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Re: Placing the Fairey Battle.
Hi Graham,
"The RAF did order a long range fighter, the Merlin-engined P-51, but deliveries were thwarted by external events."
No. 11 Group was providing Mustang escorts for daylight Bomber Command raids from late 1944 onwards. Although I don't have figures immediately at hand, I can say that, as an example, the RAF raid on Hamburg on 31/3/45 was escorted by "12 squadrons" of RAF Mustangs.
Cheers
Rod
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