VIII Fighter Command FO - 54 FIGHTER SWEEP
24 June 1943Description
A combined force of 80 P-47 is despatched from 56FG and 78FG to make a fighter sweep of the of the Hague and St. Omer areas. A small group of enemy fighters is encountered and the American airmen claim 1-0-1 of the enemy aircraft. There are no losses.
Mission Details
THE HAGUE / SAINT OMER
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Notes: Fighter sweep of the Hague and St. Omer areas
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 80
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 5-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 5-Jan-2015. 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'.