VIII Fighter Command

15 October 1942

Description

4FG despatches 36 Spitfires to escort an RAF mission of A-20 Bostons and 24 P-38s to join the RAF in "Circus" 227 over the Le Havre, France area.

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER ESCORT

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Escort for RAF Bostons. Target not in available data.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 36

LE HARVE

Description: FIGHTER CIRCUS

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning

Notes: Despatched on Circus 227 to Le Harve, France.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 24

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Changed 14th FG to 4th FG in accordance with Lee Cunnignham's revision- See Below

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 27-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman. NOTE: Event Detail assigning P-38s to "14th Fighter Group" is a typographical error, but uneditable, should be "4th Fighter Group.

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'.