CONFIDENTIAL

 

373RD FIGHTER GROUP

412TH FIGHTER SQUADRON

APO 151, US ARMY
24 DECEMBER 1944

A)

ENCOUNTER.

B)

23 DECEMBER 1944.

C)

412TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 373RD FIGHTER GROUP.

D)

1500 - 1530 HOURS.

E)

15 MILES SOUTH OF EUSKIRCHEN.

F)

CAVU, VISIBILITY, 20 MILES.

G)

E/A, ME-109'S.

H)

CONFIRMING LT. DAVID L. KING'S CLAIM ON 2 - ME-109'S DEST.

I)

    I WAS FLYING TURMOIL YELLOW FOUR AND AFTER THE INITIAL

ATTACK BY THE ME-109'S I SAW YELLOW THREE (LT KING), SHOOT

THE FIRST DOWN FROM APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS RANGE.  THE

PILOT BAILED OUT AND THE SHIP WENT INTO RATHER A STEEP SPIN.

THE SECOND ME-109 THAT YELLOW THREE CLAIMED WAS SHOT DOWN

FROM ABOUT 100 FEET.  THE CANOPY WAS JETTISONED AND AS THE

E/A TUMBLED OUT OF CONTROL I SAW MARKING SIMILAR TO THE

BRITISH ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE WINGS.  THE SHIP WAS DEFIN-

ITELY A ME-109.  THE PILOT BAILED OUT.

GLEN (NMI) NOYES,

1ST LT., AIR CORPS.



(combat report for Glen Noyes follows:)

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CONFIDENTIAL

 

373RD FIGHTER GROUP

412TH FIGHTER SQUADRON

APO 151, US ARMY
24 DECEMBER 1944

A)

COMBAT

B)

23 DECEMBER 1944.

C)

412TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 373RD FIGHTER GROUP.

D)

1500 - 1530 HOURS.

E)

15 MILES SOUTH OF EUSKIRCHEN.

F)

CAVU, VISIBILITY, 20 MILES.

G)

E/A, ME-109'S.

H)

ONE ME-109 DESTROYED.

I)

    I WAS FLYING YELLOW FOUR WHEN APPROXIMATELY TEN OR

TWELVE ME-109'S APPROACHED US HEAD-ON 1,000 FEET ABOVE.

ONE OF THE E/A DOVE AND MADE A DIRECT HEAD-ON ATTACK. I

PULLED UP AND FIRED APPROXIMATELY 60 ROUNDS PER GUN OB-

SERVING STRIKES ON FUSELAGE AND THE WINGS OF THE ME-109.

HE PASSED CLOSE OVER MY HEAD AS I PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN.

HE CONTINUED HIS DIVE. TURMOIL YELLOW THREE AND I COUNT-

ED THREE CHUTES A FEW MINUTES LATER - TWO WERE HIS AND THE

THIRD WAS MINE.

GLEN (NMI) NOYES,

1ST LIEUT, AIR CORPS.


Declassified
On public record at the National Archives
Courtesy of David Schwartz - Nephew of 373rd CO (15 Aug 43 - 17 Nov 44) William  H. Schwartz, Jr.

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