ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: FIGHTER COMMAND - The first Spitfires in France. Mk IXs of No 144 Wing at Ste Croix-sur-Mer (B-3) on the afternoon of 10 June 1944, the day the airstrip became operational. All Allied landing strips and captured airfields on the Continent were assigned a code number, a 'B' prefix denoting RAF control. B-3 was the first to be completed in Normandy and, despite shelling and the occasional sniper, was soon home to the Wing's three Canadian squadrons (Nos 441, 442 and 443) Royal Canadian Air Force, 441 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, 442 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: FIGHTER COMMAND - The first Spitfires in France. Mk IXs of No 144 Wing at Ste Croix-sur-Mer (B-3) on the afternoon of 10 June 1944, the day the airstrip became operational. All Allied landing strips and captured airfields on the Continent were assigned a code number, a 'B' prefix denoting RAF control. B-3 was the first to be completed in Normandy and, despite shelling and the occasional sniper, was soon home to the Wing's three Canadian squadrons (Nos 441, 442 and 443) Royal Canadian Air Force, 441 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, 442 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, 443 Squadron
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