Renée,
Your father's Form 5 records exist only on microfilm, at the National Personnel Records Center in St Louis (
http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/mil...nel/index.html). Follow the instructions on the website for requesting copies.
With regard to his decorations, this is what I have from my visit there many years ago:
DFC, General Order (GO) 267, 9th Air Force, Nov 14, 1944
Oak Leaf Cluster to DFC, GO 267, 9th AF, Nov 14, 1944
Air Medal, GO 4, 9th Fighter Command, Jan 17, 1944
OLC to AM, GO 6, 9th ASC, Feb 11, 1944
2nd OLC to AM, GO 66, 9th AF, Mar 22, 1944
3rd OLC to AM, GO 96, 9th AF, April 11, 1944
4th OLC to AM, GO 119, 9th AF, May 1, 1944
6th OLC to AM, GO 134, 9th AF, May 14, 1944
7th OLC to AM, GO 150, 9th AF, May 29, 1944
5th OLC to AM, GO 8, 19th Tactical Air Command, June 5, 1944
5th OLC to AM, GO 11, 19th TAC, June 17, 1944 (this may be a revision to the June 5 GO)
8th to 11th OLC to AM, GO 8, 19th TAC, June 5, 1944
12th OLC to AM, GO 10, 19th TAC, June 13, 1944
13th OLC to AM, GO 11, 19th TAC, June 17, 1944
14th OLC to AM, GO 13, 19th TAC, June 17, 1944
15th OLC to AM, GO 19, 19th TAC, July 20, 1944
In general, St Louis will not have copies of the citations from the General Orders. These can probably be obtained from the USAF Historical Research Agency (Maxwell AFB) in Montgomery, Alabama (
http://www.afhra.af.mil/).
The best book on the 354th FG is Steve Blake's The Pioneer Mustang Group, published by Schiffer.
Enjoy!
Frank.
Historian, American Fighter Aces Association