8th Air Force Field Order 292
9 April 1944
466th BG - 730th BS
Crash landed at Caister-on-Sea (Nova Scotia Farm) - 9 April 1944 with the Bill McKenzie Crew 466th Bomb Group collection
From Load-outs
Object Number - UPL 16222 - B-17G-35-DL #42-107037 no name Code: H 466th BG - 730th BS Crash landed at Caister-on-Sea (Nova Scotia Farm) - 9 April 1944 with the Bill McKenzie...
Mission Details
POSEN / RHAMEL / TUTOW
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: A mix of 119 P-38s, 387 P-47s and 213 P-51s from 8th Air Force & 9th Air Force provide escort. IIX Fighter Command contributes 171 aircraft under 8 AF control. Bad weather prevented one P-47 group from taking off and delayed others. 352nd Fighter Group flew a mixed formation of P-47s and P-51s. Claims include 19-0-8 on the ground. Only 8th Air Force losses are included in the table.
- 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: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- 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
- Unit: 366th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20427888 at enlistment, then O-807280
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12137007
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698457
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672869
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661570
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 366th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
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'.
