VIII Fighter Command FIGHTER PATROLS
17 February 1943Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 38 Spitfires on fighter patrols.
Mission Details
ENGLISH COAST
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Fighters despatched on various defensive patrols of English coast during the day.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 38
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 24-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'.