VIII Fighter Command FO - 54 FIGHTER SWEEP

24 June 1943

Description

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

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 5-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 5-Jan-2015. Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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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'.