02 SEPTEMBER 1944
First Lieutenant James F. "Scotty" Scott, pilot of "Daylight One One", while patrolling in McClure Gulf off the Southern coast of Vogelkop, received a radio message from the Longer to proceed to a designated coordinate and search for an Aussie pilot who had been forced to land his disabled plane in the Gulf. Lieutenant Scott and his crew sighted the survivor at 1300 about two miles off shore. The pilot had been unable to inflate his life raft, due to a fractured arm sustained while ditching his ship. The rescued pilot was taken aboard the PBY. His arm was splinted by the Surgical Technician aboard and he was made comfortable with sedatives, food and drinks. The pilot had been in the sea approximately three hours and stated that his Beaufort Fighter had been damaged by enemy fire, while he was strafing barges and Jap concentration points along the coast. The pilot was taken to his base at Noemfoor. He stated upon being taken aboard, "It is jolly well to know you chaps are around".

RESCUED MAN:  1 Aussie Beaufighter pilot

AIRCRAFT TYPE: OA-10A*  
USAAF SERNO: 44-33879  (CV-330)**
CALLSIGN:  "Daylight 11" 
CREW: (Pilot) 1st Lieutenant James F. Scott; (Co-Pilot) 2nd Lieutenant Donald J. Dixon