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20 January 1943
Not yet known
4th Fighter Group despatches a total of 22 Spitfires on the following operations: 2 are sent to the area of the Pas-de-Calaise, France and attack three locomotives; 14 are sent on interception patrols but no enemy aircraft are encountered; 6 are sent on defensinve patrols along the English coast.
DEFENSIVE PATROL
Spitfire
Defensive patrol of English Coast.
Group
Some of the pilots of the 4th Fighter Group had seen many hours of combat by the time they joined the 4th Fighter Group as they had volunteered with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The three 'Eagle Squadrons' of RAF Fighter...
| Number of aircraft Sent | 6 |
FIGHTER INTERCEPT
Spitfire
Fighter intercept along French coast.
Group
Some of the pilots of the 4th Fighter Group had seen many hours of combat by the time they joined the 4th Fighter Group as they had volunteered with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The three 'Eagle Squadrons' of RAF Fighter...
| Number of aircraft Sent | 14 |
FIGHTER RHUBARB
Spitfire
3 locomotive attacked at Calais.
Group
Some of the pilots of the 4th Fighter Group had seen many hours of combat by the time they joined the 4th Fighter Group as they had volunteered with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The three 'Eagle Squadrons' of RAF Fighter...
| Number of aircraft Sent | 2 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 December 2014 17:58:44 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to description |
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Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2014. Minor edit to description. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 December 2014 17:54:03 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to name and description |
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Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2014. Description based on 'The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:43:18 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| 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'. |
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