VIII Fighter Command DEFENSIVE/CONVOY PATROLS
18 March 1943Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 16 Spitfires on defensive and convoy patrols.
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER PATROLS
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Defensive and convoy patrols.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 16
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 27-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.