0815:

Left Rendezvous point without Devil 1. Fighters were 20 minutes late.

0915:

Finally contacted Devil 1 on South coast of Negros, halfway to orbit point

0940:

Arrived orbit point

1000:

Devil 2 relieved Devil 1

1025:

Noticed P-47 circling in Panay Gulf and saw large puff of smoke. Investigated and found P-47 pilot down

1030:

Landed. Rescued P-47 1st Lieutenant Howard G. Neuman. 0814738, 39th Fighter Squadron. Lt Neuman had been down approximately five minutes. He suffered slight cuts on the mouth and several loose teeth. Received message: "Upon completion of rz proceeded to North Islet. Orbit until 1230. Acknowledge."

1035:

Took off

1040:

Acknowledged message: "Have rescued injured P-47 pilot. Will proceed to North Islet if possible. Investigated possible mirror flashes on Guimaras Island. Found nothing

1050:

Started back to Diplog to drop off supplies

1140:

Called Devil 2 and told them we would be okay and it would be okay to leave us. Sent message to base: "Landing at Dipolog at 1215."

1230:

Landed at Dipolog. P-47 pilot 1st Lt Smith had landed two days before because of fuel shortage. We gave him 100 gallons. Devil 2 also landed because they could not get through weather and were running low on gas. We told them we would bring gas for all 4 ships tomorrow morning.

1330:

Take-off

1400:

Investigated A-120 & A-115. Results nil

1510:

Investigated A-085. Results nil

1530:

Sent message to base as follows: "Have personnel from 39th and 40th Fighter Sqs meet us. ETA: 1845."

1750:

B-24 passed over us and asked us to follow him as he was very low on gas. Followed B-24 all the way in. He made it okay. Couldn't land when we arrived because of crash landings on strip

1920:

Landed

Note:

Also returned Paul R. Echem from Dipolog. His orders were from General W.W. Fertig