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Show HARRY A. MOYER ovember 22 2002 bombers up off of Pantelleria, they came off of the African coast and we picked th m up at Pantelleria, around 500 feet and we joined up. We were assigned to left air of the bombers as their protection, and we had Spitfires above us- Spitfires are always top cover - and so we went ... BEN: That was British, right? Was it always kind of a co- ... HAR: Yeah, the Spitfires were always top-cover. The P-40's, we hardly ever went up above fifteen thousand, twelve thousand, fifteen thousand feet. BEN: Was it common for you to fly with the Brits? HAR: Yeah, they were always top-cover. Maybe we saw them, maybe we didn't, because that's where the 1 09's and 190's were coming from. So into Sciacca, I guess about twenty miles off the shore we started- the whole group started - climbing into altitude, I guess they wanted to bomb around twelve or fourteen thousand feet, and so as we came up on the shore, we could see the enemy up there and we were off on the left. We saw this big old beehive glob, a black mess, up there, just milling around right over the airfield, right over the coast. And as we approached, well - they pulled out, those were 109's and 190's up there- so as we approached, we were to the left side of the bombers. And these guys started coming- I was flying B.K.'s wing that day, I was the wingman, and he was the flight leader - and there's three flights in the group and I was on the left side. And so bombers started getting flack from the ground, and bogies started peeling off and I said, "Well here we are, everything is all set." So I was waiting for- I just didn't know what the hell to do, you know! First time you see these damn airplanes, 40 |
