GUIDED BACK TO BASE
BLINDED U.S. AIRMAN FRIEND'S RADIO CALLS ,10 a.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 3. A United States pilot, half-blinded by splinters from a Japanese anliaircraft shell, was guided back to his base by the voice of a fellow airman who Hew beside him. The injured man was Captain John Meyer. He was hit by Japanese ground fire during a strafing attack on a Japanese bake in the Pacific. Lieutenant Joint Egan flew wing to wing with Captain Mover's plane, giving him instructions by radio telephone. After an hour's flight Lieutenant Egan instructed Captain Meyer how to get down to the runway. When Captain Meyer landed lie was taken ;o hospital, where six metal splinters were removed from his right eye and nine from his left eye. “With blood all over my face, I could only dimly see the instruments,” said Captain Meyer. “Then I called Lieutenant Egan and lie flew alongside my plane. I could see the blurred outline of the wing of his machine.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21603, 4 January 1945, Page 6
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