8th Air Force

3 July 1944

Mission Details

Description: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

ARAD

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

Notes: 55 B-17s and 38 P-51s from the shuttle mission of 26-Jun-44 take-off from Foggia, Italy and are joined by bombers from the 15th AF on this mission. No losses or claims. This mission not included in the mission list of 8 AF although the 8th Air Force participated.

ARAD

Description: MARSHALLING YARDS

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

CARPETBAGGER

Description: CARPETBAGGER MISSION

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

ENGLISH CHANEL

Description: WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

Notes: DH98

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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Aircraft

42-97683

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron

42-97858

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Fortune : Carmen's Folly
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb 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'.