8th Air Force 471

13 July 1944
media-30703.jpeg UPL 30703 pilot James A Palmer IDAHO
56th FG 62th FS Boxted Palmer Zale

Associated to airman

Object Number - UPL 30703 - pilot James A Palmer IDAHO 56th FG 62th FS Boxted

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: All fighter groups except 356th Fighter Group and 357th Fighter Group participate. Specific units not correlated in source data.

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: Specific units not identified in source data.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885223
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35589038
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group)
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Smashing Thru
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorIProctor
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Sources

381st BG Archives

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ContributorAAM
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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'.

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