John Godfrey

Narrative: I was flying Blue 3 in Shirtblue Squadron at 27,000 feet when my #1 bounced a gaggle of 7 or 8 190's underneath the bombers at 17-16,000 feet. I followed my #1 giving him cover. My #1 was gradually getting away from me. I saw 2 FW190's trying to position themselves behind my #1. It never dawned on me that my motor had cut my "finger trouble" and changed tanks. Underneath the clouds 5 FW190's with 2 Mustangs on their tails tried to fire at me. I dropped flaps and opened my throttle in a upward spiral turn. I looked behind and saw one of the FW190's bail out . I found out later that this was Lt. Anderson's Jerry. I confirm it Destroyed. The Jerrys went down and I tagged along line astern. We chased them on the deck at full throttle going about 375-400 mph. I queued up behind one and fired fro m between 300 & 200 yards. Firing short bursts I noticed strikes most every time. After the 5 th or 6 th burst he dropped his wing and went straight in. He was about 20 feet off the dock and I was right behind him. He blew up right in front of me. This is confirmed by Lt. Anderson and F/O Glover. I then tagged on to the next Jerry , and flew behind him for approximately 3-5 minutes. Firing short bursts and noticing strike s all over the cockpit. He was flying very low and at one time hit the trees trying to get away from me. I must have given him 6 or 8 short bursts and he still wouldn't go in. On my last bursts I hit him in the engine and noticed white smoke and one of his wheel s went down. I looked back and could not find any more of my friends around. I pulled up to starboard and the last I saw of this Jerry he was smoking badly. I believe when my combat films are developed they will show the amount of damage I did to this a/

c. He would definitely have to crash land and that is why I claim this as destroyed. When I orbited to starboard I picked up the rest of the section behind me. We reformed and started back to the dock. We saw He111 ahead and gave chase. I was the second to fire and noticed strikes on the port engine. This a/ c piled in on his h ome drome with one of his engines on fire. We saw a Me109 and Major Carpenter closed in. I shot at him also but only had one gun and therefore make no claim. This a/c force landed and I confirm it for Major Carpenter. I then climbed up and headed for home with F/O Glover. I claim 2 FW190's Destroyed and 1 H111 Destroyed , (shared with Major Carpenter).