12 NOVEMBER 1944
First Lieutenant John R. Dickinson, pilot of "Daylight One Five", took off from Middleburg Island at 0025 for Wowoui Island off the Southern Celebes, where they picked up their fighter escort at 0620. They proceeded to search the coastline and adjacent islands South of Kendari. At 0700, when 50 miles South of Kendari, a man was sighted on a small strip of sand waving his shirt. The strip of sand was circled and the man was identified as a white man. Landing on the smooth water in the lagoon, Lieutenant Dickinson taxied toward the survivor who had launched his raft and was paddling toward the rescue plane. The survivor, Captain Robert A. Scott, a P-38 pilot of the 67th Fighter Squadron, 347th Fighter Group, stated that while on a strafing run over Ambonia, he misjudged his height, struck a tree, cutting his tail boom in half and disabling his left engine. However, he managed to get away from the target, and when 50 miles out, was forced to ditch his plane near the reef on which he was found. He spent the night on the reef, was in good spirits and unhurt.

RESCUED P-38 PILOT:  67th Fighter Squadron, 347th Fighter Group
Captain Robert A. Scott

AIRCRAFT TYPE: OA-10A*  
USAAF SERNO: 44-33882 (CV-336)**
CALLSIGN:  "Daylight 15"
CREW: (Pilot) 1st Lt. John R. Dickinson; (Co-pilot) 1st Lt. Frank Rauschkolb
FLIGHT LENGTH: 12 Hours 45 minutes (6:30 Night)