8th Air Force Field Order 348
23 May 1944Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: A mix of 562 fighters from 8th Air Force provides escort: 96 P-38s, 142 P-47s and 324 P-51s. In addition to this total IX Fighter Command contributes 644 fighters (not included in table), mix not detailed in source data. These IX Fighter Command Fighter Groups lost 2 P-47s and 2 P-38s (not in table)
- 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'.