Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-05-26 | Page 1 | Utahn Downs Nip over Okinawa

Utahn Downs Nip Over Okinawa OKINAWA VA May 25 Delayed UP Army IP-Army Army and marine fighters of or orthe the United States army's tactical tactical tactical tac tac- air force garnered their greatest great great- est toll of the Okinawa campaign today in shooting down 75 Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese planes in the wake of last nights night's abortive attempt to land enemy troops in force on Yon tan airfield Among these bagging planes was Lt Jay Clayton Allan of ells Utah Several previous raids have cost the Japanese even a greater number of planes but today's total is the greatest here by land-based land aircraft without coordinated patrol patrol patrol pa pa- by navy carrier planes The 75 were part of the accounted accounted accounted ac ac- ac- ac counted for last night and today by American planes ships' ships guns and shore batteries Lt Jay Clayton Allan son of Mayor and Mrs Lamont Lament A. A Allan lUc was graduated at Corpus Corpus Corpus Cor Cor- pus Christi Christ Texas and was commissioned commissioned commissioned com com- a a. pilot in the marine air corps June 25 1914 19 He attended attended attended at at- tended Utah State Agricultural college prior to entering the corps j I 1