8th Air Force Field Order 348

23 May 1944

Mission 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)

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

  • 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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

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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'.