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10.1Fuel d ships so; damaged A dm Ch ginning Japs inU S. ^ Habaul, New Irlt; hitting l: batteries, planes c convoy lt;troopship ir. an attCaptuntwo mor protect from Jap dispatchthan 10.0' trapped Northern Engebi u air diptEastern t Truk.A MUSTANG BASE. Feb. 21—It took him 12 missions, but 2/Lt. Wau Kan Kong, of Honolulu, only Chinese fighter pilot in the ETO. finally bagged an enemy p ane.Flying a P51B Mustang bearing two names, Chinaman's Chance on one side and No Tickee—No Washoe on the other, Lt. Kong made his kill last week while escorting heavy bombers over Frankfurt. He was on his way home when he sighted a KW19U to his right at about 27.000 feet‘The Jerry was out of range ot the bombers. said Lt. Kong, but: he was firing at them to bent hell. I turned into him and he peeled off into a diving turn.'Lt. Ridley E. Donnell, of Murfreesboro. Term., in front of Lt. Kong, peeled off with him. As- they closed in Lt. Kong cut his turn short 'so 1 a be in position for an overhead shot when Jerry turned into me. When he came around 1 gave him 25 rounds from 1.000 yards/*Then the enemy fighter leveled off at 17.000 feet, with Lt. Kong on his tail.“I let him have everything I had and 1 saw his front wheels fall down. I had to pul', up to avoid a collision. tiie Chinese pilot said.Da ugh Dies iiPONDIi UP)—Midaughter has died side Ponlt; from the joined a Brahmin2/LL Wau Kau Kong, only Chinese fighter pilot in the ETO. Wash drawing by S/Sgt. Nathan Glick, of Montgomery, Ala.ould nee, d tovorkthenotthisonalrces.for ■mo-care and and i In-ona!ided rc-riod. ness en. nity.re-leedhowandade.taxtheringiblicthe liate Ions they vork ition view “to ions •tPacific, arrived home unexpected!^ Moments later his twin. F/O John Potter, walked in. on leave from an Eastern base.announced to-aay tne appointment ot Vicc-Adm. W. Greenslade to the newly-created post of Pacific Coordinator of Naval Logistics.It’s Just One Great Big WarOnly Chinese Flying In ETO Bags His First Nazi Fighterbegan r Engebi Kwajalel battered Heavy isolated Marshall; Engebi — dive-bom Seventh
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Northern Ireland Stars and Stripes
Belfast, Ulster, GB
Mon, Feb 21, 1944
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