VIII Fighter Command FO-127 FIGHTER SWEEPS
8 September 1943Description
A combined force of 93 P-47s were despatched from 56FG and 78FG to fly fighter sweeps in the Courtrai/Ghent/Haamstede Area. No losses or claims.
Mission Details
COURTRAI / GHENT / HAAMSTEDE
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter sweep Courtrai/Ghent/Haamstede area.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 93
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 3-Jun-2015. Added Mission Narrative 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'.