8th Air Force Field Order 346
22 May 1944Mission Details
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Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: A mix of 568 fighters from 8th Air Force provide escort: 145 P-38s, 95 P-47s and 328 P-51s.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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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'.