8th Air Force 541

11 August 1944

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: All fighter groups participate except 359th Fighter Groupand 364th Fighter Group

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 749th Bomb Squadron 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0-712905
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Lead Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Baby Mike
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little Lady
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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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'.