#38895 McClintock CAC #10

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>VPB-111 Bresciano</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VPB111 Bresciano"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:ppbchief@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ppbchief@yahoo.com"><U>Contact the Author</U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="38746, Docs Delight, "><U><B>NEXT PAGE</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos Index"><U><B>PHOTO INDEX</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="38747, Too Hot To Handle,"><U><B>PREVIOUS PAGE</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> December 1944. West Field, Tinian. VPB-111 arcft. #38895 was crewed by CAC #10. Standing left to right: 2P Ens C. Otto; 1P Lt(jg) J.J. McCarthy; 1R AR A.W. Thomas; 1M AMM3c R.S Jukich; PPC Lt Cmdr V.P. McClintock. Kneeling left to right: AG AOM2c R. O'Neil; 2R AR A.A. Crosby; PC AMM1c E.E. Carlson; Ord AOM2c J.P. Gallagher; AG AMM1c P.L. Osborn. </div> <div> On 3 May 1945, Lt Cmdr McClintock and his crew were credited with an air-to-air shoot down of a Japanese "Jake" (Aichi E13A1 Navy Type O single-engine reconnaissance seaplane. The patrol departed out of Puerto Princessa, Palawan Is, P.I. and around noon, spotted the "Jake" flying at 200 ft. off Cape Camau, French Indo-China (Vietnam). Lt Cmdr McClintock commenced his attack and AOM2c Gallagher in the bow successfully downed the reconnaissance seaplane. Lt Cmdr McClintock reported that the "Jake" was taken by surprise and he suspected the pilot was a novice as he did not try to evade or return fire.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>#38895 McClintock CAC #10</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1e4eee10.jpg" border=0 width="750" height="481" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>