Category Archives: combat reports

B-24 Reconnaissance in the Bismarck Sea

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The story of an unsuccessful B-24 attack on Japanese shipping in the Bismarck Sea from Informational Intelligence Summary, No. 44-5, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Washington, D.C., February 1944. B-24 RECONNAISSANCE IN THE BISMARCK SEA The … Continue reading →

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P-38 Combat

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

P-38 Lightning combat with Me 109s and subsequent bail out. Source: “P-38 Combat”, Informational Intelligence Summary, No. 44-2, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 1944. P-38 COMBAT In the following interview Major Kelly Mitchim describes … Continue reading →

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26th Panzer Division

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following opinions are from German General Leutnant Linnarz, commander of the German 26th Panzer Division in Italy, concerning Allied airpower and its effects on German forces. Source: Defeat, Headquarters Army Air Forces, Office of the assistant chief of air … Continue reading →

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B-24 vs. 50 German Fighters

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A story of the durability of the B-24 Liberator, from Informational Intelligence Summary, No. 44-17, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Washington, D.C., May 30, 1944. B-24 vs. 50 GERMAN FIGHTERS The surprising durability of an AAF B-24 on a … Continue reading →

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Delayed Action

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Strange tale (tail?) from Air Force, April 1943. DELAYED ACTION CREWMEN of a B-17 had a surprise recently while flying over a quiet sector of England when a 20 mm. shell exploded in the left horizontal stabilizer. They had reason … Continue reading →

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PV Ventura One-Wheel Landing

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A safe one-wheel landing by a PV Ventura on a Pacific Island during WW2 from Naval Aviation News, March 15, 1945. ONE-WHEEL LANDING A PV piloted by a Lieutenant Commander made a successful one-wheel landing on a Pacific island airstrip without … Continue reading →

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Two PTs Battle Two German DDs

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. PT boat action in the Mediterranean from the Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, (“All Hands Magazine”), July 1944. Two PTs Battle Two German DDs Two U.S. PT boats took on two German destroyers recently in the Mediterranean, lured … Continue reading →

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Saga of a Tanker

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Saga of a Tanker Torpedoed by an Axis submarine, this U.S. tanker became a raging inferno–but crew members fighting heroically quelled the flames and the tanker was towed to port by a U.S. Naval ship. Because her men refused to … Continue reading →

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War Record of the SBD

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The story of the SBD Dauntless dive bomber in the Pacific from Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, (“All Hands Magazine”), September 1944. War Record of the SBD Dauntless Divebomber, Giving Way to Harder-Hitting Successor, Was Spearhead of Our Attacks … Continue reading →

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II Corps Lessons Learned

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The commander of II Corps published the following comments concerning the combat lessons learned during the advance from the Garigliano River to Rome in Italy in 1943-1944: HEADQUARTERS II CORPS In the Field 16 June 1944 Subject: Lessons Learned. To: … Continue reading →

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