VIII Fighter Command DEFENSIVE/CONVOY PATROLS

19 March 1943

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 6 Spitfires on defensive and convoy patrols.

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER PATROLS

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Defensive and convoy patrols.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 6

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
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Lee Cunningham 27-Dec-2014. Correction of typo in description.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 27-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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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'.