VIII Fighter Command FO - 06 SWEEPS

21 April 1943

Description

A combined force of 82 P-47s from 4FG, 56FG & 78FG fly high altitude sweeps over the Westhoofd/Noordwijk/The Hague area. No losses or claims. These operations are not drawing up the Luftwaffe.

Mission Details

NOORDWIJK / WESTHOOFD / THE HAGUE

Description: FIGHTER SWEEP

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes: Number despatched by each fighter group not in available data. High altitude sweeps over Holland.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 82

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 30-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

Date
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'.