Combat report for 1Lt. Edward Fitzgerald, VMF-223 24th December 1943

[phasselgren]

Hello,

On the 24th December 1943 1Lt. Edward Fitzgerald from VMF-223 sighted a PV-1 chased by four Zeros. He attacked and claimed one Zero as probably destroyed. Info from the South Pacific Air War: The Role of Airpower in the New Guinea and Solomon Island Campaigns, January 1943 to February 1944 by Richard Dunn.

This date is missing in the War Diary for VMF-223 at the US National Archives. Is there any Combat/Action Report from this combat? I am actually interested in what information it has about the combat between the PV-1 and the Zeros.

Thanks in advance,
Peter