VIII Fighter Command FO - 50 FIGHTER SWEEP
20 June 1943Description
56FG despatches 47 P-47s on a fighter sweep of the Hague/Rotterdam area of Holland. No enemy aircraft are encountered. No losses or claims.
Mission Details
THE HAGUE / ROTTERDAM
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter sweep of area.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 47
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 6-Jan-2015. Description 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'.