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I FLYING FORTRESSIEXTINGUISHESJAP LIGHTSis*$I'I«r;, v •-iBY DEAN SCHEDLERSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, May 30 (Delayed) lt;/P).— Reliable B-l?s (Boeing Plying Fortress) have been used in about every capacity out' here' from bombing missions to strafing attacks—and buzzing along a line of searchlights is not exactly the purpose for which the big bomberswere designed.• • • • . *' When Captain Jay Zcamer, ^Orange,. N. ’ «J„ 25-year-old veteran ;wlth';A» missions chalked up to this , crecilt, called over the interphone, “Okay boys—load and stand to t (pins; we’re going down to do a Uttle extinguishing on those lights, they did a thorough job.1Hkm Ht;;?!;*.^tin!^ttot^!0|titude; with' his runitihg Ughtson in order to draw10ereWr.oni •. .ay-«datelatteniatelope%trePI'[hfcack-ack fire and lights,While the balance of the planes In the flight bombed, Zeamer and his co-pilot, Lieut, Harry Dyminski, Syracuse, N. y., cruised for 45 minutes before the unexpected ' -dive attack” occurred.^feamer is not exactly a novice at' 'this strafing business. He once made a daylight run. in a B-23 | (Martin Marauder .Medium Bomb-er) over Rabaul, New Britain, from 00 feet,j.\ After altering his ’gunners, Zeam-jer put the plane.into a dive to B00 feet and gaye them a regular Saturday afternoon shoot-fesfc as they blazed at the searchlights.Three lights flared blue-white as tracers ripped home and then died-out,: : Others pointed Into the night air like, long^stationary fingers whilethe -Japanese apparently scrambledfor cover, ' The Fortress yunners^ who pumped round after round, were Technical Sgt, George Kendrick of Kerkelcy, . Calif.;; Technical Set. Emil Thues, Santa Ana, Calif.; and Corp, Herbert Pugh of Steuton, o: The; cre w well deserves its - name, TEager Beavers, ' -for - such not-tumal activities are not daily affairs/-Members qf the. crew in Zeam-er's planes were Lieut. Louis Newport, the navigator, of Los Angeles; Lieut. Joe Ssmoskl, the bombardier; of C^rbondate, Pa.; Corp. William Vaughan, -.theradio V operator, ofYpungatowib O ;,;- anil 9gt, JohnAblet the engineer, pf LesviUo, S, c, entpe.'crew. takes :aValiare';of :the;;yori^it::.for.:bes.tructlan,V:bf,;'''theJrtteA-, the bcroharAler:'-.andin (jwthe: Bhoyi ■h ;y-i.
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Del Rio News Herald
Del Rio, Texas, US
Wed, Jun 02, 1943
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