GEORGE GOLDSTEIN

56th Fighter Group 11/11/1943

HEADQUARTERS SIXTY SECOND F IGHTER SQUADRON AAF STATION # 365, APO # 637 U. S. ARMY Personal Combat R eport VIII Fighter Command F.O. No. 177

A. Combat

b. 11 Nov., 194 3

c. 6 2nd Fighter Squadron

d. 1 4 15 hours

e. Vicinity Munster

f. 9/10 cloud, visibility fair with cloud layer.

g. Fw 1 90

h. One Fw 1 90 destroyed i . " I was flying Blue Three. Our Squadron had just dove down thru the high overcast at 23,000' and immediately spotted FW 190's all over the sky. Capt. O'Neill, Blue Leader, singled out a flight of four just below us and to our left. He and his wing man attacked two of them and my wingman and I took the remaining pair. When we went down after them they went into a Lufberry. As I closed in on one of them a 190 behind started shooting at me but he was out of range. I heard my wingman, F/O Icard say I was clear so I continued to close. My first shots were behind and low but as I closed I scored hits on the left side of the fuselage, dead astern, and the left wing. A large piece flew off his ship and nearly hit me. He leveled off smoking and I ceased firing and pulled off to the right. He jettisoned his canopy and bailed out to the right. However, I think he hit the tail of his ship because he seemed to stop suddenly and fall in a downward direction. His chute did not open. I circled and climbed to rejoin but just as I stopped circling I was attacked by two FW 190's from the left. I broke into them but they flew past me with a flight of P-47's on their tail. One of these 190's was destroyed by a P-47 with either OI or OX on his ship. I climbed to 33,000' and returned alone. I claim one Fw 190 destroyed"

GEORGE G. GOLDSTEIN, 1 st L t ., A ir C orps . ARMAMENT REPORT Lt. George G. Goldstein 41-6242 1138 rounds A PI&T "I was leading White Flight and saw Blue Flight bounce four FW 190's. I watched the flight and saw three of the 190's go down out of control. Two of the enemy planes were on fire and smoking. Only the leader of the FW 190 flight escaped and he was doing rolls straight down. I saw Blue Leader, Capt. O'Neill, shoot down the number four man. I believe Lt. Goldstein, flying Blue Three, got one of the others, and F/O Icard, Blue Four, downed the third one." WALTER V . COOK , Capt. , A ir C orps .

Official US Army Air Forces Combat Report by GEORGE GOLDSTEIN of the 56th Fighter Group. This material is a transcription of official reports-testimonials of GEORGE GOLDSTEIN's combat experience.

GEORGE GOLDSTEIN

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