VIII Fighter Command
18 August 1942Description
Fighter operations conducted by 31st Fighter Group using Spitfire aircraft: 13 despatched on "Circus 9", a daylight bomber attack with fighter escorts; 12 despatched on a patrol of the French coast; and 11 despatched to make a fighter sweep over the Dieppe/Etretat, France area.
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Circus 9 operation. No losses, claims or casualties.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 13
PATROL FRENCH COAST
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Patrol of French coast. No losses, claims or casualties.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 12
DIEPPE / ÉTRETAT
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Patrol of French coast. No losses, claims or casualties.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 11
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 350th Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-401549
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander
Revisions
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'.