VIII Fighter Command
22 May 1943Description
No offensive combat operations but 6 P-47s are despatched from 4FG on defensive coastal patrols.
Mission Details
ENGLISH COAST
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Defensive patrol along English coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 4-Jan-2015. Added 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'.