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 20 OCTOBER 1944 - First Lieutenant
Henry "Hugh" Pennington, pilot of
"Daylight One Four",
departed
Middleburg Island at 0745 to cover strikes on
Namlea and
Ambon on the Southern coast of
Ceram. Fighter cover was provided. The rendezvous point was five miles
East of Namlea at the entrance of Ambonia Bay. The rescue plane departed the area at 1130
and proceeded on its other mission of searching in the vicinity of Manipa Island until
1440, when it started its return flight. At 1530 Lt Pennington received a call that a
pilot was down at 01°43'S, 131°23'E. He proceeded to that area and rescued First
Lieutenant Max Itzkowitx, 0-79563, 311th Fighter Squadron stationed at
Noemfoor. The
pilot was in excellent condition,
although he had been in the water since 1200 when he was forced to ditch his P-47 in
shallow water near an island occupied friendly natives. He was returned to his base at
1745.
RESCUED
P-47 PILOT:
1Lt Max Itzkowitx, 311th Fighter Squadron
AIRCRAFT
TYPE:
OA-10A*
USAAF SERNO:
44-33880
(CV-332)**
CALLSIGN:
"Daylight
One Four"
CREW:
(Pilot)
1Lt Henry H.
"Hugh" Pennington
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*
Aircraft produced at Canadian Vickers Ldt, Cartierville, Quebec, Canada
** Canadian Vickers contract number that was unique to each
aircraft produced by at Cartierville
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