VIII Fighter Command
29 October 1942Description
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".
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Mission title and description based on "Mighty Eighth war Diary" Rager A. Freeman
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
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'.