| 31. | Once again, fighter cover was ordered by HQ, from 6 to 12 aircraft depending on the Tac . R target area.
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| 32. | Despite the fighter cover provided by the IJAAF 24th and 50th Fighter Regiments, four Boeing B-17s managed inflict some strafing damage.
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| 33. | The transports were protected during their journey by fighter cover provided by the Desert Air Force and the XII Tactical Air Command.
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| 34. | The lack of fighter cover was a contributing factor for the heavy losses experienced; only ten of eighty-four promised fighters were available.
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| 35. | During " Donnerkeil ", the relieving sortie arrived after only 20 minutes which meant that fighter cover for half the dash would be
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| 36. | Two Mirage F-1 fighters laden with incendiary bombs and two MiG-23s ( along as fighter cover ) took off from bases in Iraq.
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| 37. | The 339th provided fighter cover over the English Channel and the coast of Normandy during the assault across the Rhine in March 1945.
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| 38. | In a series of missions in 1943 that penetrated beyond the range of fighter cover, there were loss rates up to twenty percent.
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| 39. | Kesselring expected that the Allies would next invade Sicily, as a landing could be made there under fighter cover from Tunisia and Malta.
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| 40. | With fighter cover provided by carrier aircraft, the helicopters landed at the US Embassy, Saigon and the DAO Compound to pick up evacuees.
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