UNSEEN ENEMY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1943, Page 7

UNSEEN ENEMY

OTAKI PILOTS ESCAPE

Official N.Z. War Correspondent. GUADALCANAL. Shot down from 19,000 feet by a Japanese warplane he never saw, a young New Zealand fighter pilot, Sergeant S. G. Sharp, of Otaki, succeeded in flying his aircraft to within a mile of a United States patrol boat before he had to bail out near Rendova. Sharp, who is a member of a New Zealand squadron operating from Guadalcanal, was promptly picked up -and brought back to. Guadalcanal by boat. His only injuries were minor abrasions to one hand;

Breaking througbh cloud after climbed to nearly 20,000 feet, members of his formation saw another small formation of New Zealand Kittyhawks being attacked by a greatly superior force of Zeros. They dived towards the fight, but were in turn set upon by more Zeros which had been "sitting" up in the sun's eye, waiting for victims. Sharp felt a thump, as two cannon shells struck his aircraft, and his engine promptly stopped. He dived steeply, reaching some 350 miles an hour, and throwing his pursuer off. Being well over enemy territory, he tried to make the best use of his remaining height to glide to a friendly area. It was not till he was well away from Munda that he decided to bail out. He could then see an American patrol boat. Trimming aircraft to fly level, he opened the canopy and got half-way out, when one boot became jammed between the control column and the seat. The slipstream carried him free, however, and as he floated down he saw the patrol boat changing course towards him. Confident that he would be picked up in a few moments, he did not bother to open his dingy pack, relying upon the Mac West jacket to support him until he was pulled aboard the rescue launch.

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