VIII Fighter Command ASR PATROL
20 February 1943Description
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
Description: AIR-SEA RESCUE
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Air-sea rescue patrol.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 24-Dec-2014. Description based on " The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.