VIII Fighter Command FO-65 FIGHTER SWEEP
6 July 1943Description
A combined force of 124 P-47s from 4FG, 56FG and 78FG are sent on fighter sweeps of the Rotterdam, Holland area. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
ROTTERDAM
Description: FIGHTER SWEEPS
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter sweeps of Rotterdam, Holland area.
- 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: 124
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 7-May-2015. Added Mission 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'.