VIII Fighter Command FO-133 BOMBER ESCORT

16 September 1943

Description

A combined force of 79 P-47s from 56FG and 353FG are despatched to provide escort for the 1st Bomb Division formations attacking at Nantes, France. No aircraft are lost and the fighters calim 2-0-1 of attacking German fighters.

Mission Details

NANTES

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes: Escort for B-17s on raid to Nantes, France

Mission Statistics

  • Enemy aircraft destroyed by fighter: 2
  • Enemy aircraft damaged by fighter: 1
  • Aircraft sent: 79

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People

A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665) nicknamed "Fatty Patty II" of the 353rd Fighter Group flown by Captain Charles W Dinse shoots down a BF 110 during a mission. Gun camera image. Printed caption on reverse: '50416 AC - Discovering an Me 110 below him, Capt. Charles W. Dinsa, 304 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, Ill., dove down and destroyed it. The pictures were taken by his automatic camera as his bullets found their mark. Credit for the kill was shared with Lt. Richard A. Stearns, Jr., 102 Forest

Charles W Dinse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665391
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 26-Jun-2015. Added fighter claims on enemy aircraft to statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 26-jun-2015. Added Mission description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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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'.