VIII Fighter Command WITHDRAWAL SUPPORT

8 November 1942

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 36 Spitfires to provide support to the bombers returning from the mission to bomb Lille, France on 8-Nov-42.

Mission Details

DEBDEN / LILLE

Description: WITHDRAWAL SUPPORT

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Fighters provide air cover to bomber formations returning from the mission to Lille, France.

4th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Mission Statistics

Aircraft sent: 36

Revisions

Date29 Oct 2014 21:54:56

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

Date29 Oct 2014 21:43:21

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Missing description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

Date29 Oct 2014 21:08:51

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. Description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:43:18

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'.