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5 February 1943
Not yet known
4th Fighter Group has two operations of this date: 2 Spitfires are despatched on routine patrols along the English coast; 6 other Spitfires are despatched to strafe a German ship convoy. 2 corvettes and one merchant ship are damaged. 1 Spitfire is shot down by anti-aircraft fire, the pilot is MIA.
FIGHTER PATROL
Spitfire
Fighter 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 | 2 |
STRAFING MISSION
Spitfire
Strafe enemy ship convoy, two corvettes and one merchant ship damaged. One Spitfire of 335th Fighter Squadron hit by flak, pilot Missing in Action (MIA).
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 |
| Number of aircraft Effective | 1 |
| Number of aircraft Missing In Action | 1 |
| Number of people Killed In Action | 1 |
Military | Captain | Pilot
Joined RCAF, service pilot training, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, Fw190 destroyed on Rodeo to Abbeville, France 31-7-42
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Spitfire
Spitfire MkV assigned to 4th Fighter Group, 335 Fighter Squadron as part of a reverse Lend-Lease Agreement. Tail number is unknown. Shot down by flak while attacking an enemy ship convoy. Crashed into the North Sea near Walcheren Island, Holland. No...
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire EN918 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 December 2014 19:22:10 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to event |
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Lee Cunningham 22-Dec-2014. Map location for Spitfire loss per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 December 2014 19:11:37 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to event |
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Lee Cunningham 22-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 December 2014 19:05:03 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to name and description |
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Lee Cunningham 22-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:43:19 | 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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