26 February 1943
Not yet known
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.
FIGHTER PATROL
Spitfire
Despatched on shipping 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 | 6 |
FIGHTER ESCORT
Spitfire
Escort for RAF Venturas attacking Dunkirk, France.
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 |
FIGHTER ESCORT
Spitfire
Escort for RAF Venturas attacking Dunkirk, France.
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 | 26 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 December 2014 17:59:35 | 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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