Stanley Morrill

56th Fighter Group 02/24/1944

HEADQUARTERS SIXTY SECOND FIGHTER SQUADRON AAF STATION # 365 , APO # 637 U. S. ARMY Personal Combat Report VIII F ighter C ommand F.O. N o . 2 5 0

a . Combat b . 24 Feb. , 1944 c . 6 2nd Fighter Squadron d . Approx . 1 300 hours e . Vicinity

E. Asnabruck f . Hazy below 5 ,000' - v isibility excellent about 5,000' . g . Me 109 h . One Me 109 c laimed D estroyed . i . " I was flying Woodfire Blue Leader after Lt. Harrison had aborted and we had made rendezvous with the bombers . North of Almelo I saw a bomber go down in flames and explode, no chutes seen. As we cont inued on inland, my flight was bounced by a single Me 109 at approximately 23,000'. As we broke left the e/a passed in a dive to my right and I turned back following him. The 109 had considerable speed and ran away pulling out of his dive at an estimated 5,000' where he turned to the right going underneath me. I lost sight of him here against the background of trees and hills. I pulled back up to about 20,000' and continued on the right hand side of the B-17's. East of Osnabruck three Brown Me 109's with yellow noses passed underneath the flight at 18,000 ' headed south. I called them in and started down to attack. I closed on the right hand wing man and as I was about to open fire he broke left and down. I followed at about 300 yds. firing continously . I saw many hits on the right wing roots and the pilot skidded to the right on his back – recovered momentaril y and baled out. I then looked around for the other two e/a but lost them and climbed back to 20,000' . I saw two other e/a shot down by P-47's in this general area but was not close enough to identify the planes for confirmation. I claim one Me 109 D estroyed . "

STANLEY B. MORRILL , 1st Lt. , A ir C orps. ARMAMENT REPORT Lt. Stanley B. Morrill 4 1-6387 1,12 8 rounds AP I &T "I was flying Blue Two as Lt. Morrill's wingman. We made a bounce on 3 Me 109's and Lt. Morrill got several hits and strikes on the #3 man of the e/a flight. The 109 rolled over on his back trailing smoke and went into a dive, we followed and he pulled up and rolled over again and the pilot baled -out at about 12,000'. I saw the chute open." JACK E. GREEN, 2nd Lt., Air Corps. "I was flying Blue Three to Lt.Morrill going down on a pass in which he hit an Me 109. The e/a started trailing smoke and as I pulled away from the attack I saw the enemy's chute float past under me." WENDELL A. McCLURE , 2nd Lt., Air Corps.

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

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