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lm Sunday Goose Shoot
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also saw one of his pilots take out two transports with one burst from his gun.
Three new aces returned to El Djem that eve- ning, as their kills took their totals to seven: Lt. McArthur Powers of Inwood, N.Y.; Lt. Richard Duffey of Walled Lake, Mich.; and Capt. Roy Whitaker of Knoxville, Tenn. Praise came to the 57th FG in the field from many leaders, in- cluding a congratulatory note from Gen. George Marshall, Chief of Staff.
Reporters lauded the achievement that day, with The Stars and Stripes calling it “the great- est single aerial engagement since the Battle of Britain, if not in all history.”
Editor’s note: Some information for this article found in The Fabulous Fifty-Seventh Fighter Group of World War II, edited by Wayne S. Dodds.
ary explains what happened on April 18, 1943.
being shot down at Cape Bon, Tunisia, Palm Sunday, 1943.
The cover of Stars & Stripes reporting the Palm Sunday Goose Shoot.
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