8th Air Force Field Order 355

31 May 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of 682 fighters from 8th Air Force provide escort: 193 P-38s, 180 P-47s and 309 P-51s. In addition, IX Fighter Command contributed a mix of 647 fighters (mix on in source data and not represented in the table). Claims were all 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

Ernest Anders Erickson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-693852
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

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'.