VIII Fighter Command SHIP PROTECTION

4 January 1943

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 20 Spitfires to protect Allied ships in the English Channel and NE English coast.

Mission Details

ENGLISH CHANNEL

Description: SHIP PROTECTION

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Despatched on ship protection patrols.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 20

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman

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ContributorAAM
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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'.