8th Air Force Field Order 352
30 May 1944Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: A mix of 672 fighters from 8 AF provide escort: 186 P-38s, 184 P-47s and 602 P-51s. In addition IX Fighter Command contributes 637 fighters to the escort, these account for 8-0-2 in the air and 0-0-4 on the ground (not included in table). 8th Air Force claims include 7-0-3 on the ground.

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

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

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

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

- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Connections
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People

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-25600
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 363rd Fighter Group 382nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16034696 / O-810522
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Dotty
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
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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'.