8th Air Force 458
7 July 1944Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: All Fighter Groups participate. Specific units not correlated in source data. Claims include 3-0-1 on the ground
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: All Fighter Groups participate. Specific units not correlated in source data. This escort smashes into the Luftwaffe claiming 46-1-16. While the Luftwaffe takes a heavy toll on the bombers, they pay a heavy overall price of 118-6-20. While German fighter production remains strong, most of their experienced pilots are dead and replacements are quickly and poorly trained.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808214
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34507515
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flexible Gunner/ Togglier
Revisions
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'.