VIII Fighter Command SHIPPING PATROL

24 February 1943

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 14 Spitfires on shipping patrols over the English Channel. Also on this date Lt Gen Ira Eaker, Commander of 8th Air Force is advised by the War Department of the decision of the Combined Chiefs of Staff that fighter units assume an offensive role in support of bomber missions.

Mission Details

ENGLISH CHANNEL

Description: FIGHTER PATROL

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Fighters fly shipping patrols over the English Channel.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 14

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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'.