VIII Fighter Command FO-121 BOMBER ESCORT

3 September 1943

Description

160 P-47s from: 4FG; 56FG; 78FG; and 353FG are despatched to escort the B-17 formations German airfields within their range in NW France. 1 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR)-1POW and 2 are damaged. The fighters claim 4-1-0 of attacking German fighters.

Mission Details

ROMILLY

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes: Escort fo the bombers on the Romilly et.al. mission. 56th Fighter Group loses one Missing in Action (MIA), pilot Missing in Action (MIA).

Mission Statistics

  • Prisoners of war: 1
  • Enemy aircraft destroyed by fighter: 4
  • Enemy aircraft probably destroyed by fighter: 1
  • Aircraft sent: 180
  • Aircraft missing in action: 1
  • Aircraft damaged: 2

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People

Hiram Orlando Bevins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11015844 / O-659231
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665) nicknamed "Fatty Patty II" of the 353rd Fighter Group flown by Captain Charles W Dinse shoots down a BF 110 during a mission. Gun camera image. Printed caption on reverse: '50416 AC - Discovering an Me 110 below him, Capt. Charles W. Dinsa, 304 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, Ill., dove down and destroyed it. The pictures were taken by his automatic camera as his bullets found their mark. Credit for the kill was shared with Lt. Richard A. Stearns, Jr., 102 Forest

Charles W Dinse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665391
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-6232

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunnigham 29-May-2015. Added fighter claims on enemy aircraft to statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunnigham 29-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

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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'.