VIII Fighter Command
1 September 1942Description
1FG/71FS despatches 32-P-38s in a fighter sweep over the English Channel; 52FG despatches 12 Spitfires in a practice fighter sweep.
Mission Details
Description: PRACTICE RODEO
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Practice "Rodeo." A "Rodeo" is the RAF code name for a fighter sweep.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 12
ENGLISH CHANNEL
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Notes: Fighter sweep of the English Channel.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 32
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission description based on 'Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman; Rodeo definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_RAF_code_names.
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'.