361st Fighter Group Combat Stories
These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 361st 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.
361st Fighter Group
01/30/1944 - JAMES HASTIN
01/30/1944 - Joe Latimer
01/30/1944 - Henry Lederer
01/30/1944 - Robert Sedman
01/30/1944 - Roy Webb
02/22/1944 - GEORGE MERRITT
02/22/1944 - CHARLES KEPPLER
02/24/1944 - JOHN GUCKEYSON
02/24/1944 - Robert Stoltz
02/25/1944 - HOWARD LANE
03/06/1944 - JOHN BENTLEY
03/06/1944 - MORRIS WILLIAMS
03/08/1944 - JOSEPH KRUZEL
03/08/1944 - JOHN GUCKEYSON
04/08/1944 - CHARLES KEPPLER
04/08/1944 - Robert Eckfeldt
04/08/1944 - Scott Naedele
04/08/1944 - Alton Snyder
04/08/1944 - ALTON SNYDER
04/29/1944 - STANLEY RAMES
04/29/1944 - JOSEPH KRUZEL
05/01/1944 - John Guckeyson
05/08/1944 - Hugh Chapman
05/08/1944 - GEORGE MERRITT
05/23/1944 - MORRIS WILLIAMS
05/24/1944 - GEORGE MERRITT
05/27/1944 - GEORGE MERRITT
05/29/1944 - EDWARD MURDY
05/29/1944 - ROY WEBB
05/29/1944 - WALLACE HOPKINS
06/03/1944 - WAYNE MOORE
06/03/1944 - ROBERT SEDMAN
06/08/1944 - JESSE ADKINS
06/13/1944 - JOSEPH KRUZEL
06/13/1944 - ROY WEBB
06/25/1944 - ROY WEBB
06/25/1944 - Vernon Richards
06/25/1944 - Jack Crandell
06/25/1944 - CHARLES CUMMINS
07/05/1944 - DALE SPENCER
07/07/1944 - RAY WHITE
07/07/1944 - ROBERT WRIGHT
07/20/1944 - WILLIAM KEMP
08/04/1944 - Roy Lacy
08/04/1944 - Loy Vandiver
08/04/1944 - Robert Sedman
08/06/1944 - ROBERT ECKFELDT
08/25/1944 - DAVID MORGAN
09/12/1944 - William Kemp
09/12/1944 - Claire Chennault
09/26/1944 - William Beyer
09/27/1944 - Homer Powell
09/27/1944 - Victor Bocquin
10/07/1944 - Preston Collins
10/07/1944 - URBAN DREW
11/02/1944 - WILLIAM BEYER
11/02/1944 - WILLIAM SYKES
11/08/1944 - Anthony Maurice
11/26/1944 - Elroy Neely
11/26/1944 - JUDD VEAR
11/26/1944 - JOHN WILKINSON
11/26/1944 - Robert Adams
11/26/1944 - WILLIAM BEYER
11/26/1944 - PAUL KLEES
11/26/1944 - BARRY HICKS
11/27/1944 - EDWARD WILSEY
12/02/1944 - JEROME MAU
01/02/1945 - DONALD FARRAR
03/30/1945 - KENNETH SCOTT
04/09/1945 - JAMES SLOAN
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