VIII Fighter Command STRAFING

30 December 1942

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches two Spitfires on a strafing mission to attack German railroad assets at Cappelle-la-Grande, France.

Mission Details

CAPPELLE-LA-GRANDE

Description: STRAFING MISSION

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Sent on strafing mission to Cappelle, France.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 2

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 3-Dec-2014. Added Mission description based on 'The Mighty Eighth War Diary' Roger A. Freeman and examination of rail yards at Cappelle, France per Google Earth as the most probable target.

Date
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'.