VIII Fighter Command ESCORT & PATROL
13 March 1943Description
4th Fighter Group conducts two operations on this date: 27 Spitfires are despacthed to provide escort to the B-17 formation attacking the marshalling yards at Ameins/Longeau, France, but the fighters fail to make rendevous with the bombers and all return to Debden; 6 Spitfires are despatched on shipping patrols. No losses or claims.
Mission Details
ENGLISH CHANNEL
Description: SHIPPING PATROLS
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Shipping patrols over the Channel.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
AMIENS
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Notes: Original intent was to escort the bombers on the Amiens raid, but flight failed to rendezvous with the bomber formation.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 27
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 27-Dec-2014. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.