VIII Fighter Command

1 September 1942

Description

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.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 12

ENGLISH CHANNEL

Description: FIGHTER SWEEP

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning

Notes: Fighter sweep of the English Channel.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 32

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Edit of Title.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

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.

Date
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'.