VIII Fighter Command
5 September 1942Description
31FG despatches 24 Spitfires to escort DB-7 A-20 Boston III bombers of 15BS in their attack on the port area of Le Harve, France
Mission Details
LE HAVRE
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: 24 Spitfires provide escort for A-20s. This is the first combat mission for the 15th Bomb Squadron under 8th Air Force control.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 24
Description: FIGHTER INTERCEPT
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Notes: Scramble to intercept enemy aircraft. No enemy aircraft sighted.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Notes: Coastal patrol.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission description bases on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.