Bong Tells of Victory In Bismarck Sea Battle
Maj Richard I Bong recalls the battle of the Bismarck Sea and a head-on collision with a Japanese Zero. He notes allied air forces sinking ships, learning close escort tactics, and the intense fight that defined American air campaigns in New Guinea.
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Bong
Bismarck
Maj
Richard I
Pacific
New Guinea
INS
Bismarcksea
Army Air Forces
Bismarck Sea
Nip Navy Merchant Marine
Buna
Lae
Ton Lynch
Catasauqua
Steve Gallup
Charles Gallup
Chicago
Salamnaun
Tye
Southwest Pacific
Former Light Camera Man Promoted to Captain in Eighth Air Force
Former Light photographer First Lieut George Bartholomew, recently named commanding officer of the combat camera unit for the Eighth Air Force, has been promoted to captain. He says he visited Bill Rives and Harry Burkhalter in London PR offices and longs for newspaper work after being wounded twice in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bartholomew
Eighth Air Force
Corpus Policeman Acquitted By Jury
Corpus Christi reports policeman Mike Del Valle was acquitted of murder with malice by a jury verdict in Judge George C. Westerwell's district court. He had been charged in the January 4 killing of Sam Hunter after a dispute with a store owner over a refund and alleged resistance to arrest.
Close Escort and a Narrow Escape in Pacific Skies
Memoir style reminiscence recounts air battles over Markham Valley and near Bena Bena with Lt. Eason and Capt. Faurot. The speaker details escorting bombers, sustaining damage to his Lightning through a dogfight with eight Zeros, then a near crash on landing as engines fail and fuel runs dry.
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Bob Faurot
Columbia
Hoyt. Eason
Eclectic
Ala
Bismarck
Benabena
Jowen Stanley Ranges
Markham Valley
Owen Stanley
Steve
Arizona
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Richard I. Bong
van Atta
International News Service
Kiar Features Syndicate, Inc
Glile
Fleut
Kenji Sparks
Blackwell
Okla Xo
Zero
Darwin
Rabaul
Wewak
Doring
Socialista
SAR Antonio Transit Company
Decal
C.P.A
Sthurs
Toudouze
W. Commerce ST. Bree
W. Nouston
Toudoute Super-Mart
So. Flores
Pleasanton Rd
Lynch
Spain
Zoe
Well & Marx—Basement
Orla
Wolft & Marx—Basement
Wolff & Marx—Basement
Batiste
Wolff & Mars—Haxement
Wallf & Mars—Basement
Wolff & Marz—Basement
Woltz & Marx
Quint D'Orsay
Wolff & Marx
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