VIII Fighter Command FO - 45 FIGHTER SWEEP
13 June 1943Description
78FG despatches 44 P-47s on a Rodeo in the Ypres-St.Pol area. A "Rodeo" is the RAF code for a fighter sweep. Enemy fighters are engaged and 2 P-47s are MIA but 78FG claims 2-0-2 of the enemy fighters.
Mission Details
YPRES / SAINT-POL
Description: FIGHTER RODEO
Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Notes: Fighter rodeo in the Ypres/St. Pol area. We get 2, Germans get 2.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 44
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 6-Jan-2015. 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'.