VIII Fighter Command RHUBARB

20 November 1942

Description

2 Spitfires from 4th Fighter Group are despatched on a 'Rhubarb' near the French coast. 1 Spitfire, AA752 with 1Lt Roy W. Evans experiences a mechanical failure and is ditched into the North Sea. Lt. Evans manages to swim ashore near Foulness, Essex.

Mission Details

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Description: FIGHTER RHUBARB

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Spitfires despatched on Rhubarb. One Spitfire down in the English Channel, but pilot is safe. He paddled ashore near Foulness.

Mission Statistics

  • People returned to duty: 1
  • Enemy aircraft destroyed by fighter: 1
  • Aircraft sent: 2
  • Aircraft effective: 1
  • Aircraft missing in action: 1

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People

Roy William Evans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (359th Fighter Group) No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885196
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

AA752

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added fighter claims on enemy aircraft to statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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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'.