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I
was flying Vatric Blue Flight #3 which was
t/c at 14,000' for one
squadron
of P-47's as they dive bombed railroads. At
the completion
of
the bombing we remained in the vicinity
untill our allotted time
was
up while the bombing squadron headed home.
It was just as we were
starting
home, 0930,when we sighted 16 bogies a
little high and in
the
sun. We started to climb to intercept them
and when we reached
their
altitude of 18,000' we saw that they were FW
190's preparing
to
bounce a squadron of P-38's which were
directly below us. As
they
started to dive down on the P-38's we
started after them, my
leader
singled out two of the e/a. When they saw us
one broke down
and
right while the other headed up and left. It
was the latter that
we
followed with my leader on his tail. This
put me in an excellent
position
for a deflection shot so I racked my ship
around and gave
him
a short burst. He then rolled over and
headed down with me on
his
tail. He pulled out pretty sharp at about
8,000' but when he
saw
I was still on his tail he went into a
controlled spin. He pulled
out
of the spin still diving so I gave him
another burst which scored
some
hits and a second later I saw his canopy
blow off, but did not
see
the pilot bail out. I then fired another
burst and observed
many
hits with smoke hailing from his ship which
kept diving untill
it
hit the ground and exploded. We then
reformed and headed for home
because
my wingman called that he was low on gas. I
claim one FW 190
destroyed.
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