TOWER RECEPTIONS: MISSION 61
Intercom Conversations and Radio Transmissions from Tule Lake Samurai III Somewhere Over Romania SW of Brasov, Romania (zone-7 inbound)
Sgt. Sakamoto: “Capt. I see smoke coming out of the mid section of Weasel!"
Capt. Shimizu: “Keep an eye on them, Sergeant. Make sure they keep in formation. Sergeant Hiromi, do you see anything?”
Sgt. Hiromi: “No, Capt. They must still be in formation, don't see them going below yet.”
Capt. Shimizu: “ICEBERG SIX THIS IS ICEBERG ONE . . . WHAT IS YOUR CONDITION . . . REPEAT WHAT IS YOUR CONDITION?...”
Sgt. Sakamoto: “Don't think they are going to get it out, sir. I see a lot of smoke and there's flames that are spreading into the bomb bay area.”
Capt. Shimizu: “This is Iceberg One calling base . . . We are past Checkpoint Seven . . . repeat we are past Checkpoint Seven . . . We see fire and smoke inside Iceberg Six . . . repeat we see fire and smoke inside Iceberg Six.”
Sgt. Sakamoto: “Sir, Weasel is starting to go down blazing, sir!”
Capt. Shimizu: “Sergeant Hiromi, Sergeant Sakamoto, do you see any chutes?”
Sgt. Hiromi: “I see one, three, four, six chutes, Capt. Doesn't look good, fire all over the place.”
Sgt. Sakamoto: “I see seven chutes sir.”
Capt. Shimizu, “THIS IS ICEBERG ONE CALLING BASE . . . THIS
IS ICEBERG
ONE CALLING BASE . . . ICEBERG SIX WAS HIT AND DOING A FUNERAL
GLIDE
SEVEN MILES FROM CHECKPOINT SEVEN . . . WE SEE SEVEN CHUTES OUT
OF ICEBERG
SIX . . . REPEAT WE SEE SEVEN CHUTES OUT OF ICEBERG SIX . . .OUT.”
Radio Transmission From SNAFU to the Control Tower just before reaching the airfield on the way back from the raid (zone-1)
“GLOWWORM SEVEN TO BASE . . . GLOWWORM SEVEN TO BASE . . . CLEAR THE FIELD, WE ARE INBOUND WITH NO LANDING GEAR, NO RUDDER AND SIX INJURED ABOARD . . . FUEL IS CRITICALLY LOW, WE HAVE NO TIME TO CIRCLE . . . ETA IS TWENTY MINUTES . . . GLOWWORM SEVEN OUT.”