8th Air Force FO 289 BOMBER ESCORT
6 April 1944Description
A small force of 27 P-47s from 352FG are despatched to provide escort to heavy bombers attacking The V-Weapon site at Watten, France. Weather frustrates the bombing attempts. There are no losses, casualties of claims in this element.
Mission Details
WATTEN
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 14-Mar-2016. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Dairy", Roger A. Freeman.
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'.