8th Air Force 623FE
11 September 1944
Object Number - UPL 25986 - Lt Philip D Pitts, Bombardier with the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. KIA 11th September 1944.
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data. Claims include 12-0-16 on the ground.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: P-47 and P-51 Fighter Groups took part. Specific units not correlated in source data. Claims include 4-0-2 on the ground.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: All fighter groups participate. Specific units not correlated in source data. Claims include 26-0-25 on the ground. Highest fighter losses and claims to date.
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Connections
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12051870 / O-796642
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694186
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little america ii
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Lady
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
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'.
