VIII Fighter Command STRAFING
18 November 1942Description
2 Spitfires are despatched by 4th Fighter Group to strafe ground targets of opportunity near the French coast. One locomotive is claimed as destroyed.
Mission Details
FRENCH COAST
Description: STRAFING MISSION
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: 2 Spitfires despatched on a strafing mission on French coast. One locomotive destroyed.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 2
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-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'.