8th Air Force 222/ VIII FC 243 FIGHTER-BOMBER
14 February 1944Description
A force of 48 P-47s from 353FG is depatched on a fighter-bomber operation to attack the German air field at Eindhoven, Holland, but it is obscrured by clouds so the force attacks the German airfield at Glize-Rijen, Holland as a secondary target. There are no losses or claims within this force.
Mission Details
EINDHOVEN (Primary)
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Target is obscured by clouds.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
GILZE-RIJEN (Opportunistic)
Description: AIRFIELD
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Secondary Gilze-Rizen is hit instead. 48 P-47s are despatched, 46 of these hit Gilze-Rizen. No claims on enemy aircraft.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 5.75
- Aircraft sent: 48
- Aircraft effective: 46
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 8-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Dairy", 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'.