VIII Fighter Command SHIPPING PATROL

14 February 1943

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 18 Spitfires on patrols for enemy shipping in the English Channel.

Mission Details

Description: SHIPPING PATROL

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Shipping patrol.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 30

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34256736
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 23-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman

Date
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'.