8th Air Force 498

27 July 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: 20th Fighter Group, 56th Fighter Group, 78th Fighter Group, 353rd Fighter Group, 479th Fighter Group. Claims are all on the ground.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little Lady
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter 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'.