8th Air Force Field Order 346

22 May 1944

Mission Details

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Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of 568 fighters from 8th Air Force provide escort: 145 P-38s, 95 P-47s and 328 P-51s.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 328th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-758764
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: ASN 0-807044
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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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'.