8th Air Force 527FE

7 August 1944

Mission Details

ANDENNE

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: P-47 Fighter Groups took part. Specific units not correlated in source data.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

DOULLNS

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data.

A formation of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group enroute to Europe. Printed caption on reverse: '71049 AC- A formation of Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" of the 2nd Bomb Division, roars over Europe en route to the target area. 24 November 1944. US Air Force photo.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

MONTBARTIER

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: All fighter groups participate. Specific units not correlated in source data. Claims include 0-0-1 on the ground

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

MONTDIDIER

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

NANTEUIL

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data.

Brigadier-General Frank Alton Armstrong Jr. during a visit to the 305th Bomb Group Official caption on image: "(GPR-83-9305) (18-6-43) (Brig. Gen. Armstrong..."
  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16167693 / O-716669
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: GI Miss America
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little Lady
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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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'.