VIII Fighter Command FO - 42 FIGHTER SWEEP
12 June 1943Description
A formation of 44 P47s is despatched on a fighter sweep over the Calaise/St. Pol/Abbeville/Cayuex area of France. Enemy fighters are encountered and the fighters claim 0-2-0 on the enemy.
NOTE: Roger A. Freeman in his "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" reports 2 P-47s MIA in this encounter, but these have not been identified or documented with a Missing Air Crew Report.
Mission Details
CALAIS / SAINT-POL / ABBEVILLE / CAYEUX
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter sweep of Calais/St. Pol/Abbeville/Cayeux area. 78th Fighter Group loses two Missing in Action (MIA). No record could be found concerning which two aircraft were lost.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- People missing in action: 2
- Aircraft sent: 44
- Aircraft missing in action: 2
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 6-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.