VIII Fighter Command RODEO 200
11 April 1943Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 6 P-47s on a Rodeo to Calaise, France. Targets of opportunity bot determined. No losses or claims.
Mission Details
CALAIS
Description: FIGHTER Rodeo
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Rodeo 200.near Calais.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32549894
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32433131
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 29-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman,
ContributorAAM
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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'.