8th Air Force 222/ VIII FC 243 FIGHTER-BOMBER

14 February 1944

Description

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.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 5.75
  • Aircraft sent: 48
  • Aircraft effective: 46

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 8-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Dairy", Roger A. Freeman.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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'.