8th Air Force 451

4 July 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data. All fighter groups were active except 359th Fighter Group

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

Joseph W Jennings

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755018
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator / Bombardier Instructor

Aircraft

42-39873

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stormy Weather
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb 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'.