VIII Fighter Command FO-175 BOMBER ESCORT
10 November 1943Description
The mission is composed of two fighter elements. The first element is a force of 58 P-38s combined from 55FG and 20FG/79FS. These are despatched to provide escort to B-26 bombers of the 9th Air Force. There are no losses or claims.
The second element is a formation of 208 P-47s from 4FG, 78FG, 355FG and 356FG despatched to provide escort to B-26 bombers of the 9th Air Force. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
CHIEVRES/LILLE
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 58
CHIEVRES/LILLE
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter escort for 9th Air Force B-26s attacking German airfields at Cheiviers and Lille, France. Bad weather causes many aborts for the bombers.
- 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
- Aircraft sent: 208
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 9-Jul-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'.