VIII Fighter Command FO-158 PRACTICE FIGHTER SWEEP

15 October 1943

Description

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.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 36

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 5-Jul-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

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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'.