VIII Fighter Command

6 September 1942

Official Description


Description

1FG scrambles 2 P-38s to intercept enemy aircraft, but none are sighted.

Mission Details

Abbeville/Drucat Airfield / St Omer/ Longuenesse Airfield

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: 37 Spitfires provide escort for the A-20s.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 37

Description: FIGHTER INTERCEPT

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning

Notes: Scrambled to intercept enemy aircraft. No enemy aircraft are sighted.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 2

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-437905
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Revisions

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Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Edit to title.

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Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014 Edit to title.

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Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission Description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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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'.