8th Air Force 548FB
13 August 1944Mission Details
SEINE RIVER
Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET
Notes: All fighter groups participate except 20th Fighter Group and 357th Fighter Group. A mix of 844 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s are despatched on fighter-bomber missions against transportation targets in the Seine River area. Claims are all on the ground
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 347.5 T
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075960 and O-688887
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter 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'.