Show s. s Bombers T urn Back Japanese Convoy Jy y MURLIN 1 SPENCER fi I 1 SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA Nov 2 Delayed UP A jp-A A Japanese anese convoy headed for New Guinea was forced to turn back backI backay day ay by Flying Fortresses and B which attacked in the face I I iS f intense antiaircraft fire arid and nemy nemy aerial resistance WiThe The repulse of th the Japanese voy off Buna was reported in j from General MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArthurs MacArthur's Mac- Mac Arthurs Arthur's headquarters which said Japanese soldiers aboard the ships had been intended to reInforce re- re the enemy's New Guinea p positions Major ajor William G. G Benn of WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Pa said one large transport transport transport trans trans- port ort was damaged and another possibly p damaged by the hard hard- hitting bombers Five Japanese z Zero ro fighters which tried to intercept intercept inter inter- c the attack were knocked out othe the sky Attack In 3 Waves Paves r T Three waves of bombers went after if ter fter the convoy which was guarded guard- guard zd ed d by warships The attacks started started start start- ed ed- edat at dawn and continued until night Each wave ran into Zeros which paid heavily for their efforts to protect t the loaded heavily ships LIt It was a good day for us beca because be- be ca cause ause e it was a daylight action and andare W we are s were able to daYlight see what we were I said Benn doing Joing ng There were nine Zeros there and four when we left Five were I shot down Lieutenant James G G. DeWolf said The ships were big ones ones about about to tons each We blew off the rudder of one ship and she stopped completely The Japs were doing some firIng firing firing fir fir- ing with ack-ack ack guns and Zeros dived through their own ack-ack ack to take a crack at us We had to dive through ack-ack ack keep our eyes on the Japs and drop our bombs at the same time Sigh of Relief Im breathing a a. sigh of ol relief now because it was my thirteenth mission and Im I'm glad to get over the hoop Technical Sergeant V. V W. W of Pa top turret gunner on Andersons Anderson's plane said he and Lieutenant W. W K Fox the navigator both turned guns on the Zero they bagged as it made madea a frontal attack I was pretty shaky the first minute said but after the guns started chattering I settled settled settled set set- down Zeros were hiding in inthe inthe inthe the clouds One peeked out a minute minute minute min min- ute to take a look and ducked back in Then Zeros fell out of the clouds like rain The one we got seemed to blow blowup blowup blowup up around the cockpit as the bullets hit him |