VIII Fighter Command OFFENSIVE PATROL
10 April 1943Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 1 P-47 on an offensive patrol.
Mission Details
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK
Description: FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: 4th Fighter Group has discontinued flying Spitfires and despatch P-47s. The Spitfire will be used as a photographic aircraft from this point forward.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 30-Dec-2014. Changed title, FO 1 did not occur until 13-Apr-43.
Lee Cunningham 29-Dec-2014. Description based on 'The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 29-Dec-2014. Description based on 'The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.