VIII Fighter Command FO-80 FIGHTER SWEEPS
26 July 1943Description
129 P-47s from: 4FG; 56FG; and 78FG perform diversionary fighter sweeps in the Rotterdam, Holland area in support of the bombing mission on Hannover and Hamburg, Germany.
Mission Details
ROTTERDAM
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Diversionary sweep for the Hannover, Germany raid.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 126
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 9-May-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'.