VIII Fighter Command
10 September 1942Description
52FG despatches 11 Spitfires in a fighter sweep over enemy occupied areas along the coast of France.
Mission Details
FRENCH COAST
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Fighter sweep of enemy territory.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 11
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014, Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.