VIII Fighter Command FO-68 BOMBER ESCORT
10 July 1943Description
A combined force of 128 P-47s is despatched from 4FG; 56FG; and 78FG to provide escort for the bomber formations of VIII Bomber Command mission #72. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
CAEN / ABBEVILLE / PARIS
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighters despatched to escort bombers part way to their targets.
- 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: 128
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 7-May-2015. Edited title and added Mission Description base 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'.