352nd Fighter Group Combat Stories

These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 352nd 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.

352nd Fighter Group

11/26/1943 - John Meyer
11/26/1943 - John Bennett
11/26/1943 - DONALD DILLING
12/11/1943 - Ray Cornick
12/20/1943 - Daniel Britt
12/20/1943 - FRANKLYN GREENE
01/29/1944 - Donald Bryan
01/30/1944 - Donald Bryan
01/30/1944 - William Schwenke
01/30/1944 - John Thornell
02/03/1944 - VERGIL MERONEY
02/04/1944 - FREMONT MILLER
02/04/1944 - Eugene Clark
02/04/1944 - Francis Horne
02/04/1944 - John Walker
02/20/1944 - Kenneth Williams
02/20/1944 - Willie Jackson
02/20/1944 - William Halton
02/20/1944 - HARRY MILLER
02/24/1944 - Joe Mason
03/05/1944 - FREMONT MILLER
03/08/1944 - Edward Gignac
03/15/1944 - Donald Bryan
03/15/1944 - Stephen Andrew
03/15/1944 - John Thornell
04/10/1944 - Donald Bryan
04/10/1944 - FREMONT MILLER
04/10/1944 - John Thornell
04/10/1944 - JAMES LAING
05/02/1944 - JOHN MEYER
05/08/1944 - John Thornell
05/08/1944 - EDWIN HELLER
05/13/1944 - JOHN COLEMAN
05/30/1944 - Robert Berkshire
06/10/1944 - JOHN THORNELL
07/13/1944 - JOHN EDWARDS
09/12/1944 - JOHN STEARNS
09/12/1944 - EARL LAZEAR
09/27/1944 - Donald Bryan
11/02/1944 - Donald Bryan
11/02/1944 - CHARLES GOODMAN
11/02/1944 - ARTHUR HUDSON
11/02/1944 - WILLIAM STANGEL
11/30/1944 - WILLIE JACKSON
12/25/1944 - CHARLES CESKY
12/26/1944 - WILLIAM HALTON
12/26/1944 - DUERR SCHUH
12/27/1944 - RAYMOND LITTGE
12/27/1944 - WILLIAM HALTON
12/27/1944 - Richard Henderson
01/01/1945 - William Whisner

352th Fighter Group

12/01/1943 - VIRGIL MERONEY
12/04/1943 - JOHN MEYER
12/04/1943 - VIRGIL MERONEY
12/20/1943 - WINFIELD McINTYRE
12/20/1943 - DONALD DILLING
01/30/1944 - VIRGIL MERONEY
01/30/1944 - R.I. ROSS
02/10/1944 - Walter Starck
02/10/1944 - VIRGIL MERONEY
03/08/1944 - VIRGIL MERONEY
04/10/1944 - Clayton Davis
05/08/1944 - Clayton Davis
05/08/1944 - William Fowler
05/08/1944 - JOHN MEYER
05/08/1944 - CARL LUKSIC
05/27/1944 - WALTER STARCK
05/29/1944 - WILLIAM WHISNER
06/27/1944 - JULE CONARD
07/18/1944 - WILLIAM FOWLER
09/11/1944 - JOHN MEYER
11/02/1944 - WILLIAM HALTON
11/02/1944 - WILLIAM WHISNER
11/21/1944 - WILLIAM WHISNER
11/21/1944 - JOHN MEYER
11/21/1944 - KARL WALDRON
11/27/1944 - RAYMOND LITTGE
11/27/1944 - WILLIAM HALTON
11/27/1944 - WILLIAM WHISNER
01/01/1945 - Henry Stewart





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