VIII Fighter Command ESCORT & PATROL
6 December 1942Description
4th Fighter Group despatches 36 Spitfires to support and escort RAF bombers. Another 8 Spitfires of 4FG are despatched on convoy patrols.
Mission Details
Description: CONVOY PATROL
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Despatched on convoy patrol.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 8
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: These fighters were despatched to provide escort for RAF Bostons.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Enemy aircraft damaged by fighter: 1
- Aircraft sent: 36
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added fighter claims on enemy aircraft to statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 8-Nov-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.