8th Air Force Field Order 317

27 April 1944

Mission Details

FLORENNES

Description: AIRFIELD

Notes: 1 Squadron, 8 aircraft, of 353rd Fighter Group dive bombs the German airfield at Florrenes, France.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 30 X 100 T HE

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of 543 fighters from 8th Air Force provide escort: 106 P-38s, 283 P-47s, 154 P-51s. Claims include 4-0-5 on the ground. 8 of the P-47s from 353rd Fighter Group dive bomb the German airfield at Florennes, France.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18216616
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16083033 at enlistment, then O-816121
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th 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'.