8th Air Force 503FE
29 July 1944Mission Details
BREMEN
Description: FIGTHER ESCORT
Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
JUVINCOURT
Description: FIGTHER ESCORT
Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
MERSEBERG
Description: FIGTHER ESCORT
Notes: All fighter groups participate. Specific units not correlated in source data. Claims include 3-0-2 on the ground.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18154790 / O-763491
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19107032
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: ASN 0-807044
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Round Trip Jr
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lazy Daisy
- Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Miss Florida
- 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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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'.