VIII Fighter Command FO - 16 FIGHTER SWEEP

11 May 1943

Description

A combined force of 128 P-47s from 4FG, 56FG and 78FG is assembled with the intent of performing a sweep over the Dunkirk/Knokke area but the mission is cancelled because of bad weather.

Mission Details

DUNKIRK / KNOKKE

Description: FIGHTER SWEEP

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes: Number despatched by each Fighter Group not recorded in available data. Cancelled shortly after despatch due to bad weather.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 128

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 1-Jan-15. 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'.