8th Air Force Field Order 384

12 June 1944

Mission Details

Description: RAILROAD BRIDGES

Notes: 93 P-38s and 183 P-47 fly fighter-bomber missions against 5 railroad bridges in the Tours-Paris area. Claims 1-0-0 on the ground.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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Aircraft

A P-38 Lightning nicknamed "EZE Does It" of the 20th Fighter Group fitted with a "droop snoot" for bombing missions at Kings Cliffe. Handwritten caption on reverse: '20FG. "Droop Snoot". Bombing P-38.'

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  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Eze Does It
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3 10th Air Depot Group 20th Fighter Group 10th Depot Repair Squadron 77th 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'.