VIII Fighter Command Field Order 03 - RODEO 204
15 April 1943Description
A combined fighter force of 59 P-47s despatched from 4FG, 56FG and 78FG participate in RAF Rodeo 204, a sweep of the Furnes/St.Omer area of France. Number contributed by each Fighter Group was not recorded in the source data. 4FG has 3 aircraft MIA, but one of the pilots bales out into the English Channel and is recuded by ASR. The fighter force claims 3-0-1 on enemy aircraft.
Mission Details
SAINT OMER / FOURNES
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter sweep in Furnes/St. Omer, France vicinity. Participation of each Fighter Group not broken out in available data. All Missing in Action (MIA) aircraft and personnel from 4th Fighter Group, one Missing in Action (MIA) pilot rescued from the sea.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- People killed in action: 2
- People returned to duty: 1
- Aircraft sent: 36
- Aircraft missing in action: 3
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885135
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 30-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.