8th Air Force Field Order 352

28 May 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of 697 fighters from 8th Air Force provide escort: 182 P-38s, 208 P-47s and 307 P-51s. In addition IX Fighter Command contributes a mix of 527 fighters (mix not in source data). IX Fighter Command claims 33-0-1 in the air and 5-0-7 on the ground (not included in table), with a loss of 5 fighters (not in table). 8th Air Force claims include 0-0-1 on the ground.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Connections

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-666503
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 10601405 / T-223077 / O-2045165
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11082063 / O-815642
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • 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
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-695154
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little Joe
  • Unit: 363rd Fighter Group 380th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 363rd Fighter Group 382nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Virginia
  • Unit: 363rd Fighter Group 382nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Texas Bluebonnet
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Mission 376: Battle over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo De Jong
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-106635&Submit6=Go

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Mission 376: Battle over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo De Jong
https://www.fold3.com/image/28626671
https://www.fold3.com/image/28630407

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Mission 376: Battle over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo De Jong
https://www.fold3.com/image/28626671
https://www.fold3.com/image/28630407

Date
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'.