VIII Fighter Cmnd FO 65 Fighter Wing 82 FIGHTER/BOMBER

23 January 1944

Description

A force of 57 P-47s from 356FG are despatched on a fighter/bomber operation to attack a German airfield in France (exact location and name of target not in source data). There were no losses or claims and no figther aircraft dropped bombs.

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER-BOMBER MISSION

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes: This was a fighter-bomber mission to bomb a German airfield in France. Airfield not identified in source data, mission recalled, no bombs dropped.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
  • Aircraft sent: 57

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 12-Jan-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

Date
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'.