VIII Fighter Command FO - 22 FIGHTER SWEEP
17 May 1943Description
A combined force of 113 P-47s are despatched from 4FG, 56FG and 78FG on a fighter sweep of the Brest/Cherbourg, France area. No losses, claims or encounters.
Mission Details
BREST / CHERBOURG
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Uneventful fighter sweep of Brest/Cherbourg area. Mix not broken out.
- 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: 113
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 4-Jan-2015. 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'.