VIII Fighter Command
17 September 1942Description
1FG despatches 24 P-38s on a fighter sweep of the English Channel and French coast.
Mission Details
ENGLISH CHANNEL
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Notes: Fighter sweep of Channel and French coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 24
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'.