WWII Pilot Combat Report - G.E. Montgomery

G.E. Montgomery

4th Fighter Group 01/14/1944

Headquarters Fourth Fighter Group A.P.O. 637 U.S. Army Pilot's Personal Combat Report VIII Fighter Command F.O. 2 17 Combat 14 Jan 44

334 Fighter Squadron 1520 hours Soissons- Cambrai area Low alright haze. Visibility good. FW 190 One (1) FW 190 Destroyed I was flying White 3 position when Pectin Squadron bounced 12 plus FW 190s flying at 8,000 feet. Overshooting the bo x of FWs, I skidded to the starboard and made my attack from 3 o'clock to the FW formation. One FW broke formation, diving and turning the same direction as

I. Pulling about one ring deflection I observed only one strike and E/A straightened his dive and continued downward. I fired several more bursts from 800 to 1,000 yards observing no strikes. E/A continued diving steeply until I was forced to pull up at about 500 feet to keep from going into the deck. The last I saw was a high column of smoke where the FW had crashed. Confirmed by F/O Hills. I.A.S. 500-550

Ammunition G.E. Montgomery 717 rounds 2 nd Lt., Air Corps. I was flying No. 2 to White 3 and followed him down on the bounce. I saw White 3 firing at FW 190 that pulled out of his formation and as White 3 pulled out and of his dive the FW 190 rolled three-quarters of the way on his back at 300 feet with his nose 45º down and I.A.S. approximately 450 m.p.h. I pulled out of dive at 600 feet doing 550 I.A.S. and was unable to see the E/A crash. Robert L. Hills F/O Air Corps.

Official US Army Air Forces Combat Report by G.E. Montgomery of the 4th Fighter Group. This material is a transcription of official reports-testimonials of G.E. Montgomery's combat experience.

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