8th Air Force Field Order 315B

26 April 1944

Mission Details

COLOGNE

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: 43-P47s and 47 P-51 from 8 AF provide escort. Claims are all on the ground.

357th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

361st Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Mission Statistics

Tonnage Dropped: NA

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:43:14

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'.