Number 40 takes a direct hit near wing root. Besides bulging the wing, this hit set the hydraulic fluid on fire, dropped the right hand landing gear, and made inoperable the four right wing guns.
Probably hit by a 20mm cannon.
Darkened area aft of damage indicates leaked hydraulic fluid.
Underside of wing reveals extensive damage.
Tear in fuselage tells of a close call for the pilot.
Amendola Officer’s Club – Furnishings at the mess were supplied by the pilots assigned to the task, no questions asked. Much of the required supplies and items of equipment etc., were acquired by “scrounging”, which simply means you take what you can where you can get it if you can get away with it.
The Officer’s Mess at Amendola under Col. Wymond’s direction was fixed up better than any we had heretofore known. We were quartered in San Giovanni Rotondo on the local rail line to Manfredonia.
Eddie Silks and some of the Italian help.
Cold shave.
Sgt. Kenneth B. Locke and Sgt. William D. Dilday. Our bus in back.
