14 January 1943

THURSDAY, 14 JANUARY 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
Eight Spitfire Mk Vs of the 4th Fighter Group carry out three Rhubarbs (
a small number of aircraft attacking ground targets usually in bad
weather) and engage Fw 190s west of Ostend. We claim 2 enemy aircraft
destroyed; two Spitfires are damaged one making a forced landing at
Bradwell Bay with flak damage.
One of the three squadrons of the 4th Fighter Group completes its
transition from the Spitfire Mk V to P-47Cs; the group will fly its first
P-47 mission on 10 Mar 43.