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14 OCTOBER 1944 - First Lieutenant John R. Dickinson, pilot of
"Daylight One One", departed
Middleburg Island at 0523 to cover strikes on
Twiflit on Paloe
Bay, in the Western Celebes. While at
the rendezvous, Daylight received a message that a P-47 was going down. He crash landed
his damaged plane on a beach near Paloe Bay. Lieutenant Dickinson, under an umbrella of
P-38's, landed in the Bay and picked up the survivor. Rescue was affected at 1230. The
pilot was in good condition. He stated that the enemy fire had inflicted so much damage to
his ship that it would no longer fly. His P-47 was strafed and set ablaze by escorting P-38's. Pilot was brought back to base and the rescue ship
landed at 1825.
Rescued P-47 pilot: First Lieutenant Darrel J. Laird, AC, 0-685996, 40th
Fighter Squadron
AIRCRAFT
TYPE:
OA-10A
USAAF SERNO:
44-33???
CALLSIGN:
"Daylight
One One"
CREW: (Pilot) 1Lt John R. Dickinson, (Co-Pilot) 2Lt Larry E. Bormann
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