VIII Fighter Command
2 September 1942Description
31FG and 52FG despatch Spitfires in patrols and sweeps along the French coast; off St. Catherines Point, UK; and over the English Channel between Manston, UK and Calais, France
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Patrol the Channel between Manston, UK and Calais, France.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 12
BOULOGNE / LE TOUQUET
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Patrol French coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 12
LE TOUQUET / GRIS NEZ
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Patrol French coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 13
ST CATHERINE'S POINT
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Patrol off St. Catherine's Point, UK.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014, Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.