VIII Fighter Command
22 September 1942Description
31FG scrambles 2 Spitfires to intercept enemy aircraft. One enemy aircraft is destroyed.
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER INTERCEPT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Spitfires scrambled to intercept enemy aircraft. One enemy aircraft destroyed.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Enemy aircraft destroyed by fighter: 1
- Aircraft sent: 2
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added claims on enemy aircraft to statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
ContributorAAM
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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'.