8th Air Force Field Order 375, 376

7 June 1944

Mission Details

Description: STRAFING MISSIONS

Notes: All 8th Air Force P-47 Fighter Groups took part. P-51 Fighter Groups not identified in source data.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 196 T

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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
Captain Edward J. Gignac of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, beside his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-G, serial number 42-22548), named "Gig's-Up". 1943 - June 1944.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11027375 at enlistment, then O-430806
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter 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'.