CONFIDENTIAL

 

373RD FIGHTER GROUP

412TH FIGHTER SQUADRON

APO 151, US ARMY
25 MARCH 1945.

A)

DIVE-BOMBING AND STRAFING.

B)

23 MARCH 1945.

C)

412TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 373RD FIGHTER GROUP.

D)

1700 HOURS.

E)

EIKELON AIRFIELD - B5137.

F)

CAVU.

G)

U/I T/E E/A.

H)

FOUR U/I T/E E/A DAMAGED.

I)

     I WAS FLYING AS TURMOIL BLUE LEADER WHEN TURMOIL RED

LEADER SPOTTED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FOREST. HE MADE SEVERAL

STRAFING RUNS AND FINALLY CALLED ON BLUE FLIGHT TO GO DOWN

AND STRAFE. AS FLAK WAS INTENSE I CAME IN FAST AND STRAFED

THE WOODS NOTING SEVERAL TWIN ENGINE PLANES IN DISPERSALS

AND AMONG THE TREES. I PULLED THROUGH AND SAW SOME STRIKES

ON AT LEAST FOUR AIRCRAFT.

     I CLAIM FOUR TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT DAMAGED.


NORBERT H. POLANSKI,

1ST LIEUT, AIR CORPS.


 

 

 


Declassified
On public record at the National Archives
Courtesy of David Schwartz - Nephew of 373rd CO (15 Aug 43 - 17 Nov 44) William  H. Schwartz, Jr.

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