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Ten Jap Craft Fail to Balk | cesScouting Fortro*. j£I*VFASmSCriOX*—VraaaAt to toei deaths Second iJeuL. Joseph ILSar-noski of Richmond\ra.,;.^sdsn]bardSi9r of a Firing. Fortress* shot', down twoJapanese filter panes. - while hislife was^ebbmg away,.;. according to a report received by tbe war depart-roent of oro of tbe- fiercest aerial engagements of- World: War II.Lieutenant-'Saraoski: was'; manning the nose gsm.of the,.:testoer.: Iot *• mapping missta aver Bougaszmlle island, in; the South. Pacifc^Iasi' June.' At. Buka airdrome ten. Japanese -fighters' were seen; taking off .to. intercept,' hut the .crew' went on with.' the • mission. One. Japanese' ■plane; mane a pass and tracers from- fee -Fortress were seen to en-j ter its ■ fuselage. Half 'a . mimrie f later three. Japanese. planes ..at-' j -tacked/- simultaneously . from the § front. . Five - members of the. .crew' •* of the • .Fortress .'were;., wounded—, among ■ them . Lieutenant. Samoski, who went lt;m. fighting;, as 'long. as; he ■bad a. grip on ccmscjoissness. He sent , a. steady stream.; of fee. into, tine .of the Japanese, planes, until it .burst feta femes. . . *•• '•The' pilot—Maj. lay. Zeamer. -Jr.;of Orange, N, J.—had been., wounded 1 .fe. the'arms and legs, tat-fcept feing; a - twis-engfee tghter mad saw tracersstrike.; it. between ■ the nase . guns: and . cockpit- ■ ■.The' akar-taBy wmmded . Lfeutosant . Samosid mw swung. ..• has’grass, into .. actionagainst.; this one-. If, started to smoke; hevuj and pto^ged . into the sea.As the battle cottoned, three topre. members of-the crew; were:wfetodedL.'When :; the fight was. over' the Fortress had stmi' -mmn Sye,’Jap^ssesc, ffenes., Its; hydraulic- -system* • was destroyed,: fife control -cables: darfe aged, tl^rifeder smashed, - toe oxygen bottles. ;;m • the cockpit. ignited and:/most' -of ■ the.. Sight instruments Shattered :^Jtotyit limped back;.. toits ./base ; vto -/report: .^the mappingofOriit1i -- *
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Saint Charles Daily Cosmos Monitor
Saint Charles, Missouri, US
Mon, Nov 29, 1943
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