Barber banked steeply to turn in behind the bombers and momentarily lost sight of them, but when he regained contact, he was immediately behind one and began firing into its right engine, rear fuselage, and empennage.
Barber drejede skarpt for at komme ind bag bombeflyene og mistede dem et øjeblik af syne, men da han igen fik kontakt, var han direkte bag den ene og begyndte at skyde ind i dens højre motor, skroget og halen.