VIII Fighter Command SHIPPING RECCE

14 November 1942

Description

6 Spitfires are depatched from 4th Fighter Group on a reconnaissance for enemy shipping near the English coast.

Mission Details

ENGLISH CHANNEL

Description: SHIPPING RECONNAISSANCE

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Recon over English Channel looking for enemy shipping.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 6

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Nov. Corrections based on: "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" ROger A. Freeman.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Nov-2014. Date correction.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Nov-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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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'.