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american aircrafts in the MTO

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gianlucabagatti

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talking about fighters I know for sure P 38´s were used in the MTO as well as P 40 E´s and Spits MkV´s: has any of you idea about other planes involved?
any iodea about a good book on the air war in the mediterranean?
thks a lot a nd good flight to u all!
Gianluca
PS: I know, talking about bombers, B 17´s and B 24´s as well as Havocs and B 25´s were used but not so sure to which units (9th air force?) they belonged...
 
Spit VIII was also used late on - oh, I wish! Fw190 also put in an appearance, but iirc got out again quick due to shrinking foothold. Not sure if the Yanks flew either of these!
 
hairyspin said:
! Fw190 also put in an appearance, but iirc got out again quick due to shrinking foothold. Not sure if the Yanks flew either of these!
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After the US landing in North Africa a few Fw190 equipped units had been send to Tunisia by November 1942.
The plane remained present in the MTO for the rest of the war, naturally not in Africa though but in Italy and southern France.
 
gianlucabagatti said:
talking about fighters I know for sure P 38´s were used in the MTO as well as P 40 E´s and Spits MkV´s: has any of you idea about other planes involved?
any iodea about a good book on the air war in the mediterranean?
thks a lot a nd good flight to u all!
Gianluca
PS: I know, talking about bombers, B 17´s and B 24´s as well as Havocs and B 25´s were used but not so sure to which units (9th air force?) they belonged...
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:kilroy:Gianlucabagatti, look at this, in the Operational History part: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Expeditionary_Mobility_Task_Force:d
 
grizzly50 said:
:kilroy:Gianlucabagatti, look at this, in the Operational History part: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Expeditionary_Mobility_Task_Force:d
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of course u are right grizzly it was the 15th air force...the 9th serving in ETO as fighter bomber but I want to thank u all (I know I'm late but I was out for business)
nevertheless I founfd by amazone (yet to receive) an interesting: "FW190 in Africa" a day by day report from the unit involved.
merci loic, j'ai lu cet article la et je m'amuse aussi parfois aves le magazine "les ailes francaises" très bien fait il faut le dire!
best regards my friends!
 
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