VIII Fighter Command

29 October 1942

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 2 Spitfires to attack enemy shipping. This is the first 8AF "Rhubarb"

Mission Details

Description: SHIPPING ATTACK

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Attack on enemy shipping. Two barges damaged. First USAAF "Rhubarb".

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 2

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Mission title and description based on "Mighty Eighth war Diary" Rager A. Freeman

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Edit to title.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman; Rhubarb definition base on RAF mission codes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_RAF_code_names

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ContributorAAM
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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'.