VIII Fighter Command SHIP PROTECTION

17 January 1943

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 4 Spitfires as protection for Allied ships in the English Channel.

Mission Details

Description: SHIP PROTECTION

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Despatched on ship protection patrols.

4th Fighter Group

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

Mission Statistics

Aircraft sent: 4

Revisions

Date20 Dec 2014 17:57:18

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2014. Typo correction in description.

Date20 Dec 2014 17:48:24

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2014. Description based on 'The 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'.