VIII Fighter Command PATROL

19 May 1943

Description

6 P-47s are despatched by 4th FG on a patrol along the English Channel coast.

Mission Details

ENGLISH COAST

Description: FIGHTER PATROL

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes: Defensive patrol along English coast.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 6

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 4-Jan-2014. Added description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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'.