VIII Fighter Command FO-85 FIGHTER SWEEPS
29 July 1943Description
118 P-47s form 4FG; 56FG; and 78FG are despatched to fly fighter sweeps over Belgium and Holland. 1 P-47 from 56FG Failed to Return (FTR), the pilot is taken POW. The fighters claim 0-1-0 on enemy aircraft.
Mission Details
BELGIAN COAST / DUTCH COAST
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter sweep of Belgium and Holland coasts. One 56th Fighter Group Missing in Action (MIA) pilot last seen in Channel.
- 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
- Prisoners of war: 1
- Enemy aircraft probably destroyed by fighter: 2
- Aircraft sent: 118
- Aircraft missing in action: 1
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 10-May-2015. Added claims agains enemy aircraft to statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman. POW status confirmed from National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Lee Cunningham 10-May-2015. Added Mission Narrative 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'.