VIII Fighter Command SHIPPING PATROL
12 February 1943Description
4th Fighter Group conducts two operations on this date: 16 Spitfires are despatched over the English Channel on patrol for German shipping; 2 Sptifires are despatched on routine defensive patrol along the English coast.
Mission Details
ENGLISH COAST
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Defensive patrol of English Coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Description: SHIPPING PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Shipping patrol.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 16
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 22-Dec-2014. Description based on "The 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'.