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Originally Posted by sergey
Thank you, colleagues.
As far as I know, the Alberto Fassio-Pugliola convoy from Piraeus to Tobruk was attacked. In the works of the Italian researcher Lorenzo Colombo, I saw mention of a single attack by 16 Liberators of the RAF and USAAF.
A couple more questions. Were the 158 and 160 RAF squadrons, which operated B-24s, one or two units?
Were the aircraft for the 98th BG specially ferried to the Middle East from the US, or were they assigned the same B-24s that had arrived there in June?
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The RAF no 158 & 160 squadron operated under the no 205 Group,. The 98BG and 1 Provisional Bomb Group (later 376BG) was under British command, MAC.
Two squadron of the 98BG arrived in early August. 343BS and 344BS I think. Flown by the crew them self. Not air force ferry command (later ATC). 415BS and 345BS arrived few weeks later in August.
Need to double check in which order the bomb squadrons of the 98BG arrived Palestine.
/JohanSWE