8th Air Force Field Order 356

2 June 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: All of the operational 8th Air Force Fighter Groups took part. They were the 4th Fighter Group, 20th Fighter Group, 55th Fighter Group, 56th Fighter Group, 78th Fighter Group, 339th Fighter Group, 352nd Fighter Group, 353rd Fighter Group, 355th Fighter Group, 356th Fighter Group, 357th Fighter Group, 359th Fighter Group, 361st Fighter Group, 364th Fighter Group, 479th Fighter Group. 162 P-38s, 83 P-47s and 152 P-51s. No claims or losses.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Revisions

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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'.