VIII Fighter Command BARGE ATTACK

15 December 1942

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 2 Spitfires to attack barges in the Bruges/Ghent canal, Belgium. One of the Spitfires is severely damaged but manages to return to Debden and is written off. The fight encountered a Ju52 and forced it into a flak barrage.

Mission Details

GHENT/ BRUGES

Description: SHIPPING ATTACK

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Despatched to attack barges in the Bruges/Ghent Channel. One German Ju-52 was chased into its own flak.

Mission Statistics

  • Enemy aircraft probably destroyed by fighter: 1
  • Aircraft sent: 2
  • Aircraft damaged: 1

Revisions

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

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Nov-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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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'.