VIII Fighter Command FO - 12 FIGHTER SWEEP

7 May 1943

Description

A combined force of 140 P-47s is despatched from 4FG, 56FG and 78FG to make a sweep over the Flushing/Ostend/Knokke area. No losses or claims.

Mission Details

FLUSHING / KNOKKE / OSTEND

Description: FIGHTER SWEEP

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt

Notes: Number despatched by each Fighter Group not recorded in available data.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 104

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 1-Jan-15. 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'.