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19 February 1943
Not yet known
4th Fighter Group conducts two operations: 2 Spitfires are despatched on a defensive patrol along the Channel coast; 24 Spitfires are despatched on an offensive sweep in the area of St. Omer, France.
FIGHTER PATROL
Spitfire
Defensive fighter patrols.
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 |
FIGHTER SWEEP
Spitfire
Offensive fighter sweep of the St. Omer area.
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 | 24 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 24 December 2014 17:26:37 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to name and description |
| Sources | ||
Lee Cunningham 24-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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