8th Air Force Field Order 349
24 May 1944Mission Details
BERLIN
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: A mix of 602 fighters from 8 AF provided escort: 144 P-38s, 178 P-47s and 280 P-51s. In addition IX Fighter Command contributed a mix of 351 fighters (not included in table, mix not available in source data). IX Fighter Command Fighter Groups lost 6 aircraft (not in table).
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Revisions
ContributorAAM
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'.