VIII Fighter Command STRAFING & PATROL
29 December 1942Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 6 Spitfires on a strafing mission (location not given in source, probably French coast). Also 4FG despatches 12 Spitfires on patrol on the English coast.
Mission Details
ENGLISH COAST
Description: DEFENSIVE PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Defensive patrol of English Coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 12
FRENCH COAST
Description: STRAFING MISSION
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Strafing mission to French coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 3-Dec-2014. Added Mission description "The 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'.