CONFIDENTIAL

 

373RD FIGHTER GROUP

412TH FIGHTER SQUADRON

APO 151, US ARMY
25 MARCH 1945.

A)

DIVE-BOMBING AND STRAFING.

B)

24 MARCH 1945.

C)

412TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 373RD FIGHTER GROUP.

D)

1650 HOURS.

E)

DORSTEN AIRFIELD - A4347.

F)

CAVU.

G)

FW-190'S AND ME-109'S.

H)

ONE ME-109 PROBABLY DESTROYED, AND ONE FW-190 DAMAGED.

I)

    I WAS FLYING AS TURMOIL YELLOW LEADER WHEN TURMOIL

LEADER WHEN TURMOIL LEADER CALLED AND SAID HE WAS STRAFING 109'S

AND 190'S IN A WOODS. I JOINED HIM AND MADE A STRAFING RUN

ON A ME-109 AND SAW GOOD STRIKES. I PULLED THROUGH AND GAVE

A BURST ON A FW-190 AND SAW SOME HITS. I PULLED OFF THEN AS

ANOTHER SQUADRON CAME IN TO BOMB.

    I CLAIM A ME-109 PROBABLY DESTROYED AND ONE FW-190

DAMAGED.


NORBERT H. POLANSKI,

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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