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Army Air Forces Historical Office Headquarters, Participation of the Ninth & Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, Army Air Forces Historical Study No. 37, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1945.
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Army Air Forces Historical Office Headquarters, Participation of the Ninth & Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, Army Air Forces Historical Study No. 37, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1945.
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which disbanded in September 1943. It initially formed in December 1941, then disbanded in February 1942. The group immediately reformed in March 1942 as No. 211 (Offensive Fighter) Group within
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Spitfires of No. 92 Squadron RAF and P-40F Warhawks of the 64th Fighter Squadron USAAF flew top cover for the P-40F Warhawks of the 65th and 66th Fighter Squadron and
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Craven, Wesley F. and James L. Cate. The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume 2, Chicago, Illinois: Chicago University Press, 1949 (Reprinted 1983,
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Craven, Wesley F. and James L. Cate. The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume 2, Chicago, Illinois: Chicago University Press, 1949 (Reprinted 1983,
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SAAF – South African Air Force, RAAF – Royal Australian Air Force, RCAF – Royal Canadian Air Force; RNZAF -Royal New Zealand Air Force; PRU-
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Group assignments for squadrons during the campaigns in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia are for the period from July 1942 to 10 July 1943 when the
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Howe, George F., Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West, Center of Military History, Washington, DC., 1991.
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assumed command of the group on 11 April 1943. At this time, 211 Group was the principle fighter force of the
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of 18 April 1943. The three USAAF Warhawk Squadrons destroyed approximately 70 Axis aircraft that day.
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A Kittyhawk of No. 112 Squadron, (No. 239 Wing) 211 Group at Medenine, Tunisia in 1943.
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Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939–1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953).
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Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939–1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953).
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air forces also served in RAF, SAAF, RAAF and RCAF units, under the
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Pictorial history of the Mediterranean Air War: Volume I
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London: Ian Allan. p. 64. 500:No. 450 Squadron RAAF, Kittyhawk 271:(later No. 212 (Fighter) Group). 195:No. 211 (Offensive Fighter) Group 50:12 March 1942 - 17 September 1943 24:No. 211 (Offensive Fighter) Group 1727: 1678: 1667: 1654: 1644: 1597: 1461:Assistant Chief of the Air Staff 873:Photographic Reconnaissance Unit 284:invaded Sicily (Operation Husky) 240:(USAAF), with one each from the 84: 67: 1555:RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine 1435:List of serving senior officers 1033:Shores, Christopher F. 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Index


United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force group
Air Headquarters Western Desert
RAF Middle East Command
Royal Air Force Ensign


Royal Air Force
group
RAF Middle East Command
Group
Royal Air Force
Air Commodore
Richard Atcherley
Desert Air Force
Air Vice-Marshal
Harry Broadhurst
Air Marshal
Sir Arthur Coningham's
Northwest African Tactical Air Force
South African Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Hellenic Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
British Commonwealth
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

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