(1 Fw 190 destroyed)

 

  I was leading Blue section and after setting course at Nijmegen I flew for 12 minutes on 065° . Being above cloud I decided to go down and after breaking cloud I maintained course at 1,500 ft for a few seconds. I saw a yellow cowling go past in the opposite direction just below so I turned at once. I could see no aeroplane so I dived to the ground and saw silhouetted above me a FW 190 at 1,000 ft. I could jettison only one tank but I pulled up behind him and fired a burst of 3 seconds from about 250 yards astern. I was skidding a bit and he was kicking his tail about, probably on account of some flak we were getting, so I sprayed him until there was an explosion in his fuselage. He dived into the ground and blew to pieces burning furiously. F/O Spence, Blue 3, saw the while incident.

 

I claim 1 FW 190 destroyed.

 

F/L W.J. Hibbert