8th Air Force RAF
8 August 1944Mission Details
RAF SUPPORT
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: P-51 Fighter Groups took part. Specific fighter groups not correlated in source data. American fighters provide escort for RAF Coastal Command Beaufighters on a convoy strike in Norway
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12029495 / O-659133
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Revisions
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'.