8th Air Force Field Order 312
24 April 1944
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UPL 26992
1st LT. Claire D. Porter
Son of Claire D. Porter
Mission Details
ERDING/FRIEDRICHSHAFEN/ GABLINGEN
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: A mix of 867 fighters from 8th Air Force and 9th Air Force provide escort. 131 P-38s, 490 P-47s and 246 P-51s. IX Fighter Command provides 206 aircraft of the total. Claims are bundled and include 59-0-38 on the ground. Only 8th Air Force losses are included in the table. IX Fighter Command lost 3 P-47s: 362nd Fighter Group - 2 and 365th Fighter Group 1.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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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'.