VIII Fighter Command FO - 50 FIGHTER SWEEP

20 June 1943

Description

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.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 47

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 6-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

Date
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'.