Official description
Not yet known
Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 2 Spitfires on Air-Sea Rescue (ASR) patrols. This may have been in response to a request from RAF as weather over the North Sea and Continent has kept 8th Air Force heavy bombers grounded.
Mission details
1.
Description
AIR-SEA RESCUE
Aircraft type
Spitfire
Notes
Air-sea rescue patrol.
Units
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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...
Mission Statistics
Number of aircraft Sent |
2 |