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14th March 2024, 20:07
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Re: USAAF Battle Formations
The "Finger Four" was standard through the war but flights and squadrons positions varied; until 1944 when the enemy coast was reached they formed line-abreast stepped up and down, as in diagram 2. Aircraft in a flight were about 750 ft. apart, the distance still able to read code letters. Then sections of 2 flights parallel, until the bombers were reached when the squadron (4 flights) formed around the box.
Flight = 4 aircraft, Squadron = 16, Group = 48. Nick  formations by Nicholas King, on Flickr
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20th March 2024, 10:58
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Re: USAAF Battle Formations
Clear! Thanks for this.
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