Flood and Widman claim no victories. While at 20,000 ft Yellow Flight was preparing to attack the enemy below and was dived upon by two flights of Zekes the first of 4 and the second of 6 planes. In the ensuing combat Lt. All of these planes returned home except Lt. Sparks, who had to land at Dobadura.
All pilots are safe and unharmed.
13 planes to our credit. Pretty good hunting. So this was the beginning of the combat career of Lt. Dick Bong, who would go on to become the Ace of Aces, the top scoring Allied fighter pilot in all theaters of World War II with 40 downed enemy planes. Tom Lynch and Dick Bong quickly became close friends.