8th Air Force Field Order 337

12 May 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of fighters from 8th Air Force provided escort: 153 P-38s, 201, P-47s and 381 P-51s. Not included in this total or the table were 245 IX Fighter Command fighters, P-38s and P-51s, exact make-up not included in available data. Claims are only those of 8th Air Force and include 5-0-2 on the ground..

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

William Paul Clements

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699985
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Lt. Ernest Anders Erickson receives the Distinguished Flying Cross

Ernest Anders Erickson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693852
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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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'.