VIII Fighter Command SHIPPING PATROL

19 November 1942

Description

8 Spitfires from 4th Fighter Group are dispatched on patrol for German ships near the English coast.

Mission Details

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Description: SHIPPING PATROL

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Spitfires despatched on shipping patrol of English Channel.

Mission Statistics

  • Enemy aircraft destroyed by fighter: 1
  • Aircraft sent: 8

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added fighter claims of enemy aircraft to statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-2014. Mission description based on 'Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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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'.