VIII Fighter Squadron FO-132 BOMBER ESCORT
15 September 1943Description
201 P-47s from: 4FG; 56FG; 78FG; 352FG; and 353FG are despatched to provide escort for the B-17 formations attcking targets at Romilly-sur-Seine and Paris, France. The fighters claim 0-0-1 of attacking German fighters. 2 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) 1KIA 1RTD (rescued by ASR).
Mission Details
ROMILLY SUR SEINE / PARIS
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter escort for B-17s on Romilly and Paris targets. 353rd Fighter Group reports two Missing in Action (MIA), one pilot Killed in Action (KIA), the other actually crashed at Week St. Mary but pilot bailed out OK.
- 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
- 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: 1
- People returned to duty: 1
- Enemy aircraft damaged by fighter: 1
- Aircraft sent: 201
- Aircraft missing in action: 2
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665391
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793592
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661297
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 23-Jun-2015. Added fighter claims on enemy aircraft to statistics based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 23-Jun-2015. Added Mission 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'.