8th Air Force Field Order 333

9 May 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of 668 fighters from 8th Air Force provides escort: 144 P-38s, 277 P-47s and 247 P-51s. In addition IX Fighter Command furnishes 102 P-38s from 370th Fighter Group and 474th Fighter Group; and 100 P-51s from 354th Fighter Group and 363rd Fighter Group.Only 8th Air Force fighters are shown in table. Claims are bundled for all fighters and include 1-0-4 on the ground.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

James A Burr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 328th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-758764
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Benjamin F McCarty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-754528
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter 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'.