VIII Fighter Command

2 September 1942

Description

31FG and 52FG despatch Spitfires in patrols and sweeps along the French coast; off St. Catherines Point, UK; and over the English Channel between Manston, UK and Calais, France

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER PATROL

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Patrol the Channel between Manston, UK and Calais, France.

A P-51 Mustang (serial number 44-63494) of the 52nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force. Handwritten caption on reverse: '52nd FG, 5th FS (VF) Torretto AF Cerisnola Italy Base of 461 & 484 BG, 49th Wing 15 AF, Taken spring 1945.'

52nd Fighter Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Fighter

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 12

BOULOGNE / LE TOUQUET

Description: FIGHTER PATROL

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Patrol French coast.

A P-51 Mustang (serial number 44-63494) of the 52nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force. Handwritten caption on reverse: '52nd FG, 5th FS (VF) Torretto AF Cerisnola Italy Base of 461 & 484 BG, 49th Wing 15 AF, Taken spring 1945.'

52nd Fighter Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Fighter

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 12

LE TOUQUET / GRIS NEZ

Description: FIGHTER SWEEP

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Patrol French coast.

A P-51 Mustang (serial number 44-63494) of the 52nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force. Handwritten caption on reverse: '52nd FG, 5th FS (VF) Torretto AF Cerisnola Italy Base of 461 & 484 BG, 49th Wing 15 AF, Taken spring 1945.'

52nd Fighter Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Fighter

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 13

ST CATHERINE'S POINT

Description: FIGHTER PATROL

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Patrol off St. Catherine's Point, UK.

A P-51 Mustang (MX-A, serial number 44-13464), flown by Major Sam Brown of the 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force.

31st Fighter Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Fighter

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 2

Revisions

Date26 Oct 2014 17:52:08
ContributorLee8thbuff
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Title edit.

Date26 Oct 2014 17:51:13
ContributorLee8thbuff
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014, Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:43:18
ContributorAAM
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'.