VIII Fighter Command PATROL & RAF ESCORT
26 February 1943Description
4th Fighter Group conducts 4 operations on this date: 6 Spitfires are despatched on patrols looking for enemy shipping in the English Channel; 76 Spitfires are despatched are in 3 groups 26; 26; and 24 to provide escort for 3 out of 5 raids conducted by RAF Venturas attacking the port facilities at Dunkirk, France. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Despatched on shipping patrols.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
DUNKIRK
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Escort for RAF Venturas attacking Dunkirk, France.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 24
DUNKIRK
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Escort for RAF Venturas attacking Dunkirk, France.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 26
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-436089
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 24-Dec-2014. Description based on " The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.