VIII Fighter Command FO - 47 FIGHTER SWEEP
17 June 1943Description
A combined force of 137 P-47s is despatched from 4FG, 56FG and 78FG to make a fighter sweep of the Westhoofd/Goes/Eekloo/Ypres/Graveline area in support of a medium bomber attack by the RAF on Flushing, Holland.
Mission Details
WESTHOOFD / GOES / EEKLO / YPRES / GRAVELINES
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter sweep of Westhoofd/Goes/Eekoo/Ypres/Gravlines area in support of a bombing attack on Flushing.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 137
- Aircraft damaged beyond repair: 1
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 6-Jan-2015. 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'.