8th Air Force Field Order 396

18 June 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: P-47 Fighter Groups took part.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: Specific Fighter Groups not available in source data.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

Lt. Ernest Anders Erickson receives the Distinguished Flying Cross

Ernest Anders Erickson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693852
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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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'.