X-Nico

unusual facts about fighter cover



Alta Battalion

The RAF provided a certain extent of fighter cover with the Gloster Gladiators of No. 263 Squadron RAF and the Hawker Hurricanes of No. 46 Squadron RAF, although these were too few to continuously patrol the entire front line.


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Reinhard Seiler

JG 54 was tasked with providing the fighter cover for Army Group North and its advance toward Leningrad.

Tibor Tobak

The final part of his Puma book deals with war on the soviet front, against Il-2 ground support battle-aircraft and their Yak and Lavochkin fighter cover, where the Me-109 was at disadvantage in low altitude operations.