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Scans matching “foo fighter”12 scans

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  News photo of Capt. Fred B. Ringwald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2 January 1945. Scan

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  415th Night Fighter Squadron mission report, 14/15 March 1945, noting '3 red lights'. Scan

  National Archives via Project 1947 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)

  MISSION REPORT UNIT REPORTING: 415TH NIGHT FIGHTER SQUADRON REPORT : 1. 1845/2030 - INTRUDER. Visibility too poor for observation. Patrolled 7th Army Front from R-1108 to HAGENAU - artillery flashes seen. Before leaving, new floo fire (3 red lights) 3 miles away at 3,000 feet stationary. Vicinity of…

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  Baltimore Sun, 2 January 1945, AP story from a US night fighter base in France. Scan

  Baltimore Sun / Associated Press, via Patrick Gross ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)

  Great Balls Of Fire! Nazis Throw Them At Our Planes A U.S. Night Fighter Base, France, Jan. 1 (P)—The Nazls have thrown something new into the night skies over Germany—the weird mysterious "foo-fighter," balls of fire which race alongside the wings of American Beaufighters flying intruder missions o…

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  Captioned as two foo fighters following a Japanese aircraft. Traced to a 1963 contactee newsletter; very likely not genuine event material. Scan

  Unknown ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  Uncredited header image from The Debrief, probably the same picture as a Commons file. Provenance unverified. Scan

  The Debrief (uncredited) ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  Captioned 'Possible foo fighters during WWII in Europe'. Provenance unverified; may be the disputed 'Japanese aircraft' photo. Scan

  Attributed to US Air Force, 1944 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  4th Fighter/Bomber Group report of '100 yellow, semi-transparent balloons'. Scan

  National Archives via Project 1947 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)

  ISSION REPORT FORM A-2 SECTION TIME: 1000 1400 FINAL x DATE: 3/10/2017 DIST C.G. A-5 CONT X11 TAG X 1. GROUP OR WING: ___ GROUP (ER) ___ 2. TOTAL NO. MISSIONS: ___ 5 ___ TOTAL NO. SORTIES: ___ 35. ___ 3. TYPE OF MISSIONS: ARMED RECCES. 14. ROUTE OR AREA. AS DIRECTED. 5. FLAK: 6. CLAIMS: | TYPE | DES…

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  Captioned 'Foo Fighter during WWII over Germany'. Provenance unverified. Scan

  Attributed to US Air Force, 1944 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  A 30th Bomb Group B-24 over Truk in 1944. Background image, not the sighting. Scan

  Project 1947 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  Maj. Paul A. Duich's handwritten 1975 note on his July 1945 B-29 sighting over Sasebo. Scan

  Paul A. Duich via Project 1947 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  Captioned as a 415th Night Fighter Squadron foo fighter sighting. Uploaded from The Debrief; 1944 provenance unverified. Scan

  Attributed to US Air Force, 1944 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)
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  Later Air Force summary card for the Truk case (UFOB #00003). Scan

  US Air Force via Project 1947 ·from Foo Fighters of World War II (1944)

  PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE·TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION 2. May 5th 45 | Fala Island, Truk Atoll 3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION Military | Possibly A/C (enemy) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Two | 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Over 1 hour | Two A/B objects at same alt as observer's…