VIII Fighter Command FO - 43 FIGHTER SWEEP
12 June 1943Description
A combined formation of 96 P-47s is depatched from 4FG and 56FG to fly high altitude sweeps over the Blankenberghe/Calaise area. Enemy fighters are encountered and 1 is shot down. No losses on the American formation.
Mission Details
BLANKENBERGE / DUNKIRK
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: High altitude fighter sweep of Blankenburghe/Dunkirk are. 56th Fighter Group scores one kill.
- 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: 96
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 6-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'.