VIII Fighter Command SHIPPING PATROL
20 March 1943Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 2 Spitfires on patrol for enemy shipping in the English Channel.
Mission Details
Description: SHIPPING PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Shipping patrol
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
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'.