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BOX SCORE ON CHECKERTAIL VICTORIES FOLLOWS-
CAPT FRANK J K // (SPOT) COLLINS ACE PILOT OF 903 WILLIAM ST
BRECKENRIDGE TEX DESTROYED ME109 HIS NINTH VICTORY
1ST LT ROY B HOGG 769 ARGONNE AV ATLANTA GA WHO HAD 2 PREVIOUS
VICTORIES SHOT DOWN A MA202 AND FW190. HE USED ONLY 40 ROUNDS OF
AMMUNITION TO BRING DOWN THE TWO ENEMIES ALTHOUGH HE HAD AT HIS
DISPOSAL 356 ROUNDS IN EACH OF EIGHT MACHINE GUNS. THIS ASSERTION
WAS VERIFIED BY THREE MEN WHO SAW THE AMOUNT OF AMMUNITION HE
BROUGHT BACK.
2 LT PHILIP C WHITESIDE 212 EAST ELM ST WEST FRANKFORT ILL WHO HAD
ONE PREVIOUS VICTORY TODAY ACCOUNTED FOR A MA202 AND ME109.
WHITESIDE WAS LAUDED BY ANOTHER PILOT MAJ ANTHONY TIRK OF
GRAPEVINE TEX A GRADUATE OF TEXAS A ,AND M "SIX MA202S ATTACKED
ME" SAID THE LONE STAR PILOT "IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE COOL HEADED
DARING OF LIEUT WHITESIDE WHO SNEAKED UP AND SAVED MY LIFE I WOULD
NOT BE HERE TO TELL YOU THIS STORY MYSELF" WHITESIDE SHOT A MACCHI
OFF TIRKS TAIL AND LATER GOT THE MESSERSCHMITT.
2 ND LT FERDINAND E SUEHLE 7910 WINSTON RD CHESTNUT HILL PENNA SHOT
DOWN A MA202. THE SUN WAS IN THE EYES OF THE FORMER SALESMAN AND HE
CALMLY STARTED TO JOIN THE MACCHI FORMATION WHICH HE MISTOOK FOR
FRIENDLY PLANES.
THE MA’S PROMPTLY POUNCED ON HIS TAIL "NOW THAT" HE SAID LATER "IS A
SITUATION THAT YOU CANNOT SALES TALK YOURSELF OUT OF I SHOT ONE
DOWN AND GOT OUT OF THERE SAFELY" LT SUEHLE ALSO REVELED////
REVEALED THAT A BLESSED EVENT IS ANTICIPATED IN CHESTNUT HILL.
SHOOTING DOWN SIX AIRCRAFT CAPT HERSCHEL H GREEN WHO LEFT THE
CAMPUS OF VANDERBILT IN TENNESSEE TO ENTER THE AIR CORPS BECAME AN
ACE ON ONE AFTERNOON. GREEN IS 23 HAS A SENSITIVE FACE AND CLEAR EYES
AND HIS FATHER TED GREEN LIVES AT 503 NO6 TH ST MAYFIELD KY. THE
BLUEGRASS CAPTAIN SET A RECORD IN HIS SQUADRON BY BRINGING DOWN SIX
IN "ONE SHOW" THREE HAD BEEN THE RECORD.
MORE BARRETT THANKS TO COPE NEW HERE AND WILSON OUT AT NONSTOP
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