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10 August 1944

Mission Details

Description: RAILROADS

Notes: Fighter-bomber mission. 138 fighters are despatched.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 37.5 T

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People

Kyle Loyd Riddle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group Headquarters (479th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-356174
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Group Commander

Aircraft

44-23171

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group Headquarters (479th Fighter Group)

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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'.