.... ...... 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

Bob Vrilakas' Tale of WWII
Donald Brenden's WW2 Diary while a crew chief with the 27th transcribed by his son, Paul Brenden.
1st Fighter Group Ploesti oil refinery raids, May-Jun 1944 (pdf file)
An orphan girl in war-town Sardinia by Ken Fritz (71st)
From England to North Africa with a total flying time of 240 hours From An Escort of P-38s
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
1Lt Charlie Brown's shoot-down over Sicily, capture and repatriation
- His personal diary transcribed by his daughter
Steve Dostal (71st) goes down over Yugoslavia by Wally Evans
Lt Merle Brown (27th Pilot, POW) by his wife, Barbara
Jim Dibble's 41st mission with the 94th Fighter Squadron by his Nephew
Lt Augustus Reese (94th-KIA) and how Lubbock AFB was renamed Reese AFB by his sister Katherine

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

Escort of an Air-Sea Rescue, 13 June 1944