.... ...... 1st Fighter Group WW2 War Stories ...... .....
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Sgt David S. Gray's WW2 Diary while with the 1st, 1942-1945 transcribed by his son, David Gray, Jr. Diary of Colonel Bob Richard, 1st Fighter Group Commander August 15, 1943 - August 30, 1944
Donald Brenden's WW2 Diary while a crew chief with the 27th transcribed by his son, Paul Brenden. Charles Hoffman talks about WWII and his tour in Italy
1st Fighter Group Ploesti oil refinery raids, May-Jun 1944 (pdf file) My last P-38 combat mission (and a lot of escape and evasion) by Dick Catledge, Major General, Retired
An orphan girl in war-town Sardinia by Ken Fritz (71st) WWII from the perspective of a crew chief, by Steve Duncan (71st)
From England to North Africa with a total flying time of 240 hours From An Escort of P-38s Frank Lawson tells how he became a fighter pilot
Al Eberhardt's article on the 1st Fighter Group's secret misssion to protect President Roosevelt on his way from Gibraltar to Yalta.on board the USS Qunicy The earliest days of the 71st Fighter Squadron by Bob Naismith
1Lt Charlie Brown's shoot-down over Sicily, capture and repatriation
- His personal diary transcribed by his daughter		 Flying Operation Bolero and Torch:
Steve Dostal (71st) goes down over Yugoslavia by Wally Evans At a P-40 base in Italy near the front lines at Christmas by Bob Vrilakas (94th) and John Mullins (94th)
Lt Merle Brown (27th Pilot, POW) by his wife, Barbara Ken Fritz writes of his Four years with the 1st in WWII
Jim Dibble's 41st mission with the 94th Fighter Squadron by his Nephew A tongue-in-cheek (but absolutely true) war story of "The Night That Japanese Aircraft Attacked Los Angeles", by Bob Naismith
Lt Augustus Reese (94th-KIA) and how Lubbock AFB was renamed Reese AFB by his sister Katherine Marvin Wingrove's story of experiencing December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor

The Droopsnoot versus the Piggyback P38 and other recollections by Paul Frauman (71st)

Escort of an Air-Sea Rescue, 13 June 1944

Mouse Fredrici Master of all trades as told by his pilot, Robin Hansen
An Email to Mouse from Bob Longworth
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