VIII Fighter Command RHUBARB

14 January 1943

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 8 Spitfires on 3 Rhubarbs to targets in Belgium.

Mission Details

OSTEND

Description: FIGHTER RHUBARB

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Fighters carried out 3 Rhubarbs. Enemy Fw 190s were engaged with off Ostend. One Spitfire made a forced landing at Bradwell Bay A/F because of flak damage. 334th Fighter Squadron completes transition from Spitfire Mark Vs to P-47Cs. The first P-47 mission for 4th Fighter Group will be 10-Mar-43.

Mission Statistics

  • Enemy aircraft destroyed by fighter: 2
  • Aircraft sent: 8
  • Aircraft damaged: 2

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added fighter claims on enemy aircraft to statistics per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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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'.