VIII Fighter Command FO-121 BOMBER ESCORT
3 September 1943Description
160 P-47s from: 4FG; 56FG; 78FG; and 353FG are despatched to escort the B-17 formations German airfields within their range in NW France. 1 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR)-1POW and 2 are damaged. The fighters claim 4-1-0 of attacking German fighters.
Mission Details
ROMILLY
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Escort fo the bombers on the Romilly et.al. mission. 56th Fighter Group loses one Missing in Action (MIA), pilot Missing in Action (MIA).
- 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: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Prisoners of war: 1
- Enemy aircraft destroyed by fighter: 4
- Enemy aircraft probably destroyed by fighter: 1
- Aircraft sent: 180
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
- Aircraft damaged: 2
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11015844 / O-659231
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665391
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group
Revisions
Lee Cunnigham 29-May-2015. Added fighter claims on enemy aircraft to statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunnigham 29-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
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'.