VIII Fighter Command

22 September 1942

Description

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.

Mission Statistics

  • Enemy aircraft destroyed by fighter: 1
  • Aircraft sent: 2

Revisions

Date
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.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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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'.