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January 14. Major Wilson led A and B Groups on a Ramrod to
January 14. Major Wilson led A and B Groups on a Ramrod to Hallendorf on the first of three separate missions that day. Thirty Mustangs picked up th...

Recent small drawing ~ The Iowa Beaut Graphite on gray
Recent small drawing ~ The Iowa Beaut Graphite on gray paper 8 x 10 Completed 2014 Collection of Mark Adams This 355th Fighter Group (8th Air Force)...

August 11. The tempo of the Breakout drove the 8th AF to become
August 11. The tempo of the Breakout drove the 8th AF to become Tactical once again. Captain Hovde led the 355th on a Ramrod to escort the 5TF B-24s...

August 3. Captain Hovde led a Ramrod to Strausbourg on the
August 3. Captain Hovde led a Ramrod to Strausbourg on the Germany/France border from 1242 to 1745. The 1st TF/1BD sent more than 340 B-17s to attack...

July 30. The Group stands down but the 55th, 78th, 339th, 353rd
July 30. The Group stands down but the 55th, 78th, 339th, 353rd and 357th FGs swept Evreux to Paris. The rest of 8th AF stood down due to extremely b...

July 27. Bad weather - no mission for all Mustang fighter
July 27. Bad weather - no mission for all Mustang fighter groups... Lieutenant Raymond Silky Morris said his goodbyes and departed the 355th for re-a...

July 16. LtC Kinnard, then Captain Marshall and finally Captain
July 16. LtC Kinnard, then Captain Marshall and finally Captain Fortier led the 355th back to Munich. Kinnard fell prey to food poisoning and One of M...

July 12. LtC Kinnard led another Ramrod to Munich, repeating to
July 12. LtC Kinnard led another Ramrod to Munich, repeating to route from the day before, Up at 1024, the Group made landfall at 1110 but location un...

July 7. LtC. Kinnard led a Ramrod to escort the 2nd BD attacking
July 7. LtC. Kinnard led a Ramrod to escort the 2nd BD attacking four separate targets on a mission that was too complicated to provide adequate cover...