8th Air Force 548FB

13 August 1944

Mission Details

SEINE RIVER

Description: TRANSPORTATION TARGET

Notes: All fighter groups participate except 20th Fighter Group and 357th Fighter Group. A mix of 844 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s are despatched on fighter-bomber missions against transportation targets in the Seine River area. Claims are all on the ground

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 347.5 T

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People

Myer R Winkelman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18075960 and O-688887
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

44-13521

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Marinell
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron

44-13857

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th 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'.