8th Air Force 460

8 July 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: All fighter groups participated except 4th Fighter Group and 479th Fighter Group. Claims are all on the ground.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: P-47 Fighter Groups took part.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 3.3 T

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People

Deloyt crew portrait
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-808214
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15354024
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

A crashed B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37966) of the 385th Bomb Group, 8 July 1944 Official caption on image: "(GAD-42-7-385)(8-7-44)(A/C 237966-B17G)(Landing Accident)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gt. Ashfield.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Swinging Door
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

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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'.