VIII Fighter Command WITHDRAWAL SUPPORT
8 November 1942Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 36 Spitfires to provide support to the bombers returning from the mission to bomb Lille, France on 8-Nov-42.
Mission Details
DEBDEN / LILLE
Description: WITHDRAWAL SUPPORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Fighters provide air cover to bomber formations returning from the mission to Lille, France.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 36
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Missing description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.