4th Fighter Group Combat Stories
These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 4th 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.
354th Fighter Group
4th Fighter Group
06/22/1943 - Ernest Beatie
06/26/1943 - Raymond Care
07/28/1943 - Raymond Care
07/28/1943 - Leon Blanding
07/28/1943 - Frank Boyles
07/28/1943 - Duane Beeson
07/28/1943 - Roy Evans
07/28/1943 - Edward Anderson
08/12/1943 - WILLIAM O'REGAN
08/12/1943 - CADMAN PADGETT
08/16/1943 - James Goodson
08/16/1943 - Donald Young
08/16/1943 - Aubrey Stanhope
08/16/1943 - CLYDE SITCH
08/16/1943 - Fonzo SMITH
08/16/1943 - John Du Four
08/16/1943 - Roy Evans
08/16/1943 - Raymond Care
08/16/1943 - FRANK FINK
08/16/1943 - James Happel
08/16/1943 - Howard Hively
10/02/1943 - Duane Beeson
10/08/1943 - Roy Evans
11/05/1943 - Fonzo Smith
11/26/1943 - CADMAN PADGETT
12/01/1943 - John Godfrey
12/01/1943 - John Godfrey
12/22/1943 - John Godfrey
12/22/1943 - Vasseure Wynn
12/22/1943 - John Godfrey
12/22/1943 - Vasseure Wynn
01/05/1944 - DON GENTILE
01/07/1944 - Don Blakeslee
01/07/1944 - James Goodson
01/14/1944 - Alexander Rafalovich
01/14/1944 - G.E. Montgomery
01/14/1944 - Hipolitus T Biel
01/14/1944 - Vermont Garrison
01/14/1944 - Alexander Rafalovich
01/14/1944 - Duane Beeson
01/15/1944 - Don Gentile
01/21/1944 - Robert Richards
01/29/1944 - Spiro Pissanos
01/29/1944 - Duane Beeson
01/29/1944 - Archie Chatterley
01/30/1944 - Charles Anderson
01/30/1944 - Charles Anderson
01/31/1944 - W. Sobanski
01/31/1944 - Raymond Clotfelter
01/31/1944 - Duane Beeson
01/31/1944 - Paul Ellington
01/31/1944 - Kendall Carlson
02/10/1944 - Hipolitus T Biel
02/10/1944 - Vermont Garrison
02/20/1944 - Duane Beeson
02/20/1944 - Pierce McKennon
02/20/1944 - H.L. Mills
02/21/1944 - David Howe
02/21/1944 - Raymond Care
02/22/1944 - George Carpenter
02/25/1944 - GLENN HELTER
02/25/1944 - DON GENTILE
02/25/1944 - Pierce McKennon
02/28/1944 - Vermont Garrison
03/09/1944 - John Godfrey
03/15/1944 - Randle Dwick
03/18/1944 - D.J. BLAKESLEE
03/18/1944 - Nicholas Megura
03/18/1944 - DON GENTILE
03/18/1944 - Duane Beeson
03/18/1944 - Don Blakeslee
03/21/1944 - Archie Chatterley
03/23/1944 - Nicholas Megura
03/23/1944 - Duane Beeson
03/23/1944 - DON GENTILE
03/23/1944 - James Goodson
03/23/1944 - Duane Beeson
03/29/1944 - George Carpenter
03/29/1944 - Pierce McKennon
03/29/1944 - PAUL RILEY
03/29/1944 - DON GENTILE
03/29/1944 - Clemens Fiedler
03/29/1944 - Allen Bunte
03/29/1944 - Charles Anderson
03/29/1944 - George Carpenter
03/29/1944 - Robert Church
04/08/1944 - Charles Anderson
04/08/1944 - Clemens Fiedler
04/08/1944 - Joseph Bennett
04/08/1944 - Albert Schlegel
04/08/1944 - George Carpenter
04/08/1944 - Paul Riley
04/08/1944 - Albert Schlegel
04/08/1944 - LOUIS NORLEY
04/08/1944 - Pierce McKennon
04/08/1944 - CLEMENS FIEDLER
04/08/1944 - Charles Anderson
04/08/1944 - Ralph Hofer
04/08/1944 - REUBEN SIMON
04/12/1944 - Frank Jones
04/12/1944 - Charles Anderson
04/13/1944 - George Carpenter
04/22/1944 - Don Blakeslee
04/22/1944 - John Godfrey
04/22/1944 - Willard Millikan
04/22/1944 - PAUL RILEY
04/22/1944 - ALBERT SCHLEGEL
04/22/1944 - ALBERT SCHLEGEL
04/24/1944 - ALBERT SCHLEGEL
04/24/1944 - ALBERT SCHLEGEL
04/24/1944 - Don Blakeslee
05/01/1944 - John Godfrey
05/12/1944 - Grover Siems
05/12/1944 - Howard Hively
05/19/1944 - Howard Hively
05/24/1944 - Ralph Hofer
05/24/1944 - Frank Spear
05/24/1944 - Joeseph Lang
05/25/1944 - James Goodson
05/28/1944 - Winslow Sobanski
05/29/1944 - Orrin Snell
05/29/1944 - Robert Church
05/30/1944 - Oscar Lajeunesse
06/20/1944 - Robert Dickmeyer
07/07/1944 - Willard Gillette
07/10/1944 - Leonard Werner
07/19/1944 - Ira Grounds
08/05/1944 - Fred Glover
08/16/1944 - James Clark
08/18/1944 - Preston Hardy
08/18/1944 - William Whalen
09/27/1944 - George Smith
09/28/1944 - David Howe
10/06/1944 - Leonard Werner
11/02/1944 - John Kolbe
11/06/1944 - Van Changler
11/18/1944 - JOHN FITCH
11/18/1944 - John Creamer
12/18/1944 - JOHN FITCH
01/01/1945 - Donald Pierini
01/01/1945 - Van Changler
02/20/1945 - Joe Joiner
03/19/1945 - LOUIS NORLEY
03/22/1945 - Sidney Woods
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