8th Air Force 648FE
26 September 1944Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: All P-51 Fighter Groups participate. Specific units not correlated in source data. Claims are all on the ground.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: All P-51 Fighter Groups took part. Specific units not correlated in source data. 361st Fighter Group encounters Me-262 jet fighters.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: All P-51 Fighter Groups took part. Specific units not correlated in source data.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Revisions
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'.