VIII Fighter Command FO - 56 BOMBER ESCORT

25 June 1943

Description

A force of 130 P-47s is despatched from 4FG, 56FG and 78FG to provide escort of the bombers headed for Hamburg. Because of the scattered formation of the bomber stream the fighters find it too difficult to provide adequate protection and return early. Thre are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

WANGEROOGE ISLAND

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes: Fighter support for the heavy bomber mission. Fighters returned early.

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: Not Applicable
  • Aircraft sent: 130

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 5-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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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'.