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I WAS FLYING TURMOIL YELLOW THREE ON A
DIVE-BOMBING
MISSION
NEAR THE RHINE. WE HAD JUST FINISHED OUR
BOMBING
RUNS
AND WERE SETTING COURSE FOR HOME WHEN TWENTY
PLUS ME-
109'S
PASSED OVER US APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET
ABOVE US AT
ELEVEN
O'CLOCK. I BROKE INTO THEM SELECTING ONE AS
MY TAR-
GET.
THE ME-109 STARTED A TURN TO THE LEFT. I
PICKED UP MY
LEAD
AT ABOUT FORTY DEGREES DEFLECTION WHEN I
OPENED FIRE.
STRIKES
APPEARED ON THE WINGS AND COCKPIT AND THE
CANOPY
WAS
JETTISONED. I CONTINUED TO FIRE AND OBSERVED
MORE ST-
RIKES
ON THE 109 WITH SMOKE AND ORANGE FLAME
COMING OUT.
I
THEN SAW ANOTHER ME-109 TO MY LEFT SO I
BROKE INTO HIM.
HE
STARTED A TURN TO THE LEFT. PICKING UP MY
LEAD AT ABOUT
FORTY-FIVE
DEGREES AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YARDS I
OPEN-
ED
FIRE OBSERVING STRIKES ALL OVER THE 109. HE
THEN JETT-
ISONED
HIS CANOPY AND ROLLED OUT OF HIS TURN
STRAIGHT AND
LEVEL.
I CONTINUED TO FIRE AT APPROXIMATELY ONE
HUNDRED
YARDS
AND SAW BLACK SMOKE AND YELLOW FLAMES COME
OUT. THE
THE
PILOT THEN JUMPED AND OPENED HIS CHUTE. AT
THIS TIME
TRACERS
PASSED IN FRONT OF ME. I BROKE TO THE LEFT
AND SAW
THREE
PARACHUTES FLOATING DOWN. I BELIEVE THE
THIRD CHUTE
WAS
FROM ANOTHER ME-109 THAT WAS ON MY TAIL AND
SHOT OFFBY
MY
WINGMAN, LT NOYES. AS LT NOYES AND I WERE
THE ONLY P-47'S
IN
THE AREA WITH NO OTHER FRIENDLY A/C IN SIGHT
I THINK
THE
ME-109 WAS DESTROYED BY HIM.
I CLAIM TWO ME-109'S DESTROYED.
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