VIII Fighter Command FO-129 PRACTICE SWEEP
9 September 1943Description
36 P-47s from 355FG are despatched on a practice fighter sweep along the Holland/Belgium coast. No losses or claims.
Mission Details
ENGLISH CHANNEL
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: 355th Fighter Group make a practice fighter sweep over the English Channel.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 36
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 6-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'.