 96 ELLIOTT AVE YONKERS

N Y SHOT DOWN A ME109 "IT DID A SPLIT S" SAID EDWARDS "BUT I FOLLOWED

HIM IN AND GOT HIM ON BOTH SIDES"

2 ND LT GEORGIE HAMILTON A CATTLE RANCHER FROM OKLAHOMA HAD A

FACE DOWN TO HERE "I’M THE AIR CORPS EQUIVALENT FOR SAD SACK TODAY"

A// SAID THE OWNER OF H B RANCH HARMON OKLA "BECAUSE I DIDN’T GET

ANYTHING. EVERYTIME YOU’D SEE AND ENEMY PLANE THERE WOULD BE

THREE P47S AFTER IT. I’M MIGHTY PROUD THOUGH OF THE SIX BOYS IN MY

FLIGHT WHO GOT 10 PLANES."

THE SOONER FLIGHT LEADER ATTENDED U OF OKLA. HIS WIFE MARY B

HAMILTON LIVES 1134 30 TH ST OKLA CITY OKLA

HERE IS WHAT THE THUNDERBOLT FIGHTER PILOTS SAW – 20 ME109S

12 JU 52 12 MA 202S ONE FW190 A DP217 /// DO217 ONE HS126 A FI156 AND

TWO JU88S.

HERE IS THE TOLL EXACTED- 13 ME109S 11 JU52S SIX MA202S

TWO JU88S ONE HS126 ONE DO217 ONE FW190 AND ONE FI 156

FOR A TOTAL OF 36. PROBABLY DESTROYED WERE TWO ME 109S AND FOUR

MA202. TWO THUNDERBOLTS WENT DOWN AT LEAST ONE IN THE WATER. ITS

PILOT WAS SEEN IN A DINGHY.

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