VIII Fighter Command SHIPPING PATROL

18 February 1943

Description

4th Fighter Group despatches 26 Spitfires on shipping patrols and defensive sorties.

Mission Details

Description: FIGHTER PATROL

Aircraft Type: Spitfire

Notes: Shipping and defensive patrols.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 34

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 24-Dec-2014. Description based on " The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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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'.