VIII Fighter Command CIRCUS 255
25 January 1943Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 17 Spitfires to escort RAF Bostons on Circus 255. Exact targets not determined, but certainly targets near the Channel coast in France.
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Escorts for RAF Bostons on Circus 255.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 17
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2014. DEscription based on 'The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.