56th Fighter Group Combat Stories
These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 56th 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.
56th Fighter Group
01/01/1900 - Darrel McMahan
01/01/1900 - Michael Quirk
01/30/1943 - Robert Johnson
06/13/1943 - Robert Johnson
06/13/1943 - Hubert Zemke
06/26/1943 - Gerald Johnson
07/30/1943 - LEROY SCHREIBER
08/17/1943 - GLEN D SCHILTZ, JR.
08/17/1943 - Gerald Johnson
08/17/1943 - Frank McCauley
08/17/1943 - Harold Comstock
08/19/1943 - Robert Johnson
08/19/1943 - Gerald Johnson
08/19/1943 - MICHAEL QUIRK
08/19/1943 - Frank McCauley
08/19/1943 - John Vogt
08/19/1943 - Edgar Whitley
08/24/1943 - Leroy Schreiber
08/24/1943 - James Jones
08/24/1943 - Francis Gabreski
09/03/1943 - Francis Gabreski
09/03/1943 - Don Goodfleisch
09/03/1943 - Hubert Zemke
09/07/1943 - Anthony Carcione
09/07/1943 - RALPH JOHNSON
09/09/1943 - Walker Mahurin
09/16/1943 - Robert Taylor
09/27/1943 - John Truluck
09/27/1943 - Wayne O'Connor
10/02/1943 - Hubert Zemke
10/04/1943 - David Schilling
10/04/1943 - Vance Ludwig
10/04/1943 - Frank McCauley
10/04/1943 - Don Goodfleisch
10/08/1943 - Robert Johnson
10/08/1943 - David Schilling
10/08/1943 - MICHAEL QUIRK
10/10/1943 - David Schilling
10/10/1943 - Robert Johnson
10/10/1943 - James Jones
10/10/1943 - Gerald Johnson
10/10/1943 - Walter Cook
10/10/1943 - ANTHONY CARCIONE
10/10/1943 - Robert Taylor
10/14/1943 - Norman Brooks
10/14/1943 - Gerald Johnson
10/14/1943 - Frank McCauley
10/20/1943 - Hubert Zemke
11/03/1943 - Robert Johnson
11/05/1943 - Francis Gabreski
11/05/1943 - Eugene Bernum
11/05/1943 - John Wilson
11/11/1943 - GEORGE GOLDSTEIN
11/24/1943 - LEROY SCHREIBER
11/26/1943 - Ralph Johnson
11/26/1943 - Frank Klibbe
11/26/1943 - Francis Gabreski
11/26/1943 - John Bryant
11/26/1943 - Harold Comstock
11/26/1943 - Fred Christensen
11/26/1943 - John Truluck
11/29/1943 - Felix Williamson
11/29/1943 - Francis Gabreski
11/29/1943 - David Schilling
11/29/1943 - Joe Powers
11/29/1943 - HARRY PRUDEN
12/01/1943 - Dick Mudge
12/06/1943 - WALTER COOK
12/11/1943 - Stanley Morrill
12/11/1943 - Robert Lamb
12/11/1943 - Robert Landry
12/22/1943 - Walker Mahurin
12/22/1943 - Robert Johnson
12/22/1943 - Felix Williamson
12/31/1943 - Robert Johnson
01/05/1944 - Robert Johnson
01/05/1944 - STANLEY MORRILL
01/05/1944 - Fred Christensen
01/11/1944 - James Carter
01/11/1944 - DAVID SCHILLING
01/11/1944 - Archie Robey
01/11/1944 - GLEN SCHILTZ
01/11/1944 - STANLEY MORRILL
01/29/1944 - David Schilling
01/29/1944 - FRANCIS GABRESKI
01/30/1944 - Francis Gabreski
01/30/1944 - George Hall
01/30/1944 - James Carter
01/30/1944 - Joe Powers
01/30/1944 - Michael Quirk
01/30/1944 - Lloyd Langdon
01/30/1944 - Frank Klibbe
02/03/1944 - Walker Mahurin
02/03/1944 - Charles Reed
02/04/1944 - Fred Christensen
02/04/1944 - James Fields
02/06/1944 - Samuel Hamilton
02/06/1944 - Robert Rankin
02/06/1944 - Robert Lamb
02/11/1944 - Stanley Morrill
02/11/1944 - Joe Icard
02/11/1944 - FRED CHRISTENSEN
02/20/1944 - Francis Gabreski
02/20/1944 - Robert Johnson
02/20/1944 - Donavon Smith
02/21/1944 - Claude Mussey
02/21/1944 - Gerald Johnson
02/21/1944 - Evan McMinn
02/21/1944 - Frank Klibbe
02/21/1944 - Donald Funcheon
02/21/1944 - Joseph Egan
02/21/1944 - Joe Icard
02/21/1944 - M GLADYCH
02/21/1944 - Roy Bluhm
02/21/1944 - John Vogt
02/22/1944 - Lyle Adrianse
02/22/1944 - George Hall
02/22/1944 - JOSEPH EGAN
02/22/1944 - James Fields
02/22/1944 - Francis Gabreski
02/22/1944 - Evan McMinn
02/22/1944 - Michael Quirk
02/22/1944 - Frederick Roy
02/24/1944 - Joe Powers
02/24/1944 - James Stewart
02/24/1944 - Stanley Morrill
02/24/1944 - Gerald Johnson
02/24/1944 - John Truluck
03/02/1944 - Gerald Johnson
03/06/1944 - Robert Johnson
03/06/1944 - Walker Mahurin
03/06/1944 - JOE ICARD
03/06/1944 - THADDEUS BUSZKO
03/06/1944 - FRED CHRISTENSEN
03/06/1944 - Hubert Zemke
03/08/1944 - FELIX WILLIAMSON
03/08/1944 - ROBERT CHERRY
03/08/1944 - Joseph Bennett
03/08/1944 - Frank Klibbe
03/08/1944 - Gerald Johnson
03/08/1944 - Robert Johnson
03/08/1944 - Mark Moseley
03/08/1944 - Bernard Smith
03/08/1944 - LEROY SCHREIBER
03/08/1944 - Archie Robey
03/15/1944 - Archie Robey
03/15/1944 - Leslie Smith
03/15/1944 - Mark Moseley
03/15/1944 - Donald Peters
03/15/1944 - Robert Rankin
03/15/1944 - MICHAEL QUIRK
03/15/1944 - Joe Powers
03/15/1944 - James Jones
03/15/1944 - John Bryant
03/15/1944 - Fred Christensen
03/15/1944 - Robert Johnson
03/15/1944 - Gerald Johnson
03/15/1944 - John Truluck
03/16/1944 - FELIX WILLIAMSON
03/16/1944 - Francis Gabreski
03/16/1944 - Fred Christensen
03/16/1944 - Stanley Morrill
03/16/1944 - Evan McMinn
03/16/1944 - LEROY SCHREIBER
03/18/1944 - Dale Stream
03/18/1944 - Joe Powers
03/27/1944 - Francis Gabreski
03/27/1944 - M. Gladych
03/29/1944 - Robert Rankin
03/29/1944 - David Schilling
04/09/1944 - Leslie Smith
04/09/1944 - David Schilling
04/09/1944 - JOE POWERS
04/09/1944 - Robert Johnson
04/09/1944 - T. ANDERSZ
04/13/1944 - Mark Boyle
04/13/1944 - Robert Johnson
04/15/1944 - Paul Conger
04/15/1944 - Fred Christensen
04/15/1944 - William Chattaway
05/04/1944 - Robert Cherry
05/04/1944 - Eugene Bennett
05/08/1944 - Frank Klibbe
05/12/1944 - Arthur Maul
05/12/1944 - Herman King
05/12/1944 - JOE POWERS
05/12/1944 - Robert Rankin
05/12/1944 - Steven Gerick
05/12/1944 - Anthony Cavallo
05/12/1944 - Paul Conger
05/12/1944 - Clem Thomton
05/12/1944 - J. Carroll Wakefield
05/13/1944 - James Jure
05/19/1944 - Leslie Smith
05/19/1944 - Richard Heineman
05/22/1944 - Reginald Herin
05/22/1944 - FRANCIS GABRESKI
05/22/1944 - James Clark
05/22/1944 - James Carter
05/22/1944 - Praeger Neyland
05/22/1944 - Evan McMinn
05/31/1944 - Hubert Zemke
06/06/1944 - B. Michael Gladych
06/06/1944 - William McElhare
06/07/1944 - Steven Gerick
06/07/1944 - B. Michael Gladych
06/07/1944 - George Bostwick
06/07/1944 - Sam Dale
06/07/1944 - Francis Gabreski
06/07/1944 - Joel Popplewell
06/07/1944 - Hubert Zemke
06/08/1944 - George Van Noy
06/08/1944 - Mark Moseley
06/08/1944 - Billy Edens
06/08/1944 - George Butler
06/12/1944 - Oscar Belk
06/12/1944 - Francis Gabreski
06/27/1944 - Francis Gabreski
06/27/1944 - ROBERT CHERRY
06/27/1944 - FRED CHRISTENSEN
06/27/1944 - Warren Patterson
06/27/1944 - James Jure
06/27/1944 - W. Lanowski
07/04/1944 - Robert Magel
07/04/1944 - Wiley Merrill
07/04/1944 - William McElhare
07/04/1944 - Albert Knafelz
07/04/1944 - Baird Knox
07/04/1944 - Frank Newell
07/04/1944 - DAYTON SHERIDAN
07/04/1944 - James Carter
07/04/1944 - Gordon Baker
07/04/1944 - Walter Frederick
07/04/1944 - Lucian Dade
07/04/1944 - Mark Boyle
07/05/1944 - Walter Flagg
07/05/1944 - Francis Gabreski
07/05/1944 - W Lanowski
07/05/1944 - Fred Christensen
07/05/1944 - Robert Cherry
07/05/1944 - Jack Pierce
07/05/1944 - Robert Keen
07/06/1944 - Mark Moseley
07/06/1944 - BARNEY CASTEEL
07/06/1944 - George Bostwick
07/06/1944 - Thomas Guerrero
07/06/1944 - Joseph Curtis
08/03/1944 - Richard Anderson
08/04/1944 - Arthur Maul
08/12/1944 - Roy Fling
08/28/1944 - Walter Flagg
09/05/1944 - Robert Daniel
09/05/1944 - Cameron Hart
09/05/1944 - Richard Anderson
09/05/1944 - James Kyle
09/05/1944 - EUGENE TIMONY
09/05/1944 - Richard Warboys
09/12/1944 - James Jure
09/12/1944 - Darrel McMahan
09/12/1944 - James Clark
09/21/1944 - Lewis Brown
09/21/1944 - Stuart Getz
09/21/1944 - Donald Henley
09/21/1944 - MICHAEL JACKSON
09/21/1944 - Walter Groce
09/21/1944 - Michael Gladych
09/21/1944 - Russell Kyler
09/21/1944 - Walter Pitts
09/21/1944 - William Osborne
09/21/1944 - Roy Patterson
09/21/1944 - David Schilling
09/21/1944 - Robert Winters
10/12/1944 - James Lister
11/01/1944 - Walter Groce
11/18/1944 - Michael Jackson
11/18/1944 - Ramon Davis
11/18/1944 - JOHN FERGUSON
11/18/1944 - Norman Gould
11/18/1944 - Arthur Gerow
11/18/1944 - Robert Bauchman
11/18/1944 - Russell Kyler
11/18/1944 - Charles Raymond
11/18/1944 - WILLIAM WILKERSON
11/27/1944 - James Lister
11/27/1944 - Russell Frederickson
12/02/1944 - Russell Frederickson
12/02/1944 - Riegel Davis
12/02/1944 - John Fahringer
12/02/1944 - Walter Groce
12/02/1944 - SAMUEL BATSON
12/02/1944 - Richard Anderson
12/02/1944 - Paul Conger
12/23/1944 - Charles Clark
12/23/1944 - Harold Comstock
12/23/1944 - ANDREW CHASKO
12/23/1944 - Victor East
12/23/1944 - Samuel Batson
12/23/1944 - Norman Gould
12/23/1944 - William Hoffman
12/23/1944 - WILLIAM DALEY
12/23/1944 - WILLARD SCHERZ
12/23/1944 - DAVID SCHILLING
12/23/1944 - Alfred Perry
12/23/1944 - Joseph Perry
12/23/1944 - FELIX WILLIAMSON
12/23/1944 - John Frazier
12/25/1944 - WALTER SHARBO
12/25/1944 - MICHAEL JACKSON
12/25/1944 - Cameron Hart
12/25/1944 - William Clark
12/26/1944 - William Daley
12/31/1944 - Leo Butiste
12/31/1944 - Francis Nolan
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