VIII Fighter Command STRAFING & PATROL

29 December 1942

Description

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.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 12

FRENCH COAST

Description: STRAFING MISSION

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Strafing mission to French coast.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 6

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 3-Dec-2014. Added Mission description "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

Date
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'.