Mike Williams
Senior Airman
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- Oct 19, 2006
Hiyas:
Glad you found those excerpts interesting. Njaco, you've piqued my curiosity I looked into that day a bit more and found some more information bearing on the events of 14 January that may be of interest:
No recounting of the events of 14 January 1945 would be complete without giving the 357th Fighter Group their due. They were credited with 56 1/2 victories that day! Here's some more bits related to their activity that day.
357th FG Mission Summary for 14 January 1945
Lt. Col. Irwin H. Dregne's summary of the 14 January 1945 mission
357th Unit History for January I redid this this with much cleaner images and added the roster and list of claims.
Part of the Field order showing times and locations
Unit Citation for the 14 January Mission
The 356th FG claimed 11 Fw 190's in the Dummer Lake area: 356th FG Mission Summary for 14 January
The 355th FG claimed 11 in engagements near Meppen and Dummer Lake: 355th FG Journal and Mission Summary for14 January 1945
Mike
Glad you found those excerpts interesting. Njaco, you've piqued my curiosity I looked into that day a bit more and found some more information bearing on the events of 14 January that may be of interest:
No recounting of the events of 14 January 1945 would be complete without giving the 357th Fighter Group their due. They were credited with 56 1/2 victories that day! Here's some more bits related to their activity that day.
357th FG Mission Summary for 14 January 1945
Lt. Col. Irwin H. Dregne's summary of the 14 January 1945 mission
357th Unit History for January I redid this this with much cleaner images and added the roster and list of claims.
Part of the Field order showing times and locations
Unit Citation for the 14 January Mission
The 356th FG claimed 11 Fw 190's in the Dummer Lake area: 356th FG Mission Summary for 14 January
The 355th FG claimed 11 in engagements near Meppen and Dummer Lake: 355th FG Journal and Mission Summary for14 January 1945
Mike