VIII Fighter Command FO-82 BOMBER ESCORT
27 July 1943Description
119 P-47s from: 4FG; 56FG; and 78FG are despatched to escort the B-26s on their raid against the Tricqueville airfield and then they conduct a fighter sweep in the Rouen, France area.
Mission Details
ROUEN
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: These fighters escorted the B-26 raid on Tricqueville Air Field and then performed a sweep in the Rouen area.
- 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 9-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative 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'.