Show j. j S l I ja Pilots Active In Fighting Over t New ew Guinea WHERE I IN NEW I coME S 17 alt Sk t Sept 17 Two UD-Two Salt I t Lake 1 City p pilots lots Lieutenant Keni Ken- Ken 1 eth Ladd and Flight Officer Robert Robt Rob- Rob Si i Fifth air force pilots ert t Swage age Gently recently participated in ina a smashing smash smash- C ing victory over the Japanese at New Guinea We The fighter squadron of Lieutenant Lieu- Lieu Lieuten ten tenant add dh known as s serS the thane Head e g Alters erS has more thang than 3 lanes to Its credit During the planes Lent recent ent action 48 fighter planes destroyed in the air a and at att wert j iw least t l 10 bombers were smashed on en the ground A Liberator leading the last six- six ship Mn formation over th the target was as viciously attacked by 20 enemy enemy en en- emy nap fighters The bomber had hadan an engine shot out during the run and aud while Flight Officer Savage feathered fathered the propeller on his engine his gunners slammed hundreds of rounds of ammunition r into the a enemy fighter fight- fight en US downing eight lieutenant Kenneth G. G Ladd is the son of Mr and Mrs G. G B B. B Ladd 1061 East Fifth South street A graduate of East high school and anda a former student at the University sity ity of Utah he was a machinist at th the Denver d. d Rio Grande WestErn Western West West- Ern ern Railroad company prior to entering entering en en- the service He received his commission in November 1942 at it Luke field Ariz s Lieutenant Robert Thomas Savage Savage Sav- Sav age ige is the son of Mr and Mrs Farel J. J Savage Roberta street He was a scout corporal in the artillery at Fort Lewis Wash WasL prior to taking primary pilot lot training at Hemet Cal He received advanced training at Minter field Bakersfield Cal He Heis is s a graduate of Granite high school |