VIII Fighter Command FO-84 BOMBER ESCORT
28 July 1943Description
119 P-47s from: 4FG; 56FG; and 78FG despatched to fly escort and top cover for B-26s flying a diversionary raid. No losses or claims.
Mission Details
TRIQUEVILLE
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Despatched to escort the raid on Tricqueville, but missed rendezvous.
- 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: 119
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 10-May-2015. Added Mission Narrrative 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'.