VIII Fighter Command FO - 16 FIGHTER SWEEP
11 May 1943Description
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.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 128
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 1-Jan-15. 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'.