VIII Fighter Command
26 September 1942Description
31FG despatches 37 Spitfire in a fighter sweep diversion for the bombers attacking the German airfield of Maupertus at Cherbourg, France.
Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER DIVERSION
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Diversion Circus for bombers.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 37
Revisions
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'.