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Re: 12.5.40 Coastal Command and FAA
Robert;
Unfortunately, my area of study was the FAA operations during the campaign, not coastal command operations. At the time that I did the research, my access to RAF records was minimal. Thus, I cannot state for sure whether any other 254 Squadron fighter patrols were over Bergen on 12 May, but I strongly suspect the answer is no. The squadron was the only long-range fighter asset available for operations over Norway at the time, and as Bomber Command was conducting virtually 100% of their operations at night by this time, and Coastal Command operations were primarily individual reconnaissance sorties, I can't imagine why the fighters would have been dispatched.
Mark
Last edited by Mark E Horan; 4th February 2011 at 17:42.
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