357th Fighter Group Combat Stories
These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 357th 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.
357 FIGHTER GROUP
357 TH FIGHTER GROUP
357TH FIGHTER GROUP
01/14/1944 - LEONARD CARSON
02/22/1944 - JOHN CARDER
02/22/1944 - Jack Warren
02/22/1944 - H Spicer
02/22/1944 - JOHN MEDEIROS
02/22/1944 - ALVIN PYEATT
02/25/1944 - Joseph Broadhead
03/02/1944 - Thomas Hayes
03/04/1944 - Charles Yeager
03/05/1944 - ELLIS ROGERS
03/06/1944 - GLENDON DAVIS
03/08/1944 - GLENDON DAVIS
03/08/1944 - John Carder
03/16/1944 - GLENDON DAVIS
03/16/1944 - Glendon Davis
03/16/1944 - HUBERT EGENES
03/16/1944 - Jack Warren
03/16/1944 - THOMAS HAYES
03/18/1944 - Fletcher Adams
04/11/1944 - Fletcher Adams
04/11/1944 - JOHN CARDER
04/11/1944 - Mark Stepelton
04/13/1944 - John England
04/19/1944 - GLENDON DAVIS
04/19/1944 - MORRIS STANLEY
04/19/1944 - THOMAS HAYES
04/19/1944 - Thomas Harris
04/24/1944 - CALVERT WILLIAMS
04/24/1944 - JOHN CARDER
04/24/1944 - DONALD BOCHKAY
04/30/1944 - CLARENCE ANDERSON
05/12/1944 - IRWIN DREGNE
05/19/1944 - IRWIN DREGNE
05/19/1944 - ROBERT FOY
05/19/1944 - JOHN STORCH
05/19/1944 - LEROY RUDER
05/19/1944 - CHARLES PETERS
05/27/1944 - Gilbert O'Brien
05/27/1944 - EDWARD SIMPSON
05/27/1944 - CLARENCE ANDERSON
05/27/1944 - Fletcher Adams
05/27/1944 - JAMES BROWNING
05/28/1944 - JOSEPH BROADHEAD
05/30/1944 - LEONARD CARSON
06/20/1944 - Richard Smith
06/29/1944 - JOHN HOWELL
06/29/1944 - ROBERT FOY
06/29/1944 - CLARENCE ANDERSON
07/05/1944 - DONALD BOCHKAY
07/07/1944 - CLARENCE ANDERSON
07/14/1944 - THOMAS HAYES
07/14/1944 - Mark Stepelton
07/25/1944 - JOHN PUGH
07/25/1944 - ROBERT FOY
07/29/1944 - WILLIAM OVERSTREET
08/24/1944 - Harry Hermansen
09/13/1944 - H. P. Howell
09/13/1944 - JOHN STORCH
09/13/1944 - John Storch
09/13/1944 - John England
09/13/1944 - Charles Yeager
09/13/1944 - Merle Allen
09/18/1944 - Byron Braley
09/18/1944 - James Blanchard
09/18/1944 - HOWARD EGELAND
09/18/1944 - GERALD TYLER
09/18/1944 - JEROME JACOBS
09/18/1944 - IVAN McGUIRE
09/18/1944 - Howard Moebius
09/19/1944 - DONALD PASAKA
09/19/1944 - JAMES SEHL
09/19/1944 - RICHARD ROPER
09/19/1944 - WILLIAM DUNLOP
10/06/1944 - Richard Peterson
10/07/1944 - FRANK GAILER
10/12/1944 - FRANK GAILER
10/12/1944 - Charles Yeager
11/02/1944 - Leonard Carson
11/02/1944 - THOMAS HUGHES
11/02/1944 - HAROLD HAND
11/06/1944 - Charles Yeager
11/18/1944 - ROBERT FOY
11/27/1944 - JOHN ENGLAND
11/27/1944 - William Gilbert
11/27/1944 - LEONARD CARSON
11/27/1944 - Charles Yeager
11/27/1944 - Robert Schimanski
11/27/1944 - John Sublett
12/02/1944 - ALVA MURPHY
12/02/1944 - Leonard Carson
12/05/1944 - LEONARD CARSON
12/05/1944 - CLARENCE ANDERSON
12/05/1944 - JOSEPH BROADHEAD
12/05/1944 - JAMES BROWNING
12/05/1944 - John Kirla
12/05/1944 - Paul Hatala
12/05/1944 - GEORGE RICE
12/24/1944 - JAMES SLOAN
12/24/1944 - Otto Jenkins
12/24/1944 - GUERNSEY CARLISLE
12/24/1944 - JAMES CRUMP
01/14/1945 - Donald Cheever
01/14/1945 - John Duncan
01/14/1945 - IRWIN DREGNE
01/14/1945 - Jesse Frey
01/14/1945 - ROBERT FOY
01/14/1945 - JOHN ENGLAND
01/14/1945 - James Browning
01/14/1945 - Joseph Broadhead
01/14/1945 - Raymond Bank
01/14/1945 - Thomas Adams
01/14/1945 - Dale Karger
01/14/1945 - Paul Hatala
01/14/1945 - Chester Maxwell
01/14/1945 - JOHN KIRLA
01/14/1945 - George Rice
01/14/1945 - JOHN STORCH
01/14/1945 - JOHN STERN
01/14/1945 - John Sublett
01/14/1945 - Robert Winks
01/14/1945 - Harold Wyatt
02/09/1945 - DONALD BOCHKAY
03/02/1945 - John Duncan
03/24/1945 - John Duncan
03/24/1945 - Robert Foy
03/24/1945 - William Gruber
03/24/1945 - Roland Wright
03/24/1945 - Charles Weaver
03/24/1945 - GILMAN WEBER
03/24/1945 - Lawrence Westphal
03/24/1945 - Robert Schimanski
03/24/1945 - Paul Hatala
03/24/1945 - Dale Karger
04/07/1945 - JAMES WINDHAM
04/18/1945 - DONALD BOCHKAY
04/19/1945 - Carroll Ofsthun
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