CONFIDENTIAL

373RD FIGHTER GROUP

412TH FIGHTER SQUADRON

A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

F)

G)

H)

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.

CONFIDENTIAL

373RD FIGHTER GROUP

412TH FIGHTER SQUADRON

A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

F)

G)

H)

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.