VIII Fighter Command DEFENSIVE PATROL
6 March 1943Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 14 Spitfires on defensive patrols along the English coast.
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: 14
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885187
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 26-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'.