VIII Fighter Command
8 September 1942Description
1FG despatches a total of 6 P-38s on practice sweeps with the RAF and 2 of these are scrambled to intercept enemy aircraft, but none are sighted.
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER INTERCEPT
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Notes: Scrambled to intercept enemy aircraft. No enemy aircraft are sighted.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Berck / Calais
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Notes: Practice sweep with RAF.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014 Mission description based on "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'.