Doc005 Report of bombing attack

#7 PDF of the pages from the 345th group website of mission after-action reports of the of attacks on Grande Island between Jan 22~25, 1945, pages 5~6 covers this photo under attack by the 498th Bomb Squadron (FALCONS) which matches details about this photo. Dennis confirmed that two of the four planes turned back, and so the photo was taken either by a B-25 piloted by 1LT Truett C Gowan or 1LT Roy Lee Jarman. The report in this PDF lets us confirm this is the photo taken on January 24, 1945, at about 0930. The planes first attacked Bataan, then flow over Grande Island where this photo was taken, and then continued on to attack Olongapo. In this report it also makes clear that area is burned out the next day, making this photo the last where these buildings where the men of Fort Wint lived and fought can be seen. In these reports, they refer to this as the east side of the island, but I’ve always referred to it as the north side, but it’s the same location….see attached Google Earth view.

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