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WWII U.S.A.A.F.
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BAGGINGNAZI'S
 AN EIGHTH ARMYAIR FORCE MUSTANG BASE
 ENGLAND
 WHEN A QUARTET OF CANNON-FIRING NAZI FIGHTERS BEGAN THEIR ATTACKS ON U.S. BOMBERS
ROUNDING THE TARGET AT HAMBUG, GERMANY, RECENTLY TWO U.S. MUSTANGS INTERCEPTED AND
SHOT DOWN ALL FOUR ENEMY FIGHTERS AT THE RATE OF ONE A MINUTE.
 THE MUSTANG FIGHTER TEAM WAS 1ST  LT WILLIAM F. COLINS, 23 YEAR OLD SON OF MR AND
MRS JOHN L. COLINS, 110 S PEARL ST. , JANESVILLE,WIS., AND 2ND LT. ARTHUR B. MORRIS
JR., SON OF MR AMD MRS A.B. MORRIS,WAYCROSS,GA.
 BAGGING THE FIRST OF THE FOUR FW 190'S WAS COMPARATIVELY EASY GOING, ACCORDING TO
LT. MORRIS.
 '' AS WE ATTACKED THE FOUR ENEMY FIGHTERS, ONE OF THEM TRIED TO EVADE US BY TURNING
QUICKLY. BUT HE WAS EVIDENTLY TURNED TOO QUICKLY AND WENT INTO A VIOLENT SPIN AND
CRASHED HIM INTO THE GROUND.'' HE RELATED.
 '' THE OTHER THREE DOVE STEEPLY AND LT. COLLINS AND I FOLLOWED . FIRING AWAY ITH
ALL GUNS. WE BOTH BEGAN TO GET HITS ON THEM AND MINE DODGED DOWN AND WAS SEENTO BAIL
OUT. LT COLLINS' MEN ALSO BAILED OUT , AFTER HE HAD GOTTEN HITS ON THE ENEMY'S
FUSELAGE AND CANOPY.
 THE FOURTH MAN SEEMED DAMN NERVOUS ABOUT THE WHOLE THING AND AFTER A FEW BURSTS HIS
WAY OUT WITH US  BOTH POINTING OUR MUSTANG'S NOSES AT HIM HE UPS AND JUMPS. MAKING
THREE NAZI PILOTS FRIGHTENED ENOUGH TO BAIL OUT AND A FOURTH WHO WENT ON WITH HIS
PLANE.
 LT COLLINS DESCRIBED THE DOGFIGHT AS '' APPARENTLY TOO ROUGH FOR THE NAZI'S TO
STAND.''
 '' THEY HAD MISSED THEIR CHANCE TO SHOOT DOWN OUR BOMBERS WHEN WE CUT THEM OFF,''
HE POINTED OUT,'' AND THEY MUST HAVE FIGURED IT WAS NO HANGING AROUND WITH TWO
MUSTANGS SPRAYING STEL AT THEM.''
 LT MORRIS WHOSE WIFE, MRS JANE C MORRIS AND THEIR YOUNG LAND, AND THREW TEH WORLD
IN SIXTH ST IN CORDELE, SAYS LT COLLINS SHARED ''FIFTY-FIFTY IN THE CLAIMS EACH
TAKING CREDIT FOR TWO ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.

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