VIII Fighter Command FO - 40 FIGHTER SWEEP
10 June 1943Description
A combined force of 92 P-47s ia despatched to make a sweep over the Dutch islands in support of an RAF mission of 6 Mitchell bombers.
Mission Details
DUTCH ISLANDS
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter sweep of the Dutch Islands in conjunction with a mission of 6 RAF Mitchell bombers.
- 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: 92
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 5-Jan-2015. Descrption 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'.