VIII Fighter Command

5 September 1942

Description

31FG despatches 24 Spitfires to escort DB-7 A-20 Boston III bombers of 15BS in their attack on the port area of Le Harve, France

Mission Details

LE HAVRE

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: 24 Spitfires provide escort for A-20s. This is the first combat mission for the 15th Bomb Squadron under 8th Air Force control.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 24

Description: FIGHTER INTERCEPT

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning

Notes: Scramble to intercept enemy aircraft. No enemy aircraft sighted.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 2

Description: FIGHTER PATROL

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning

Notes: Coastal patrol.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 2

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission description bases on "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'.