8th Air Force 453

5 July 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: 4th Fighter Group and 352nd Fighter Group contingents on Soviet Union - Italy shuttle returned with the Beziers bombers. Claims include 1-0-0 on the ground.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

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

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

Corporal Robert D. Thompson, 8th Air Force, 453rd Bomb Group, 735th Bomb Squadron

Robert D Thompson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37357237
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner

Aircraft

42-52627

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th 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'.