VIII Fighter Command
15 August 1942Description
2 Spitfire MK V from 31st Fighter Group are despatched on a convoy patrol. 12 Spitfire MK V are despatched on a feint sweep over the Dieppe/Etretat, France area.
Mission Details
Description: CONVOY PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: A convoy patrol. No losses, claims or casualties.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
ÉTRETAT / DIEPPE
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: A fighter sweep over French coast. No losses, claims or casualties.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 12
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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
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'.