VIII Fighter Command FO-78 FIGHTER SWEEP
25 July 1943Description
A combined force of 112 P-47s from: 4FG; 56FG; and 78FG are despatched on a fighter sweep of the coast of Belgium and Holland in support of the B-26 attack by VIII Air Support Command on the coke ovens at Ghent, Belgium. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
BELGIAN COAST / DUTCH COAST
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter sweep of Belgium - Dutch coast in support of B-26 raid on Ghent.
- 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
- Aircraft sent: 112
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 9-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative 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'.