VIII Fighter Command FO - 24 DIVERSION ESCORT

19 May 1943

Description

A combined force of 117 P-47s is despatched from 4FG, 56FG and 78FG as an escort for the 24 B-17s from 379BG flying a diversion for the attacks on Kiel and Flensburg, Germany. There are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

KIEL

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes: 117 P-47s are despatched from the 3 operational Fighter Groups to escort the bombers of the 379th Bomb Group on this diversion

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 117

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 4-Jan-2014. Added description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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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'.