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22 Aug 1944 - Edwin C Bublitz - Eyewitness Account
Eyewitness Account
Statement of Waist Gunner (Right) A/C 42-95224
Flying a Practice Mission on a B-24 H-224, a P-47 was making passes at us to have us practice tracking. I was the right waist gunner on this plane. As I felt the impact I saw pieces of rubbish flying past the waist window. As I looked out I saw the P-47 do a loop past the right side in front and below our nose, that was the last I was of him then I stood by on interphone to wait for orders. He took the nose turret and gunner off. The tail was off the P-47, but roller as he went out of sight. With a calm crew and a good pilot, Maj. Wallace, we landed safely.
Flying a Practice Mission on a B-24 H-224, a P-47 was making passes at us to have us practice tracking. I was the right waist gunner on this plane. As I felt the impact I saw pieces of rubbish flying past the waist window. As I looked out I saw the P-47 do a loop past the right side in front and below our nose, that was the last I was of him then I stood by on interphone to wait for orders. He took the nose turret and gunner off. The tail was off the P-47, but roller as he went out of sight. With a calm crew and a good pilot, Maj. Wallace, we landed safely.
Missions:
#P01 -
08/22/1944 -
Aircraft:
42-95224
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'Lonely Heart'
42-22790
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'Little Pete'
Crews:
094-R1 -
Rice, John Wade
Units:
No related Units
Personnel:
Angle, William Milton
Baker, Harvey Hubert
Blocker, Olin Berve
Bublitz, Edwin Charles
Climer, Ted Harold
Dadig, Albert Sylvester
Devlin, Thomas Edward
Horak, James Robert
Owen, Bruce Wilmot
Reed, Clarence (NMI)
Rice, John Wade
Smith, Walter Ray
Wallace, Albert Louis
