8th Air Force

3 June 1944

Mission Details

CARPETBAGGER OPERATIONS

Description: CARPETBAGGER MISSION

801st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

FRENCH COAST

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

PAS DE CALAIS (Primary)

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: 12 P-51S Provide escort. No losses, No claims

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

James Arthur McColgan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (447th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-406173
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

James A Walton-Black

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

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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'.