8th Air Force 647FE
25 September 1944Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: P-38, P-47 and P-51 Fighter Groups took part. Specific units not correlated in source data. Claims are all on the ground.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: All fighter groups participate except 56th Fighter Group, 78th Fighter Group, 353rd Fighter Group. 9th Air Force also contributes 55 fighters to escort.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Lady
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
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'.