8th Air Force Field Order 372

6 June 1944

Description

D-Day. Start of Operation Overlord.

Mission Details

Normandy

Description: FIGHTER TACTICAL MISSIONS

Notes: 182 P-47s and 218 P-51s attack ground targets and 49 P-47s and 17 P-51s provide cover.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 466

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People

Francis J Kochanek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-61207
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Richard S Kuehner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680916
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Daniel T Loyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-701122
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

William J Luckey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-689870
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Vincent J Massa

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-811949
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-75610

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Muscle Bound #2
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

42-76184

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

42-76221

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
A Chevrolet truck fitted out as a mobile air traffic control unit. In the background is P-47 (WZ-A, serial no. 42-76329) of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, which was based at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 11 March 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'Discard bomb(er) nose as control tower. Associated Press photo shows: A home made black and white checkered truck fitted with a dome made of a discarded plexiglass bomber nose is used as a portable control tower on a P-47 field in Engl

42-76329

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Mrs Blue
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron

42-76486

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

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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'.