VIII Fighter Command
15 October 1942Description
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.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 36
LE HARVE
Description: FIGHTER CIRCUS
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Notes: Despatched on Circus 227 to Le Harve, France.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 24
Revisions
Changed 14th FG to 4th FG in accordance with Lee Cunnignham's revision- See Below
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.
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'.