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Stan felt certain they were flying down the toe of the Italian boot . Everything was going fine when Stan spotted fighter planes above them and to the west . He did not say anything until the craft were near enough to be identified . `` Nine Airacobras off your port wing at two o'clock , Commander , '' he shouted . O'Malley craned his neck and squinted , then he began to grin . `` Sure , an ' there is , '' he said . `` It 's an escort we 've been needin ' .