8th Air Force 447
29 June 1944Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: A total of 771 aircraft escort mission 447, but not all are VIII Fighter Command some are contributed by IX Fighter Command. IX Fighter Command contributed 38 P-51s. Units not individually designated in source data. Claims include 16-0-8 on the ground.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808214
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Revisions
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'.