VIII Fighter Command FO - 24 DIVERSION ESCORT
19 May 1943Description
A combined force of 117 P-47s is despatched from 4FG, 56FG and 78FG as an escort for the 24 B-17s from 379BG flying a diversion for the attacks on Kiel and Flensburg, Germany. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
KIEL
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: 117 P-47s are despatched from the 3 operational Fighter Groups to escort the bombers of the 379th Bomb Group on this diversion
- 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: 117
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 4-Jan-2014. Added description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
ContributorAAM
Changes
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'.