8th Air Force 456

6 July 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: Escort services both bomber mission to bridges and the fighter bomber mission to the Paris area. After escort, fighters bomb and strafe Targets of Opportunity.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 5 T

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Aircraft

42-102434

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heaven's Above/Panhandle Kid
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

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Sources

Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.