Our current Official Campaign is based on the Allied invasion of mainland Italy. This takes place after the Allies successfully invaded Sicily towards the end of July 1943 but just before the Axis “Dunkirk” as they retreated towards Messina.
The time-line of this campaign will be from the end of July 1943 and continues through to the winter of 1944.
We will fly predominately as No 111 Squadron, based in Sicily at the beginning of the Invasion of Italy. They flew Spitfires Vc's initially and then later moved to Spitfires IXe's.
Moving away from our normal “sphere” of operations, we will also be taking a tour of duty with the USAAF 94th Fighter Squadron. They flew the P38 Lightning and we will be doing a number of USAAF missions with this aircraft. We will also have the chance to fly other types such as the P51 and P47. If the campaign lasts long enough a lucky few may even get the chance to fly the P80 in December 1944. Of course we will be re-visiting the Spitfire later in the campaign and may even dip our toes into night-fighting with the Mosquito.
Why not come and join us?
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