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JULY 31, 1944Lieutenant Edward C. Hoey Aids In Bombing' Jap Base At Yap(Special To The N«w»‘Headquarters, 13th AAF; Southwest Pacific, July 31—First Lieut. Fred F. Barr of Gouvcrner, New York, first pjlol in a heavy bombardment-squadron of Major Gen. St. Clair Strcct.t's 33th AAF. participated recently In- the first daylight aerial assault by land-based bombers against the key Japanese air and naval base of Yap. 300 miles southeast of Palau between •the • Philippines and. the Marianagroup.Smashing the enemy airfield, where Japanese aircraft are RUiged enroute to Guam, U. S. big Liberators destroyed I enemy aircraft on the ground rind damaged ten. Fires were observed burning four hours after the attack. ‘Lieut. Barr's navigator was Second Lieutcnmft Edward C. Hoey of Naugatuck, Conn.; his bombardier was Second Lieutenant Edmund A. Zuchlkc of Rochester. Minnesota, and Second Lieutenant Richard H. Snider of Louisville. Kentucky was his co-pilot.Other members of Lieut. Barr's crew were Technical Sci'gt. Clyde J*'.Simpson, engineer from Kansas City, Missouri; SLaff Sergeant Vie-tor L. Darby, assistant engineer from Policy. Texas: Technical Sergeant Ernest L. Moran, radio operator of .Bakersfield, California; Staff Sergeant -Lonnie J. 'Gilson, Jr., assistant radio operator of Alcoa, Tennessee; SUifT Sergeant Marvin. V. Dooley, Util gunner of HopJnnd, California: and Sergeant Robert K. Fenton of Colchester, Illinois.Lieut.. Hoey is the son of John Hoey of Walnut, street. He has two brothers in the. service, John . a lieutenant in the Air Corps, and Thomas, who -is a petty officer in the U. S..Navy^and .who is now on-duty in.the Pacific, war. zone..
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Naugatuck Daily News
Naugatuck, Connecticut, US
Mon, Jul 31, 1944
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