8th Air Force Field Order 296

12 April 1944

Mission Details

SCHWEINFURT/ZWICKAU/ SCHKEUDITZ

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Notes: A mix of 766 fighters from 8th Air Force an 9th Air Force provide escort. 124 P-47s, 449 P-47s and 193 P-51s. Table includes only 8th Air Force losses. 1 P-51 from 363 Fighter Group IX-FC was also lost. Claims include 1-0-8 on the ground.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: NA

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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'.