68 years ago: Ed Fisher of the 362nd FG becomes an ace

A dive-bombing mission by the 362nd Fighter Group on July 13, 1944 to the marshalling yards at Montargis destroyed 12 boxcars and a railroad bridge, plus 20 to 30 boxcars damaged by strafing. On the way home, the group ran across four Fw 190s; Col. Morton Magoffin destroyed two and the 377^th’s Capt. Edwin Fisher got the other two, making him an ace. The victims were Ogfr. Helmut Merten and Uffz. Hermann Grad of 4./JG26, Ofhr. Ruthart von Richtofen of 10./JG2, and an unidentified member of II./JG1. Only Grad survived his downing.