VIII Fighter Command FO-158 PRACTICE FIGHTER SWEEP
15 October 1943Description
55FG despatches and unknown number of P-38s on a practice sweep with a formation of B-24s. No other details are provided in the source data. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
ENGLISH COAST
Description: PRACTICE SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Notes: 55th Fighter Group performed a practice sweep with B-24s. No information on which B-24 groups participated or how many B-24s were despatched.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 36
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 5-Jul-2015. Added Mission Narrative 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'.