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CONFIDENTIAL 306TH FIGHTER WING COMBAT CLAIM FORM Mission Number 246 Date 24 March 1945 Claiment's Full Name Roscoe C. Brown Rank 1st Lt ASN 0-824828 Home Address 770 St Nicholas Street, New York, N.Y. Position Flight Leader A/C Number 415569 Sq. 100th Fighter Date of encounter 24 March 1945 Time 1225 Place Berlin Area Altitude 27,000 feet Type of E/A Encountered ME-262 Claim Dest. X Prob. [[blank]] Dam. [[blank]] [[image - circle, perimeter divided into 12 points, indicating directions, e.,g., the top of the circle is North. There are three aircraft symbols drawn on the circle, two American and one German.]] NARRATIVE: I sighted a formation of four (4) ME-262's under the bombers at about 24,000 feet. They were below me, going to North. I've pealed down on them to reward their rear but almost immediately I saw a lone ME-262, at 24,000 feet, climbing at 90 degrees to me and at 25,000 feet from me. I pulled up at him in a 15 degree climb and fired three (3) Long bursts at him from 2000 feet at 8 o'clock to him. Almost immediately the pilot bailed out from 24,500 feet. I saw flames burst from the jet orifices of the E/A. /s/ [[underlined]] JOHN B. QUICK [[/underlined]] /t/ JOHN B. QUICK Capt., A. C., Interrogator /s/ [[underlined]] RAY B. WARE [[/underlined]] /t/ RAY B. WARE, Capt., A. C., Group S-2 Approved as on E/A (Destroyed - [[strikethrough]] Probably - Damaged [[/strikethrough]] /s/ [[underlined]] B. O. DAVIS JR., [[/underlined]] /t/ B. O. DAVIS JR., Colonel, Air Corps up, Commanding. A CERTIFIED AND TRUE COPY RAY B. WARE, Capt, A. C., Intelligence Officer. CONFIDENTIAL