8th Air Force Field Order 343A

20 May 1944

Mission Details

ORLY/RHEIMS/ LEIGE

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of 657 fighters from 8th Air Force provide escort: 146 P-38s, 177 P-47s and 334 P-51s. In addition to this total were a mix of 296 fighters from IX Fighter Command. Claims include 1-0-1 on the ground.

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

339th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

352nd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

353rd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

355th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

William Paul Clements

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-699985
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Clyde A Thompson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Commanding Officer

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:43:14

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'.