8th Air Force Field Order 307B

20 April 1944

Mission Details

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: This is the first 8th Air Force fighter/bomber mission. The 35 P-38s were to be escorted by 31 P-47s, but the P-47s were unable to locate the P-51s. A total of 33 P-38s attacked the Cambrai/Epinoy German airfield. 1 P-38 dropped 0.5 Tons of HE on Vitry Airfield

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 16.5 T HE

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People

Lt. Ernest Anders Erickson receives the Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693852
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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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'.