8th Air Force Field Order 349

24 May 1944

Mission Details

BERLIN

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of 602 fighters from 8 AF provided escort: 144 P-38s, 178 P-47s and 280 P-51s. In addition IX Fighter Command contributed a mix of 351 fighters (not included in table, mix not available in source data). IX Fighter Command Fighter Groups lost 6 aircraft (not in table).

20th Fighter Group

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

339th Fighter Group

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

352nd Fighter Group

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

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

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'.