CONFIDENTIAL
PILOT'S PERSONAL ENCOUNTER REPORT
A. Combat
B. 02 November 1944
C. 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group
D. Approximately 1230.
E. 20 miles northwest of Leipzig, Germany.
F. 10/10 low cloud - Base 2,000 feet, Top layer of clouds about 6,000 feet.
G. Me 109.
H. One (1) Me 109 Destroyed, Pilot killed.
I. I was flying Blue 3 at 28,000 feet, when bandits were called in. The
Squadron made a 180 degree turn toward the area of encounter. Our flight
began a spiral, and at about 10,000 feet I saw the e/a below me, just above the
bottom layer of clouds. I went after him "balls out". I closed in to
about 25 yards, and as I fired a short burst, he broke hard to the left and
snapped. He started to spin, and I followed him through the clouds.
He never pulled out but went straight into the ground. I then pulled back
through the clouds. I claim one (1) Me 109 destroyed and the pilots
killed.
J. Ammunition expended - 383 Rounds.
SAM D. GEVORKIAN
1/Lt., Air Corps.
STATEMENT
I was flying Blue Leader when my second element got separated, I found them again just in time to witness the above encounter. I confirm Lt. Gevorkian's claim of one Me 109 destroyed.
WILLIAM H. BURNS
Capt., Air Corps.
CONFIDENTIAL