VIII Fighter Command FO - 27 COASTAL PATROL
23 May 1943Description
Weather continues to hamper operations. The 4FG despatches 6 P-47s on English coastal patrols. No enemy sigthed. No losses.
Mission Details
English Channel
Description: COASTAL PATROL
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: 6 P-47s are despatched on patrol of the English Coast.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 4-Jan-2015. Corrected event location and statistics, "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 4-Jan-2015. Added description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
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'.