VIII Fighter Command

10 September 1942

Description

52FG despatches 11 Spitfires in a fighter sweep over enemy occupied areas along the coast of France.

Mission Details

FRENCH COAST

Description: FIGHTER SWEEP

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Fighter sweep of enemy territory.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 11

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'.