VIII Fighter Command FO - 32 FIGHTER RODEO
28 May 1943Description
A combined force of 120 P-47s despatched from 4FG, 56FG and 78FG on a fighter "Rodeo" in the Walcheren/Eekoo/Dixmunde/Dunkirk areas. No information in source data concerning claims against ground targets. No losses.
Mission Details
WALCHEREN / EEKLO / DIKSMUIDE / DUNKIRK
Description: FIGHTER RODEO
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter rodeo over NW France
- 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: 120
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'.