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VIII Fighter Command FO-161 FIGHTER SWEEPS

17 October 1943

Official description

Not yet known

Description

This mission consisted of two fighter elements. This first element was a force of 35 P38s despatched from 55FG to fly fighter sweeps over Northern Feance. There are no losses or claims.

The second element was a force of 28 P-47s from 356FG despatched to accompany the P-38s on fighter sweeps ovet Northern France. There are no losses or claims.

Mission details

1.

Description

FIGHTER SWEEP

Aircraft type

P-38 Lightning

Notes

Not yet known

Units

  • 55th Fighter Group

    55th Fighter Group

    Group
    The 55th Fighter Group were the first P-38 Lightning Group to go fully operational from England. The pilots flew long-range escort missions for bombers flying over occupied Europe and racked up 'kills' of their own by destroying enemy aircraft in...

Mission Statistics

Number of aircraft Sent 35

2.

Description

FIGHTER SWEEP

Aircraft type

P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes

Not yet known

Units

  • 356th Fighter Group

    356th Fighter Group

    Group
    The 356th Fighter Group flew 413 missions between 15 October 1943 and 7 May 1945 and suffered the highest ratio of losses to enemy aircraft claims of any Eighth Air Force Group. This gave the Group the reputation of being the 'hard luck' outfit. The...

Mission Statistics

Number of aircraft Sent 28

Service

People

  • Julius Naber

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
    Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29471. Killed in Action (KIA). PH

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
05 July 2015 23:08:53 Lee8thbuff Changes to name and description
Sources

Lee Cunningham 5-Jul-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Date Contributor Update
27 October 2014 17:30:24 Lee8thbuff Changes to date
Sources

Lee Cunningham 27-Oct-2014.Correction of typographical error in mission date.
Date Contributor Update
29 September 2014 09:15:34 Tom Changes to date
Sources

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'.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:43:20 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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