| Northwest African Coastal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd NACAF organization for Operation Husky - the invasion of Sicily - early July 1943 |
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| 52nd Fighter Group (Spitfire) Lieutenant Colonel James S. Coward Headquarters Squadron 2nd Fighter Squadron 4th Fighter Squadron 5th Fighter Squadron |
81st Fighter Group (P-39) Lieutenant Colonel Michael Gordon Headquarters Squadron 91st Fighter Squadron 92nd Fighter Squadron 93rd Fighter Squadron |
350th Fighter Group (P-39) Lieutenant Colonel Marvin L. McNickle Headquarters Squadron 345th Fighter Squadron 346th Fighter Squadron 347th Fighter Squadron |
| *480th Antisubmarine Group (B-24) Colonel Jack Roberts 1st Antisubmarine Squadron 2nd Antisubmarine Squadron |
414th Nightfighter Squadron (Beaufighter) Major Arden W. Cowgill |
415th Nightfighter Squadron (Beaufighter) Captain Gordon D. Timmons |
French Air Force Fighter Units 2/5 Escadre (P-40) 2/7 Escadre (Spitfire) |
RAF Air Sea Rescue Units (Walrus) No. 283 Squadron No. 284 Squadron |
RAF Fighter Units (Hurricane) No. 32 Squadron (F) No. 73 Squadron (+NF) No. 87 Squadron (F) No. 253 Squadron (F) |
| Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Units No. 813 +TSR Squadron (Swordfish) No. 820 TSR Squadron (Albacore c) No. 821 TSR Squadron (Albacore n) No. 826 TSR Squadron (Albacore r) No. 828 TSR Squadron (Albacore r) |
RAF No. 323 Wing No. 255 Squadron (NF) No. 47 Squadron (+TB) (Beaufort) No. 39 Squadron (TB) (Beaufort) ^No. 144 Squadron (TB) (Beaufighter) #No. 458 Squadron (TB/+ASV) (Wellington) No. 221 Squadron (TB/ASV) (Wellington) No. 14 Squadron (TB) (B-26) |
RAF No. 328 Wing No. 500 Squadron (+GR/ASV) (Hudson) @No. 608 Squadron (GR/ASV) (Hudson) No. 52 Squadron (GR) (Baltimore) No. 614 Squadron (+LB) (Bis) No. 13 Squadron (LB) (Bis) No. 313 Squadron (F) (Hurricane) No. 274 Squadron (F) (Hurricane) |
*The 1st and 2nd Antisubmarine Squadrons were assigned to the Northwest African Coastal Air Force for administration and placed under the operational control of United States Navy Fleet Air Wing 15 at Port Lyautey, French Morocco, Moroccan Sea Frontier commanded at the time by Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry.
+TSR = torpedo, spotter, reconnnaissance; TB = torpedo bomber; NF = Night Fighter; ASV = aircraft to surface vessel radar; GR = ground attack/reconnaissance; LB = light bomber.
^No. 144 Squadron attached from United Kingdom.
#Air Ministry asked to provide two additional Wellington squadrons.
@An Africa-based RAF Hudson of No. 608 Squadron was the first aircraft to sink a U-boat with rockets.
Information taken from:
1) Participation of the Ninth & Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign,
Army Air Forces Historical Study No. 37,
Army Air Forces Historical Office Headquarters,
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, November, 1945.
2) Maurer, Maurer, Air Force Combat Units Of World War II,
Office of Air Force History, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1983.
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