Narrative - Official Air Force Mission Description
VIII Fighter Command Circus 255: 17 Spitfire Mk Vs of the 4th Fighter Group escort RAF Bostons on uneventful Circus 255. Circus is a large number of fighters escorting a small number of bombers in an attempt to get the Luftwaffe to respond.
Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History,
Mission Reports
Notes: VIII FC Circus 255; Circus is a large number of fighters escorting a small number of bombers in an attempt to get the Luftwaffe to respond.
Non-Combat Accident Reports
Mission "Circus 255" Escort to RAF Bostons January 25, 1943
Notes: VIII FC Circus 255; Circus is a large number of fighters escorting a small number of bombers in an attempt to get the Luftwaffe to respond.
Primary source for mission statistics: Mighty Eighth War Diary by Roger A. Freeman
Aircraft Sent
Aircraft Effective
Bomb Tonnage
Enemy Aircraft X-P-D
Enemy Aircraft (on gnd) X-P-D
USAAF Aircraft X-E-D
USAAF Personnel KIA-WIA-MIA
Notes
17
17
0.0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
Escorted Boston bombers on Circus 255
Mission Targets
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