VIII Fighter Command FO-74 BOMBER ESCORT

17 July 1943

Description

A combined force of 126 P-47s from 4FG, 56FG, and 78FG are dispatched to escort the bomber formations heading for Hannover and Hamburg, Germany on VIII Bomber Command mission # 74. However, most of the flights are recalled along with the bombers because of weather. Only those fighters assigned to escort 385BG and 388BG complete the assignment. There are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

AMSTERDAM

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes: Fighters split up with intent to escort all bomber elements, but only the 385th Bomb Group and 388th Bomb Group get the escort, the rest are recalled.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 126

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 8-May-2015. Added Mission Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman,

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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'.