VIII Fighter Command DEFENSIVE SORTIES
24 October 1942Description
22 Spitfires from 4th Fighter Group are despatched on defensive sorties.
Mission Details
Description: DEFENSIVE SORTIES
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Defensive sorties.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 22
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Description based on "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'.