VIII Fighter Command PATROL
27 January 1943Description
4th Figther Group despatches 7 Spitfires on fighter patrols over the English Coast.
Mission Details
ENGLISH COAST
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Fighter patrol of English coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 7
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-659676
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2014. Description per "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'.