VIII Fighter Command SHIP PROTECTION
17 January 1943Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 4 Spitfires as protection for Allied ships in the English Channel.
Mission Details
Description: SHIP PROTECTION
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Despatched on ship protection patrols.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 4
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2014. 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'.