8th Air Force 516

4 August 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

Joseph Vencil Kapr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16081177 at enlistment, then O-700275
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Charles Paul Majeske

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-758470
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-106741

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron

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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'.