8th Air Force Field Order 296
12 April 1944Mission Details
SCHWEINFURT/ZWICKAU/ SCHKEUDITZ
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: A mix of 766 fighters from 8th Air Force an 9th Air Force provide escort. 124 P-47s, 449 P-47s and 193 P-51s. Table includes only 8th Air Force losses. 1 P-51 from 363 Fighter Group IX-FC was also lost. Claims include 1-0-8 on the ground.
- 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: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Revisions
ContributorAAM
Changes
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'.