VIII Fighter Command FO - 33 BOMBER SUPPORT
29 May 1943Description
A fcombined force of 131 P-47s is despatched to support the bomber formation attacking at Rennes, France. There are no losses and the fighters calim 0-1-0 on enemy aircraft.
Mission Details
SAINT-NAZAIRE
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Despatched in support of bomber operations but not an escort per-se.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 131
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 4-Jan-2015. Added description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" 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'.