VIII Fighter Command

4 September 1942

Description

1FG scrambles 2 P-38s on patrol off Ibsley, UK; 31FG despatches 2 Spitfires on patrol off of Selsey Bill, UK.

Mission Details

IBSLEY

Description: FIGHTER PATROL

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning

Notes: Scrambled to patrol off Ibsley, UK.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 2

SELSEY BILL

Description: FIGHTER PATROL

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Patrol off of Selsey Bill, UK.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 2

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

Date
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'.