VIII Fighter Command
30 September 1942
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FRE 4056
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24361) of the 301st Bomb Group prepares for take off. Handwritten caption on reverse: '2-10-42. Chelveston, 301BG.' Printed caption on reverse: 'Flying Fortress Raid French Factory. Associated Press Photo Shows:- A Flying Fortresses takes off for the raid on Meaulte. AP 252181. 5-10-42-N.' On reverse: Associated Press, US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau and US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamps].
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Description
31FG despatches 42 Spitfires on a practice sweep along the Channel coast of England.
Mission Details
ENGLISH COAST
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Practice fighter sweep near UK coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 42
Revisions
ContributorEmily
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Sources
Associated media based on images associated with mission in Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Diary
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 27-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
ContributorAAM
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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'.