VIII Fighter Command SHIPPING RECCE
17 November 1942Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 6 Spitfires on reconnaissance over the English Channel looking for enemy shipping.
Mission Details
ENGLISH CHANNEL
Description: SHIPPING RECONNAISSANCE
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Recon over English Channel looking for enemy shipping.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6539223
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 3-Nov-2014. Description based on "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'.