8th Air Force Field Order 398

18 June 1944

Mission Details

DOL DE BRETAGNE (Primary)

Description: FIGHTER SWEEP

Notes: 47 P-51s make a fighter sweep of the Dol de Bretagne area; 3 P-51s are lost pilots MIA

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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Aircraft

43-6770

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th 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'.