WWII Pilot Combat Report - DONALD BOCHKAY

DONALD BOCHKAY

357th Fighter Group 07/05/1944

ENCOUNTER REPORT PILOT: DONALD H. BOCHKAY, Capt , AC, O742834 A . C ombat B . 5 July 1944 Field Order # 431

C . 363rd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group D . 1 615 E . Southeast of ROUEN, FRANCE. F . Good with broken overcast at 4,000 ft. G . M

e. 109 H . One Me. 109 destroyed I . I had climbed back up, just under the overcast after shooting a 190 down. I still had my full fight of Cement White when I saw two FW 190s on the deck, going 180 o to me. I did a wing over and was closing in for a kill. I was all set to pull the trigger when a Me. 109 jumped me from my left. I pulled a feinting break into him and he broke very hard to the right and up. I immediately latch ed on to the 109 who tried to turn me to the right. I gave him a long burst and saw hits all over him. He broke hard to the left, but I held a lead on him, pouring lead into him. He began to smoke badly. He then dumped his canopy, so I poured another long burst into him. He flipped over and went straight down. The pilot finally got out, but in doing so he hit the tail surfaces. Altho his chute opened he never got up when he hit the ground. I claim one Me. 109 destroyed .

J. Ammunition Expended: 1190 rounds 50 cal MG . DONALD H. BOCHKAY , Capt , AC . SUPPORTING STATEMENT On July 5th, 1944 in the vicinity S.E. of ROUEN, FRANCE, at a pproximately 1600 I was leading the second element for Captain Bochkay's White Flight. We chased two 190s down to the deck and Captain Bochkay got numerous hits on the E/A around the cockpit. He went into a spin and spun on in – the pilot didn't get out. After climbing back up to the overcast we saw two more 190s and started after them. A 109 tried to bounce us, but we outfigured him and Captain Bochkay got on his tail and clobbered him good. The pilot finally managed to bail out, but after he landed he didn't move, so I believe he was injured. CHARLES K. PETERS, Capt , AC.

Official US Army Air Forces Combat Report by DONALD BOCHKAY of the 357th Fighter Group. This material is a transcription of official reports-testimonials of DONALD BOCHKAY's combat experience.

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