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	COBOMRON 393 MITCHELL FIELD NY    MAY 14  2022
	COMBOMCOM ONE
	393 BS M 500 D PERIOD
	A  /1/  MISSION REPORT 329    14 MAY 42
	/2/  B25A    393RD BOMB    CAPT FITZGERALD  9QV4
	/3/  1065    1930
	B  /1/  LY4
	/2/  1610    1925
	C  /1/  SIGHTED SS FULLY SURFACED AT 1643  POSITION 39-35N  72-14 W.
	COURSE 50 DEG  SPEED 8 OR 9 KNOTS
	/2/  VISUAL PICKUP 2 MILES DISTANCE AT 0 DEGREE
	/3/  COLOR OF SS LIGHT BLUE OR GRAY.  OVER 100 FT LONG.  COULD NOT
	DISTINGUISH SHAPE AND HEIGHT OF CONNING TOWER OR POSITION OF
	GUN DUE TO CONDITION OF APPROACH.
	/4/  ALTITUDE 200 FEET
	/6/  DROPPED TWO D C S  90 DEG AND ONE AT ABOUT 20 DEG TO COURSE
	OF SS.
	/7/  THREE MARK 17 D.C.  MARK 24 FUZE.
	/8/  FUZE SETTING 25 FEET.  SPACING 25 FEET BETWEEN 1 AND 2.  THIRD
	APPROXIMATELY INDENTICAL POSITION 1ST DC. 3 DETONATIONS.
	/9/  ALTITUDE 25 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.  SPEED 200 MILES PER HOUR
	/10/  EXTREME END OF STERN VISIBLE WHEN D.C. RELEASED
	/11/  FIRST D.C. ON SWELL AHEAD OF CONNING TOWER AND SECOND 25 FEET
	OVER.  THIRD SAME POSITION AS FIRST.
	/12/  LARGE OIL SLICK APPEARED SUDDENLY COMMA DARK BROWN THICK
	OIL APPEARED ON SURFACE ABOUT 75 FEET IN DIAMETER.  OBJECT
	APPEARED ON WATER TO RESEMBEL A PIECE OF BLUE CLOTH.  STRING
	OF BUBBLES ABOUT 2 MILES LONG APPEARED 30 MINUTES AFTER
	ATTACK AND VISIBLE 2 HOURS LATER.  PILOT AND BOMBARDIER OF THE
	OPINION THAT FIRST D.C. WAS DIRECT HIT.
	/13/  REMAINED IN AREA 2 HOURS NO RELIEF.
	/14/  CO-PILOT OBSERVED THREE ORANGE OBJECTS ABOUT 1 FOOT
	WIDE AND 3 FEET LONG.  APPEARED TO BE WOOD.
	F   /1/  1900        39035 N  72-14 W.
	/2/  SKY UNLIMITED    VIS 5 MILES    HAZE    PLUS 28 AT 200 FT.
	SW 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR
	/3/  MODERATE
	/4/  FAIR
	G  /1/  SUCCESSFUL
	/2/  80    S-5
	T  /1/  2010
	COBOMBRON 393
	PLS ADVISE IF EVERYTHING CLEAR
	YES THIS IS OK
	END ACK PLS
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