8th Air Force Field Order 295

11 April 1944

Mission Details

OSCHERSLEBEN/SORAU and POLITZ

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of 124 P-38s, 387 P-47s and 241 P-51s from 8th Air Force and 9th Air Force provide escort. IX Fighter Command provides 90 aircraft. The 352nd Fighter Group few two missions using P-47s and P-51as and the penetration and P-47s on the withdrawal. Al statistics bundled except only 8th Air Force losses are included in the table. Claims include 65-0-67 on the ground.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 358th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671484
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Captain Thomas P. Smith of the 370th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group practices archery at East Wretham. Printed Caption on reverse: '359th FG Photos Source: T.P. Smith, via Char Baldridge, Historian Description: #2 T.P. Smith practicing archery.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31051940 at enlistment, then O-812894
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 358th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Squadron

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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'.