355th Fighter Group Combat Stories
These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 355th 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.
355th Fighter Group
11/07/1943 - Norman Olson
11/07/1943 - Norman Olson
11/13/1943 - THOMAS NEAL
11/13/1943 - NORMAN OLSON
11/13/1943 - Roland Vincent
11/13/1943 - Roland Vincent
11/29/1943 - Jack Woertz
11/29/1943 - Jack Woertz
12/01/1943 - BEN JOHNSTON
12/05/1943 - Ray Baker
01/29/1944 - JOHN WILSON
02/11/1944 - EDWARD SZANIAWSKI
02/11/1944 - VERNON BURROUGHS
02/20/1944 - Ben Johnston
02/20/1944 - JAMES DICKSON
02/20/1944 - NORMAN OLSON
02/21/1944 - NORMAN OLSON
02/21/1944 - JOHN ELDER
03/02/1944 - LAWRENCE DUDLEY
03/02/1944 - Harold Hoffman
03/02/1944 - CHARLES BLAIR
03/02/1944 - RAYMOND MYERS
03/02/1944 - WALTER GRESHAM
03/02/1944 - ROSCOE RUSSELL
03/06/1944 - WALTER KORALESKI
03/06/1944 - Byron Hill
03/06/1944 - WILLIAM EASTERLY
03/06/1944 - JAMES DICKSON
03/06/1944 - NORMAN FORTIER
03/29/1944 - JOHN ELDER
03/29/1944 - VERNON BURROUGHS
04/08/1944 - Robert Kurtz
04/08/1944 - LESLIE MINCHEW
04/11/1944 - EMIL SLUGA
04/13/1944 - EDWARD SZANIAWSKI
04/13/1944 - Jack Sturm
04/13/1944 - John Wilson
04/13/1944 - HENRY BILLE
04/15/1944 - JOHN ELDER
04/19/1944 - ROSCOE FUSSELL
04/19/1944 - ROBERT WOODY
04/24/1944 - Robert Woody
04/24/1944 - HENRY BILLE
04/24/1944 - NORMAN FORTIER
04/24/1944 - HENRY BROWN
04/24/1944 - Robert Woody
04/24/1944 - HENRY KUCHEMAN
04/29/1944 - HENRY BROWN
05/24/1944 - RAYMOND MYERS
06/21/1944 - FRED HAVILAND
07/07/1944 - LESLIE MINCHEW
07/19/1944 - WILLIAM HOVDE
07/19/1944 - ROBERT THOMPSON
07/20/1944 - ROBERT PETERS
08/03/1944 - LESLIE MINCHEW
08/03/1944 - WARREN PEGLAR
08/06/1944 - BERT MARSHALL
08/15/1944 - WALTER GRESHAM
08/16/1944 - HENRY BILLE
08/16/1944 - JOHN ELDER
08/16/1944 - JACK CRANDELL
08/16/1944 - WILLIAM CULLERTON
08/16/1944 - HAROLD SPENCER
09/11/1944 - Royce Priest
09/11/1944 - LIONEL FROST
09/11/1944 - JOSEPH MAISCH
09/11/1944 - WARREN PEGLAR
09/11/1944 - Bert Marshall
09/12/1944 - Phillip McHugh
09/27/1944 - ROYCE PRIEST
10/06/1944 - Charles Lamer
11/02/1944 - Edward Moroney
11/02/1944 - JOHN ELDER
11/02/1944 - WILLIAM CULLERTON
11/02/1944 - R. W. PRIEST
11/26/1944 - ROYCE PRIEST
11/26/1944 - William Whalen
11/26/1944 - Joseph Mellen
11/26/1944 - FRANK MASTERS
11/26/1944 - Charles Hauver
11/26/1944 - FRED HAVILAND
12/05/1944 - William Hovde
12/05/1944 - ARTHUR ALEXANDER
12/25/1944 - CHARLES HAUVER
01/14/1945 - NEWELL MILLS
01/14/1945 - JOHN ELDER
01/14/1945 - THOMAS WOOD
02/09/1945 - WILLIAM WHALEN
02/09/1945 - JAMES DUFFY
03/31/1945 - MARVIN CASTLEBERRY
04/04/1945 - THURMAN LONG
04/08/1945 - Gordon Graham
04/20/1945 - VICTOR IGLESIAS
04/20/1945 - CLAIBORNE KINNARD
04/20/1945 - HENRY BILLE
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