VIII Fighter Command OFFENSIVE SORTIE
10 December 1942Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 2 Spitfires on an offensive mission to France, but the flight is recalled due to radio transmission failure.
Mission Details
RECALLED
Description: OFFENSIVE FIGHTER PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Returned before reaching the French coast due to transmitter failure.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 4
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12057315
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 9-Nov-2014. 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'.