VIII Fighter Command Field Order 350

25 May 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of 604 fighters from 8th Air Force provide escort:136 P-38s, 181 P-47s and 287 P-51s. IX Fighter Command also contributed a mix of 207 fighters (not included in table). Fighter units ordered to strafe railroad targets after escort. Claims include 3-0-5 on the ground.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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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'.