VIII Fighter Command PATROL & SWEEP
19 February 1943Description
4th Fighter Group conducts two operations: 2 Spitfires are despatched on a defensive patrol along the Channel coast; 24 Spitfires are despatched on an offensive sweep in the area of St. Omer, France.
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Defensive fighter patrols.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
SAINT OMER
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Offensive fighter sweep of the St. Omer area.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 24
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'.