VIII Fighter Command SHIPPING PATROL

22 December 1942

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 8 Spitfires on patrol for enemy shipping in the English Channel.

Mission Details

ENGLISH CHANNEL

Description: SHIPPING PATROL

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Despatched on a shipping patrol.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 8

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 3-Dec-2014. Added Mission description per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

Date
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'.