353rd Fighter Group Combat Stories
These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 353rd 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.
353rd Fighter Group
08/17/1943 - LOREN McCOLLOM
09/07/1943 - Ben Rimerman
09/22/1943 - Jesse Gonnam
09/22/1943 - CHARLES HOEY
09/23/1943 - WALTER BECKHAM
09/23/1943 - GLENN DUNCAN
09/23/1943 - JAMES POINDEXTER
09/27/1943 - WILLIAM ODOM
09/27/1943 - Ben Rimerman
09/27/1943 - HARRY HUNTER
09/27/1943 - ORVILLE KINKADE
10/02/1943 - GLENN DUNGAN
10/02/1943 - Walter Beckham
10/10/1943 - Wilford Hurst
10/14/1943 - ORVILLE KINKADE
10/14/1943 - William Maguire
10/14/1943 - William Bailey
10/14/1943 - WALTER BECKHAM
10/14/1943 - WILLIAM STREIT
10/14/1943 - ROBERT NEWMAN
11/03/1943 - ROBERT NEWMAN
11/03/1943 - JAMES POINDEXTER
11/05/1943 - LEROY Ista
12/01/1943 - Walter Beckham
12/01/1943 - Walter Beckham
12/11/1943 - JOHN THORNELL
12/22/1943 - FREDERICK LEFEBRE
12/30/1943 - JESSE GONNAM
01/05/1944 - GLENN DUNCAN
01/07/1944 - JESSE GONNAM
01/21/1944 - Walter Beckham
01/21/1944 - WILLIAM THISTLETHWAITE
01/24/1944 - DEWEY NEWHART
01/24/1944 - DEWEY NEWHART
01/24/1944 - CHARLES DINSE
01/24/1944 - Glenn Duncan
01/30/1944 - WALTER BECKHAM
01/30/1944 - WILLIAM TANNER
02/03/1944 - Walter Beckham
02/05/1944 - GLENN DUNCAN
02/08/1944 - DONALD CORRIGAN
02/10/1944 - Clifford Armstrong
02/22/1944 - JAMES POINDEXTER
02/24/1944 - RICHARD STEARNS
02/24/1944 - RICHARD STEARNS
02/24/1944 - Francis Walsh
02/24/1944 - GLENN DUNCAN
03/06/1944 - VIC BYERS
03/06/1944 - GLENN DUNCAN
03/06/1944 - JACK TERZIAN
03/08/1944 - RAYNOR ROBERTSON
03/08/1944 - HARRY DUSTIIN
03/08/1944 - JOSEPH KNOBLE
03/29/1944 - WILLIAM JORDAN
03/29/1944 - Thomas Forkin
03/29/1944 - GLENN CALLANS
03/29/1944 - WILLIAM STREIT
04/22/1944 - HERBERT FIELD
05/12/1944 - KENNETH CHETWOOD
05/12/1944 - GLENN DUNCAN
05/12/1944 - WILLIAM TANNER
11/02/1944 - HARRY TEAR
11/02/1944 - ROBERT ABERNATHY
11/08/1944 - JAMES HINCHEY
11/26/1944 - WALKER BOONE
11/26/1944 - Frank ORZELEK
11/26/1944 - John Winder
11/27/1944 - Robert Wiehe
11/27/1944 - Gene Markham
11/27/1944 - JOHN NICKLEBUR
11/27/1944 - Wayne Blickenstaff
11/27/1944 - THOMAS DRYBROUGH
11/27/1944 - HAROLD CHASE
11/27/1944 - Wilbert Junttila
12/05/1944 - FREDERICK LEFEBRE
12/05/1944 - JAMES EVANS
12/05/1944 - FRANK BOULDIN
12/05/1944 - Wilton Johnson
12/24/1944 - George Lee
12/24/1944 - Robert Abernathy
12/24/1944 - ARTHUR CUNDY
12/24/1944 - JOHN JESSUP
12/31/1944 - GEORGE PORTERFIELD
01/14/1945 - BILLY MURRAY
01/14/1945 - JOHN ROHRS
01/14/1945 - JAMES FRYE
01/14/1945 - JAMES HINCHEY
01/14/1945 - ARTHUR CUNDY
02/22/1945 - GORDON COMPTON
02/22/1945 - WAYNE BLICKENSTAFF
03/02/1945 - ARTHUR CUNDY
03/02/1945 - LOUIS LEE
03/02/1945 - HORACE WAGGONER
03/14/1945 - Edward Risk
03/14/1945 - George Montgomery
03/14/1945 - William Maguire
03/14/1945 - William Maguire
03/14/1945 - JOHN HYNES
03/24/1945 - WILLIAM HUBBELL
03/24/1945 - LOUIS LEE
03/24/1945 - RAYMOND HARTLEY
03/24/1945 - JOHN GUTHRIE
03/24/1945 - Robert Elder
03/24/1945 - WAYNE BLICKENSTAFF
03/24/1945 - WALTER PRESCOTT
03/24/1945 - FRANCIS O'NEILL
03/24/1945 - GEORGE ROBISON
03/31/1945 - HARRISON TORDOFF
03/31/1945 - WILLIAM LONG
04/07/1945 - ROBERT HAHN
04/07/1945 - Gene Markham
04/07/1945 - Charles MCGRAW
04/10/1945 - GORDON COMPTON
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