MISSION REPORT: 06 July 1945

MISSION REPORT - RESCUES - 01

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06 JULY 1945
First Lieutenant Robert T. "Bob" Davis, pilot of "Playmate Three Six", took off from Palawan at 0735 to cover strikes on Balikpapan, Borneo. At 1225 Lieutenant Davis sighted three unidentified vessels heading for the Celebes. He arrived at his orbit point at 1240 and after circling for fifty minutes, departed for home. At 1440 Lieutenant Davis received a message to pick up a downed P-38 pilot at Tarakan. He landed and picked up the survivor, Lieutenant Charles R. Turner, 0-779682, 339th Fighter Squadron, 347th Fighter Group. He was delivered to Palawan at 1950.

RESCUED P-38 PILOT: 339th Fighter Squadron, 347th Fighter Group
Lieutenant Charles R. Turner, 0-779682

AIRCRAFT: OA-10A*
USAAF SERNO: 44-33932 (CV-436)**
CALLSIGN: "Playmate 36"
CREW: (Pilot) 1st Lt. Robert T. Davis

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The narrative of these rescues was compiled and published in April 1946 from logbooks of pilots, notes, letters, and other
information by secretary Marina G. de Guzman in Pampanga, Philippines.

* Aircraft produced at Canadian Vickers Ldt, Cartierville, Quebec, Canada
** Canadian Vickers contract number that was unique to each aircraft produced by at the Cartierville, Quebec plan
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