78th Fighter Group Combat Stories
These are transcriptions of official enemy encounter reports by members of the 78th 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.
78th Fighter Group
01/01/1900 - Wayne Coleman
06/22/1943 - Charles London
06/29/1943 - Charles London
07/01/1943 - WILLIAM MADOLE
07/01/1943 - James Byers
07/14/1943 - JACK PRICE
07/30/1943 - Jack Price
07/30/1943 - Peter Pompetti
07/30/1943 - A.B. RICHIE
07/30/1943 - EUGENE ROBERTS
07/30/1943 - James Stone
07/30/1943 - WILLIAM MADOLE
07/30/1943 - John Bertrand
07/30/1943 - Harry Dayhuff
07/30/1943 - GLENN KOONTZ
08/17/1943 - EUGENE ROBERTS
08/19/1943 - KENNETH DOUGHERTY
08/24/1943 - Eugene Roberts
09/27/1943 - Harold Stump
09/27/1943 - Everett Powell
09/27/1943 - Peter Pompetti
09/27/1943 - Jack Oberhansly
09/27/1943 - Jesse Davis
10/10/1943 - Phillip Larson
10/20/1943 - EUGENE ROBERTS
11/26/1943 - Jack Price
11/26/1943 - Howard Askelton
12/01/1943 - Charles Keppler
12/01/1943 - JAMES WILKINSON
12/20/1943 - Harold Barnaby
12/30/1943 - WILLIAM HEGMAN
12/30/1943 - MANUEL MARTINEZ
12/31/1943 - WILLIAM JULIAN
01/04/1944 - Quince Brown
01/04/1944 - MANUEL MARTINEZ
01/04/1944 - HARRY ROFF
01/04/1944 - JAMES STOKES
01/05/1944 - Quince Brown
01/29/1944 - MANUEL MARTINEZ
01/29/1944 - WILLIAM SWANSON
02/06/1944 - Warren Wesson
02/10/1944 - W.M. WESSON
02/10/1944 - G.M. TURLEY
02/10/1944 - HARRY ROFF
02/11/1944 - G.M. TURLEY
02/11/1944 - J BRASHER
02/20/1944 - G.M. TURLEY
02/22/1944 - J.J. OBERHANSLY
02/22/1944 - WILLIAM McDERMOTT
02/24/1944 - GRANT TURLEY
02/24/1944 - Charles Peal
02/24/1944 - RANDAL HATHWAY
02/24/1944 - ALWIN JUCHHEIM
02/24/1944 - ROBERT WISE
02/24/1944 - WALTER TONKIN
02/25/1944 - KENNETH DOUGHERTY
03/06/1944 - R.P. SPALDING
03/15/1944 - RAYMOND SMITH
03/15/1944 - Quince Brown
04/09/1944 - W MAY
04/12/1944 - Quince Brown
04/12/1944 - D.D. HAGARTY
04/13/1944 - ALWIN JUCHHEIM
04/13/1944 - Charles Peal
04/25/1944 - Kenneth Allstaedt
04/25/1944 - HAROLD MORRIS
04/25/1944 - BOYD SORENSON
04/30/1944 - ALWIN JUCHHEIM
05/11/1944 - JOHN PUTNAM
05/11/1944 - FRANKLIN PURSELL
05/11/1944 - Robert McIntosh
05/12/1944 - R Baker
05/12/1944 - M.R. Capp
05/12/1944 - B.M. WATKINS
05/12/1944 - W. WILKINSON
05/19/1944 - W. WILKINSON
05/19/1944 - FREDERICK WHITE
05/19/1944 - M.K. WOLLER
05/19/1944 - Herbert Boyle
05/19/1944 - M Capp
05/19/1944 - Lloyd Covelle
05/19/1944 - William Luckey
05/25/1944 - WILLIAM McDERMOTT
06/06/1944 - Frederic Gray
06/06/1944 - Peter Caulfield
06/06/1944 - Vincent Massa
06/06/1944 - Frederic Gray
06/07/1944 - Lloyd Covelle
06/07/1944 - Dorian Ledington
06/07/1944 - BEN MAYO
06/10/1944 - Dorian Ledington
06/17/1944 - EDWARD KITLEY
06/20/1944 - GEORGE BOTELER
06/20/1944 - GEORGE BOTELER
06/20/1944 - BEN MAYO
07/01/1944 - William Luckey
07/01/1944 - Harry Lay
07/01/1944 - H.F. SCHOLZ
07/05/1944 - WILLIAM JULIAN
07/06/1944 - FRANKLIN PURSELL
07/06/1944 - Charles Parmelee
07/06/1944 - JOHN PUTNAM
07/06/1944 - Harry Lay
08/06/1944 - C.B. STALLINGS
08/06/1944 - Richard Conner
08/28/1944 - JOSEPH MYERS
09/01/1944 - CHARLES KUYKENDALL
09/01/1944 - GEORGE BOTELER
09/09/1944 - Wayne Coleman
09/09/1944 - WILBUR GRIMES
09/09/1944 - H.F. SCHOLZ
10/07/1944 - JOSEPH MYERS
10/07/1944 - Richard Conner
10/08/1944 - Robet Bosworth
10/12/1944 - Richard Conner
10/12/1944 - H.H. Lamb Jr.
10/15/1944 - JULIAN REEMS
10/15/1944 - Huie Lamb
11/21/1944 - Richard Conner
11/21/1944 - R.A. HEWITT
11/21/1944 - A. ROSENBLUM
11/26/1944 - D.C. HART
11/26/1944 - MQNFORD CROY
11/26/1944 - Harold Liebenrood
11/26/1944 - Harold Liebenrood
11/27/1944 - Robert Bonebrake
12/19/1944 - Robert Bonebrake
12/19/1944 - FRANCIS HARRINGTON
12/19/1944 - JOHN KIRK
12/31/1944 - JULIUS MAXWELL
01/14/1945 - FRANK OILER
01/14/1945 - R.E. SMITH
01/14/1945 - RICHARD SPOONER
01/14/1945 - W. WARREN
01/14/1945 - Mark Wilson
03/02/1945 - DUNCAN McDUFFIE
03/02/1945 - RICHARD KUEHL
03/02/1945 - WILLIAM JULIAN
03/02/1945 - Hubert Davis
03/19/1945 - Hubert Davis
03/19/1945 - R.A. HEWITT
03/19/1945 - JOHN KIRK
03/19/1945 - PETER KLAASSEN
03/19/1945 - RICHARD KUEHL
03/19/1945 - WALTER BOURQUE
03/19/1945 - ANTHONY COLLETTI
03/19/1945 - H.H. Lamb Jr.
03/19/1945 - JOHN LANDERS
03/19/1945 - A.S. MILLER
03/19/1945 - Paul Ostrander
03/19/1945 - J.E. PARKER
03/19/1945 - James Moores
03/19/1945 - ROBERT TALBOT
03/21/1945 - EDWIN MILLER
03/21/1945 - Robert Anderson
03/21/1945 - WALTER BOURQUE
03/22/1945 - Milton Stutzman
03/30/1945 - JOHN LANDERS
04/07/1945 - RICHARD KUEHL
04/07/1945 - Henry Slack
04/07/1945 - FRANCIS HARRINGTON
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