359th Fighter Group Combat Stories
These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 359th 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.
359th Fighter Group
01/01/1900 - FRANK LUX
03/29/1944 - John Murphy
05/19/1944 - Ray Wetmore
05/19/1944 - JOHN OLIPHINT
05/19/1944 - Robert Thomson
05/24/1944 - JOHN HUNTER
05/29/1944 - GEORGE DOERSCH
05/29/1944 - Ray Wetmore
05/29/1944 - Robert Booth
05/30/1944 - Robert Siltamaki
05/30/1944 - JOHN HUNTER
05/30/1944 - WILLIAM FOREHAND
06/10/1944 - George Doersch
07/02/1944 - Luther Reese
08/05/1944 - Edwin Sjoblad
08/05/1944 - HAROLD BURT
08/05/1944 - Lester Taylor
08/09/1944 - Elbert Tilton
08/09/1944 - John Murphy
08/09/1944 - CYRIL JONES
08/09/1944 - Robert York
08/16/1944 - FRANK LUX
08/16/1944 - NIVEN CRANFILL
09/11/1944 - CLAUDE CRENSHAW
09/11/1944 - BENJAMIN KING
09/11/1944 - George Baker
09/11/1944 - CHESTER GILMORE
09/11/1944 - FRANK HARN
09/12/1944 - Merle Barth
09/18/1944 - Claude Crenshaw
10/06/1944 - George Doersch
10/06/1944 - ROBERT MC INNES
10/06/1944 - JACK MC COSKEY
10/24/1944 - Boyd Adkins
11/02/1944 - Ray Wetmore
11/02/1944 - Ralph Cox
11/02/1944 - DICK CONNELLY
11/21/1944 - RALPH COX
11/21/1944 - CLAUDE CRENSHAW
11/21/1944 - VERNOR CAID
11/21/1944 - Thomas Smith
11/21/1944 - William Hodges
11/27/1944 - Frank Marshall
11/27/1944 - Robert York
11/27/1944 - Ray Wetmore
12/23/1944 - Emery Cook
12/23/1944 - Robert Benefiel
12/24/1944 - ROBERT OAKLEY
12/31/1944 - ANDREW LEMMENS
12/31/1944 - FRANK LUX
12/31/1944 - Ray Wetmore
01/01/1945 - Ray Wetmore
03/04/1945 - JOHNE REGAN JR.
03/15/1945 - Ray Wetmore
03/19/1945 - NIVEN CRANFILL
03/24/1945 - ROBERT LANCASTER
03/24/1945 - JOHN REGAN
03/24/1945 - JOHN REGAN
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