These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 20th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force in World War II. These first person accounts of combat typically taken shortly after the engagement provide a detailed recap of the action between U.S. Soldiers-Airmen and the German enemy.
11/02/1943 - HARLEY BROWN
08/05/1944 - Harold O. Binkley
08/09/1944 - HAROLD BINKLEY
08/09/1944 - Jess Yaryan
08/09/1944 - RUSSELL BEBOUT
08/09/1944 - Robert Meyer
08/09/1944 - Keith Price
08/09/1944 - John Randolph
08/09/1944 - William Smith
08/09/1944 - QUINTUS KLATT
08/16/1944 - Merle Gilbertson
08/16/1944 - Cy Wilson
09/28/1944 - Ted Slanker
09/28/1944 - ERNEST FIEBELKORN
09/28/1944 - Lawrence Robinson
11/01/1944 - Raymond Flowers
11/02/1944 - DAVID FREEDMAN
11/02/1944 - James Garner
11/02/1944 - Ernest Fiebelkorn
11/02/1944 - Loyd Rowlett
11/02/1944 - John Tennant
11/02/1944 - Glenn Webb
11/02/1944 - Robert Pubentz
11/02/1944 - Joseph Mansker
11/02/1944 - RICHARD GATTERDAM
11/02/1944 - Reps Jones
11/02/1944 - JACK LEON
12/02/1944 - Robert Murrell
12/02/1944 - Eugene Planchak
01/14/1945 - Allen Shaffer
01/14/1945 - Merle Nichols
01/14/1945 - DARRELL BESCHEN
01/14/1945 - RICHARD GATTERDAM
01/14/1945 - Schuyler Baker
01/14/1945 - RICHARD BLACK
01/14/1945 - REPS JONES
01/14/1945 - JACK LEON
01/14/1945 - Dale Jones
01/14/1945 - DUANE KELSO
01/14/1945 - JOHN BROWN
02/09/1945 - Glen Hall
02/09/1945 - Philip Schallo
02/20/1945 - Kenneth McNeel
02/25/1945 - Charles Nicholson
02/25/1945 - RICHARD FRUECHTENICHT
02/25/1945 - EDWARD KIER
04/10/1945 - JOHN HOLLINS
04/10/1945 - JOHN BROWN
04/10/1945 - Albert North
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