11 AUGUST 1944
First Lieutenant Harry C. Remington Jr. pilot of "Daylight One Three", while on patrol received a message that a disabled A-20 fighter was going down in Geelvink Bay off Loon Island, New Guinea. Lieutenant Remington proceeded to the rendezvous point and sighted a ship rapidly losing altitude, finally crashing into the Bay about five miles off shore. Lieutenant Remington landed his PBY on smooth water and took the uninjured but exhausted pilot onboard. The rescued pilot, Captain F.W. Klein, stated that while on a strafing mission off Utaron, New Guinea, his ship was damaged by anti-aircraft fire, disabling his elevators. He was unable to put his ship into a climb, but by bracing his feet against the instrument panel and holding the yoke back, he was able to keep the ship airborne and headed back for his base at Noemfoor. However, after flying 120 miles, he became exhausted and could no longer hold the yoke back, so he cut his engines and ditched his ship five miles off shore. The gunner went down with the ship. The survivor was taken to his base at Noemfoor.

RESCUED A-20 PILOT:
Captain F. W. KLEIN