8th Air Force RAF SUPPORT

3 March 1944

Description

2 B-24s from 482BG were attached to RAF 100 Group 36 Squadron to provide Radar Counter Measures support on a night operation of the RAF. Both aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) - 9KIA 6POW(1DIC).

Mission Details

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: Not Applicable

Description: RADIO COUNTER MEASURES FOR RAF MISSION

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator

Notes: Shot down by AA fire over Northern France. Aircraft were attached to 100 Group RAF and provided Radar Counter Measures. 9 Killed in Action (KIA) 7 POW 1 Died in Captivity (DIC).

Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: Not Applicable
  • People killed in action: 9
  • Prisoners of war: 6
  • People died in captivity: 1
  • Aircraft sent: 2
  • Aircraft effective: 2
  • Aircraft missing in action: 2

Revisions

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Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2016. Added statistics per MACRs 3435 and 3437

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Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2016. Correcting entries.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2016. Added Statistics based on MACRs 33437 and 3437.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative based on MACRs 3435 and 3437.

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Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2016. Flagged as DUPLICATE

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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'.