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GREEN WHO ADDED FOUR JU52S A MA202 AND DORNIER 217 TO HIS PREVIOUS THREE VICTORIES SAID " WHEN WE SPOTTED THOSE 15 JUNKERS UNDERNEATH US I WAS SO ANXIOUS TO GET DOWN TO THEM THAT I DOVE TOO FAST AND PASSED OVER THEM. I TURNED AND CAME BACK AT THE FIRST FOUR, THEIR FLYING FORMATION MADE IT EASY. IT WAS LIKE CLIMBING UP STEPS SHOOTING ALL THE TIME. ALL FOUR OF THEM BLEW UP IN MY FACE. I THEN CHASED A MACCHI AT TREETOP LEVEL FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE I COUGHT HIM. ON THE WAY BACK TO THE COAST I GOT THE DORNIER. THE SECOND ACE TO COME DOWN FROM THE VILLAORBA MISSION IS 2 LT GEORGE NOVOTNY 1968 KELSEY AV TOLEDO OHIO WHO HAD THREE VICTO// VICTORIES TO HIS CREDIT BEFORE. HIS KILL TD/// TODAY WAS TWO JU52S AND A HS126. "WE DOVE ON THOSE JUNKERS ON THE DECK AND I PICKED OUT A COUPLE THAT TURNED OT// TO THE LEFT DESTROYING THEM BOTH. AFTER TURNING TO REJOIN MY FLIGHT I SAW A HS126 FIRHT IN FRON OF ME. ONE BURST AND IT [DISAPPEAREAD]. ONLY A FEW PIECES OF THE PLANE WHICH WERE LEFT FELL TO THE GROUND" HIS FLIGHT TO WHICH HE REFERRED KNOCKED DOWN 14 PLANES. IN IT ARE ALSO CAPT GREEN FLIGHT OFCR EDSEL PAULK 2003 VIOLET ST VERNON TX// TEX WHO BAGGED TWO JU52S AND FLT OFFCR CECIL O DEAN ROUTE 1 PANAMA CITY FLA WHO DOWNED THREE JU52 S " I CAME DOWN ON THE TAIL OF THE THREE JUNKERS" SAID DEAN "ONE BURST AT THE FIRST ON AND HE WENT DOWN. ANOTHER ONE AND THE SECOND CRASHED ON TOP OF THE BURNT FRI/// BURNING FIRST ONE. THE THIRD WAS ALMOST ON THE GROUND WHEN I HET HIM"

2 LT EUGENE H EMMONS 1114 SOUTH 11 TH ST LAWRENCEVILLE ILL WHO SHOT DOWN TWO ME 109S W// ALMOST WENT DOWN TO EARTH FOR ON OF THEM " WHEN MY WING MAN FORCED A MESSERSCHMITT IN BACK OF ME TO DIVE I FOLLOWED IT DOWN TO THE DECK.

I KEPT GAINING ON HIM AND FIRED WHEN HE WAS 30 YDS AWAY.

AS SOON AS I FIRED HE CRASHED. I WAS THEN FIVE FEET OFF THE GROUND"

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