8th Air Force Field Order 336

11 May 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of fighters from 8th Air Force and IX Fighter Command provided escort: All 99 P-38s were from IX Fighter Command (not included in table) and were part of the 266 fighters contributed by IX Fighter Command to the escort; 182 P-47s and 190 P-51s. All claims were made by 354th Fighter Group of IX Fighter Command. 4th Fighter Group of 8th Air Force was the only 8th Air Force loss, IX Fighter Command lost 3 P-51s (not included in table) 354th Fighter Group -1 and 363rd Fighter Group -3..

353rd Fighter Group

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

355th 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

4th Fighter Group

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

From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th 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'.