GLENN HELTER
4th Fighter Group 02/25/1944
B. 25 February 1944
C. 336 Fighter Squadron
D. 1240 Hours
E. 20 Miles SE of Luxembourg
F. Clear
G. FW 190
H. One FW 190 Destroyed
I. Narrative: I was flying White 4 in Shirtblue Squadron. We had been with the bombers for about 10 minutes or more, orbiting around them. At the time I never saw any attacks on the bombers and we were flying parallel and on the same level as the bombers (21,000 foot). I saw an Me 109 at around 19,000 foot flying 3 o'clock to the bombers but around 2 o'clock to me, and in the same direction. I reported him and said if we was going down to investigate. He was hard to identify because of his camouflage wish blended with the dark background. On getting closer it was a FW 190 in black camouflage. He was flying straight and level and apparently did not see me. I was closing fast about 10 to 15 degrees above and 15 degrees deflection off. I held my fire until I reached approximately 150 yards, opened fire in one long burst until I had closed to 75 yards. I immediately observed hits over the o/c from port wing root to cockpit. Immediately on being hit, the o/c dived steeply straight down and pilot shot out of the a/c with his chute streaming behind him. The FW 190 continued straight down into the ground trailing smoke. Shirtblue Red 1 and 2 covered me on the way down and Shirtblue White section gave me excellent cover on top. I was able to use my speed to zoom up to 15,000 feet and then continued climb and joined up again with the section that covered me. I claim One FW 190 Destroyed.
Official US Army Air Forces Combat Report by GLENN HELTER of the 4th Fighter Group. This material is a transcription of official reports-testimonials of GLENN HELTER's combat experience.
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