VIII Fighter Command DEFENSIVE & SHIPPING PATROLS

28 March 1943

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 33 Spitfires on defensive and shipping patrols along the English coast on over the English Channel.

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER PATROL

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Shipping and defensive patrols.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 12

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 28-Dec-2014. Description based on "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'.