8th Air Force Field Order 317
27 April 1944Mission Details
FLORENNES
Description: AIRFIELD
Notes: 1 Squadron, 8 aircraft, of 353rd Fighter Group dive bombs the German airfield at Florrenes, France.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 30 X 100 T HE
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: A mix of 543 fighters from 8th Air Force provide escort: 106 P-38s, 283 P-47s, 154 P-51s. Claims include 4-0-5 on the ground. 8 of the P-47s from 353rd Fighter Group dive bomb the German airfield at Florennes, France.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- 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'.