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I
was flying Vactric Red 2 escorting two
squadrons of
P-47's
on return from a dive bombing mission when
bogies were
called
in. I followed Red leader on a 80' right
turn bring-
ing
us directly behind 2 Me. 109's. We closed on
them quickly
and
Red leader opened fire on te one on the
right. It immedi-
ately
began smoking and broke down to the right.
The other Me.
109
broke away and up to the left and then down,
so I left it
to
Red 3 and 4 and followed Red leader and the
first Me. 109
down
observing more strike, smoke, and flames. I
then pulled
out
as the Me. 109 crashed and pulled up with
Red leader.
A few minutes later I called in a bogie low
at seven o'clock
and
followed Red leader down to investigate. We
lost it in the
haze
but then we saw some planes on the ground.
As we dived on
these
I took two short bursts and then saw they
had already been
damaged.
As we pulled away and circled to the left an
Me. 109
came
across in front of us from the right
apparently after Red
3.
We turned to the left trying to get on the
Me. 109's tail.
The Me. 109 continued turning to the left
and headed for
the
deck. I then got on the tail of the Me. 109
and continued
turning
in a tight luftberry for several turns
getting in range
but
not being able to get anything better than a
20 degree or
30
degree deflection shot I used up the rest of
my ammunition
without
apparently doing any great damage although I
thought I
saw
some hits. I then pulled out to let Red 3
and 4 continue
after
him. The Me. 109 then broke off and headed
east towards
Paris.
Red leader and Red 3 continued after him
while I joined
with
Red 4 who was also out of ammunition.
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