08 NOVEMBER 1944
First Lieutenant William C. "Bill" Holbrook , pilot of "Daylight Two Two", took off from Morotai at 0615, met fighter cover in Iligan Bay and proceeded to Murcieleges Bay where they searched the shore line of Mindanao for a B-24 crew who were reported to have parachuted from their flak-damaged bomber, 7 November 1944. At 1200 the crewmembers were sighted at 08°38'N, 123°30'E, waving from the shore. Lieutenant Holbrook landed his plane in the Bay and taxied inshore. The survivors were paddled out to the rescue plane in native canoes and appeared to be none the worse for their experiences, with the exception of the radio operator, who was wounded in the leg. The wound was not serious and he was able to walk. These men had been contacted by Filipinos and were well cared for until their rescue. Dr. Santiago S. Calo, Dipolog, Zamboanga, P.I. "A" Corps, Hq. rendered valuable medical service to the injured man. All survivors were returned to Morotai, arriving in the rescue ship at 1600. They reported that while on a bombing mission on an airodrome on Negros, they had been attacked by a large formation of Jap fighters. Their ship was so badly damaged they were forced to parachute from it. They believed the other two crewmembers were killed in the ship or on the way down.

THE FOLLOWING MEN, ALL MEMBERS OF THE 72nd BOMB SQUADRON, 5th Bomb Group, WERE RESCUED:
(Pilot) 2Lt C. G. Taylor, (Co-Pilot) 2Lt J. J. Jobovial, (Navigator) 2Lt M. C. Hayes, (Radio) S/Sgt F. Eades, (F) S/Sgt R. E. Davis, (AR) S/Sgt T. D. Covert, (G) S/Sgt L. N. Cardwell, and (Engineer) Cpl E. F. Tipton

Read the actual account as written by the pilot, Bill Holbrook.

AIRCRAFT TYPE: OA-10A* 
USAAF SERNO: 44-33884  (CV-340)**
CALLSIGN:  "Daylight 22" 
CREW: (Pilot) 1st Lt William C. Holbrook; (Co-Pilot) 1st Lt Robert L. Rohlfing; (Navigator) 2nd Lt. Robert Booth; (Engineer) Private First Class Rainone; (Radio) Staff Sergeant Coss; (Radar) Staff Sergeant Roach; (Flight Surgeon) Captain Louie Goldberg