479th Fighter Group Combat Stories

These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 479th 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.

479th Figher Group

12/25/1944 - RICHARD SPENCER

479th Fighter Group

10/07/1944 - ARTHUR JEFFREY
10/07/1944 - Hubert Zemke
10/07/1944 - Norman Benoit
11/02/1944 - ARTHUR JEFFREY
11/26/1944 - Theo Sowerby
12/05/1944 - Richard Candelaria
12/05/1944 - Gordon Doolittle
12/05/1944 - Philip Gossard
12/05/1944 - Arthur Jeffrey
12/05/1944 - Thomas Myers
12/05/1944 - Kyle Riddle
12/05/1944 - GAIL JACOBSON
12/23/1944 - GEORGE GLEASON
12/23/1944 - GAIL JACOBSON
12/23/1944 - Arthur Jeffrey
12/24/1944 - Kyle Riddle
12/25/1944 - JOHN MURR
12/25/1944 - ARTHUR JEFFREY
12/25/1944 - RICHARD CREIGHTON
02/09/1945 - Gordon Doolittle
02/09/1945 - Norman Benoit
02/09/1945 - ROBIN OLDS
02/09/1945 - EUGENE WENDT
02/14/1945 - EUGENE WENDT
02/14/1945 - ROBIN OLDS
02/14/1945 - DAVID BORN
02/14/1945 - ARTHUR JEFFREY
02/14/1945 - JOHN GOLDEN
04/07/1945 - Verne Hooker
04/07/1945 - Gail Jacobson
04/07/1945 - Robert Munson
04/07/1945 - HILTON THOMPSON
04/25/1945 - HILTON THOMPSON





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