VIII Fighter Command
6 September 1942Official Description
Description
1FG scrambles 2 P-38s to intercept enemy aircraft, but none are sighted.
Mission Details
Abbeville/Drucat Airfield / St Omer/ Longuenesse Airfield
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: 37 Spitfires provide escort for the A-20s.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 37
Description: FIGHTER INTERCEPT
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Notes: Scrambled to intercept enemy aircraft. No enemy aircraft are sighted.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437905
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission Description based on "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'.