Supermarine Seafire ch.2
Ua paʻi kiʻi ʻia ka mea lawe mokulele māmā ʻo HMS Triumph ma Subic Bay i ka Philippines i ka wā o ka hana ʻana i ka US Navy i Malaki 1950, ma mua koke o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke Kaua Korea. Ma ke kakaka o ka FR Mk 47 Seafire 800th AH, ma ka hope o ka mokulele Fairey Firefly.
Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻoihana i ka Royal Navy, ua hoʻololi ʻia ka Seafire e nā mea hakakā me ka ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka hakakā a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka lawelawe ʻana ma nā mokulele mokulele. Akā naʻe, ua lōʻihi kona noho ʻana me ka Navy Pelekane e komo ai i ke Kaua Korea.
ʻĀkau Farani
Ma muli o ka lohi o ke komo ʻana i ka lawelawe ʻo HMS Indefatigable - ka mea lawe mokulele o ka ʻauwaʻa Implacable hou - ʻo ke kali ʻana o Seafire squadrons mai ka 24th Fighter Wing (887th a me 894th NAS) loaʻa iā lākou iho kahi hana ʻē aʻe. Ma RAF Culmhead ma ka English Channel, ua huakaʻi lākou ma luna o Beretania a me Normandy, e alakaʻi ana i ka "combat reconnaissance" a i ʻole e alakaʻi ana i nā mea hoʻouka kaua Hawker Typhoon. Ma waena o ʻApelila 20 a me Mei 15, 1944, ua holo lākou he 400 mau mokulele ma luna o Farani. Ua hoʻouka lākou i nā pahu hopu ʻāina a me ka ʻili, ua nalowale ʻelua mau mokulele mai ke ahi pale lewa (hoʻokahi mai kēlā me kēia pūʻali), ʻaʻole naʻe i hui pū me ka ʻenemi i ka lewa.
I kēia manawa, ua hoʻoholo ʻia e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻēheu Naval 3rd Naval Fighter Wing ma mua o ke kai i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi ahi i ka wā o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i Normandy. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻike mai nā pae ʻāina i hala aku nei ua hiki ke hoʻouka ʻia nā mokulele moana ma kēia misionari i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana e nā ʻenemi. I ʻApelila, ua "hoala hou ʻia" ka 886. NAS a me 885 no kēia manawa. Ua hoʻolako ʻia ka NAS me nā Seafires L.III mua, a ua hoʻolako ʻia ka 808th a me 897th NAS me Spitfires L.VB. ʻO ke kolu o ka ʻēheu, hoʻonui ʻia a hoʻolako ʻia, he 3 mokulele a me 42 mau pailaka. Me ʻelua pūʻali koa RAF (60 a me 26 Squadrons) a me hoʻokahi pūʻali koa US Navy i lako me Spitfires (VCS 63), ua hoʻokumu lākou i ka 7 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing i kū ma Lee-on-Solent kokoke i Portsmouth. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Lutanela R. M. Crosley o 34 USA:
Ma 3000 kapuaʻi [915 m], ua loaʻa i ka Seafire L.III he 200 mau lio hou aku ma mua o ka Spitfire Mk IX. He 200 paona [91 kg] ka mama. Ua hoʻomāmā hou mākou i kā mākou Sifires ma ka wehe ʻana i ka hapalua o kā lākou ukana a me nā pū mīkini mamao. ʻO ka mokulele i hoʻololi ʻia ma kēia ʻano he ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka radius huli ʻoi aʻe a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka roll and roll rate ma mua o Mk IX Spitfires a hiki i 10 kapuaʻi [000 m]. E lilo kēia pōmaikaʻi iā mākou koke!
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Crosley ua wehe ʻia ko lākou Seafire i ko lākou mau ʻēheu. ʻO kēia ka hopena i ka nui o ka holo ʻana a me ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe iki, akā he hopena ʻaoʻao i manaʻo ʻole ʻia:
Ua haʻi ʻia iā mākou e palekana maikaʻi ʻia mākou mai ka Luftwaffe e kahi mākaʻikaʻi mau o 150 mau koa ʻē aʻe, hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 30 kapuaʻi [000 9150 m]. ʻAʻole naʻe mākou i ʻike i ke ʻano ʻoluʻolu o ia mau mea hoʻokele kaua RAF a me USAAF. I loko o nā hola he 72 mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ʻaʻole hoʻokahi ADR [air direction radar] i hahai i ko lākou mau ʻenemi, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike iā lākou iho ma kahi a ka maka e ʻike ai. No laila, nānā lākou i lalo me ka ʻimi. ʻIke lākou iā mākou e pōʻai ʻelua a ʻelua a puni ke alahaka. I kekahi manawa ua hele mākou i ka 20 mau mile i uka. Ua ʻike lākou i ko mākou mau ʻēheu angular a manaʻo lākou he mau koa Kelemania mākou. ʻOiai ua loaʻa iā mākou nā kaha ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo nui ma nā ʻēheu a me ka fuselage, ua hoʻouka pinepine lākou iā mākou. I nā lā mua ʻekolu o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ʻaʻohe mea a mākou i ʻōlelo ai a hana paha i hiki ke hoʻōki iā lākou.
ʻO kekahi mea hoʻoweliweli i ʻike maikaʻi ʻia e ko mākou mau moku kaua, ʻo ia ke ahi anti-aircraft. Na ka makani ma D i koi iā mākou e lele ma kahi kiʻekiʻe he 1500 kapuaʻi [457 m] wale nō. I kēia manawa, ke kī pū nei ko mākou pūʻali koa a me nā manuwa i nā mea āpau i hiki ke hiki, a ʻo ia ke kumu, ʻaʻole ma ka lima o nā Kelemania, ua loaʻa iā mākou nā poho nui i ka D-Day a me ka lā aʻe.
I ka lā mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ua kuhikuhi ʻelua ʻo Crosley i ke ahi ma luna o ka moku kaua Warspite. Ua hoʻopilikia pinepine ʻia ka launa ʻana o ka lekiō o nā "spotters" me nā moku ma ka English Channel, no laila ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe hoʻokele hoʻomanawanui a kī ʻole i nā pahu i hālāwai ai lākou, e lele ana ma lalo o ke ahi paʻa o ka pale lewa Polani, i kēia manawa ka Kelemania. ʻekahi. Ma ke ahiahi o Iune 6, 808, 885, a me 886, ua nalowale ka US i hookahi mokulele pakahi; ʻElua mau pailaka (S/Lt HA Cogill a me S/Lt AH Bassett) i make.
ʻO ka meaʻoi aku kaʻino, uaʻike kaʻenemi i ke koʻikoʻi o nā "spotters" a i ka lua o ka lā o ka hoʻouka kaua, ua hoʻomaka nā koa Luftwaffe e hahai iā lākou. ʻO Lutanela S.L. Ua pale ʻo Devonald, ka luna o ka 885th NAS, i nā hoʻouka kaua ʻana e ʻewalu Fw 190s no ʻumi mau minuke. Ma ke ala e hoʻi ai, ua nalowale kāna mokulele i hōʻino nui ʻia a pono e lele. I ka huli ʻana, ua kī ʻia ʻo Commander J. H. Keen-Miller, ka luna o ke kahua ma Lee-on-Solent, i ka hoʻokuʻi ʻana me ʻeono Bf 109 a lawe pio ʻia. Eia kekahi, ua nalowale ka 886th NAS i ʻekolu Seafires i ke ahi ʻea. ʻO kekahi o lākou ʻo L/Cdr PEI Bailey, he alakaʻi pūʻali koa i pana ʻia e nā pūʻali koa Allied. Ma muli o ka haʻahaʻa loa no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka parachute maʻamau, ua wehe ʻo ia i loko o ka cockpit a huki ʻia i waho. Ala aʻela ʻo ia ma ka honua, ua ʻeha loa, akā ua ola. Ma ka hema o Evrecy, ua kāhāhā ʻo Lieutenant Crosley a pana i lalo i hoʻokahi Bf 109, ma muli paha o kahi pūʻulu ʻike.
I ke kakahiaka o ke kolu o ka la o ka hoouka kaua ana (Iune 8) maluna o Ulgeit, ua hooukaia o Lieutenant H. Lang 886 o ka NAS mai ka lae mai e kekahi mau Fw 190s a pana aku la i kekahi o ka poe hoouka me ka hoouka kaua. I kekahi manawa ma hope mai, ua loaʻa iā ia ka hahau a ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e hana i kahi pae ulia pōpilikia. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Lieutenant Crosley, ka mea nāna i kauoha i ke ahi ma luna o ka moku kaua Ramillies ia lā:
E ʻimi wale ana au i ka pahu hopu i hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou i ka wā i hoʻouka ʻia ai mākou e kahi pūʻali o Spitfires. Ua ʻalo mākou, e hōʻike ana i ka stigma. I ka manawa like, kāhea au ma ka lekiō iā Ramili e hoʻōki. ʻAʻole maopopo ka luina ma kēlā ʻaoʻao i kaʻu e kamaʻilio nei. Ua haʻi mau ʻo ia iaʻu "kali, mākaukau". I kēia manawa, alualu mākou kekahi i kekahi, me he mea lā ma luna o kahi carousel nui, me kanakolu Spitfires. ʻAʻole wale kekahi o lākou e pana ana iā mākou, akā kekahi i kekahi. He mea weliweli loa ia, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pana ʻana o "ko mākou" ma mua o nā snags a hōʻike ʻoi aku ka huhū. ʻO ka poʻe Kelemānia, e nānā ana i kēia mau mea a pau mai lalo mai, ua noʻonoʻo paha lākou i ka mea a mākou i pupule ai.
Ua nui hou nā hakakā me nā mea hakakā Luftwaffe i kēlā lā a me nā lā aʻe, akā ʻaʻohe hopena ʻike. I ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā alahaka, ua emi iho ka nui o nā mea i manaʻo ʻia no nā ʻauwaʻa, no laila ua aʻo ʻia nā "spotters" e hoʻemi i ke ahi. Ua hoʻoikaika hou ʻia kēia hui ʻana ma waena o 27 Iune a me 8 Iulai, i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai nā moku kaua Rodney, Ramillies a me Warspite iā Caen. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā pailaka ʻo Seafire e hana i nā submarine Kriegsmarine liʻiliʻi i hoʻoweliweli i nā ʻauwaʻa hoʻouka kaua (ua hōʻino ʻia kekahi o lākou e ka moku holo moku Polish ORP Dragon). ʻO ka poʻe lanakila loa, ʻo ia ka poʻe hoʻokele o ka 885th American Regiment, nāna i hoʻolei i ʻekolu o kēia mau moku liʻiliʻi i ka lā 9 o Iulai.
Ua hoʻopau nā pūʻali koa Seafire i ko lākou komo ʻana i ka hoʻouka kaua Normandy ma 15 Iulai. Ma hope koke iho, ua hoʻopau ʻia ko lākou 3rd Naval Fighter Wing. Ua hui pū ʻia ka 886th NAS me ka 808th NAS, a ʻo ka 807th me ka 885th NAS. Ma hope koke iho, ua hoʻolako hou ʻia nā pūʻali koa ʻelua me Hellcats.
ʻO Supermarine Seafire mokulele lele lele mai 880. NAS e lele ana mai ka mokulele mokulele HMS Furious; Operation Mascot, ke Kai Norewai, Iulai 1944
Norewai (Iune-Dekemaba 1944)
ʻOiai ua hoʻokuʻu ka hapa nui o nā pūʻali koa i ʻEulopa iā Farani, ua hoʻomau ka Royal Navy i ka alualu ʻana i ka poʻe noho ma Norewai. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o Operation Lombard, ma Iune 1, ua haʻalele nā mokulele US Federal Aviation Administration mai kahi huakaʻi moana kokoke i Stadlandet. He ʻumi Victorious Corsairs a he ʻumikūmālua Furious Seafires (801 a me 880 US) i kī ʻia i nā moku ukali e hoʻokele ana i nā moku. I kēlā manawa, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā Barracudas e nā ʻāpana Kelemania ʻelua: Atlas (Sperrbrecher-181) a me Hans Leonhardt. C / Lutanela K.R. Ua make ʻo Brown, kekahi o nā pailaka o ka 801st NAS, i ke ahi pale ea.
I ka wā o Operation Talisman - kahi ho'āʻo hou e hoʻopalo i ka moku kaua Tirpitz - ma Iulai 17, ua uhi nā Sifires mai 880 NAS (Furious), 887 a me 894 NAS (Indefatigable) i nā moku o ka hui. ʻO Operation Turbine, i hoʻokō ʻia ma ʻAukake 3 e hoʻokele i ka ʻāina ʻo Ålesund, ʻaʻole i kūleʻa ma muli o nā kūlana ʻino. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mokulele mai nā mea lawe ʻelua i huli i hope, a ʻewalu wale nō Seafires mai ka 887th. Ua holo ka US i kahakai kahi i luku ai i ka lekiō ma ka mokupuni ʻo Vigra. I hoʻokahi pule ma hope mai (ʻAukake 10, Operation Spawn), ua hoʻi mai ka Indefatigable me ʻelua mau mea lawe mokulele escort, nona nā Avengers i ʻeli i ke ala wai ma waena o Bodø a me Tromsø. I kēia manawa, ʻewalu mau mokulele Seafire mai 894. Ua hoʻouka ʻo NAS i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Gossen, kahi a lākou i luku ai i ʻeono Bf 110s i hopu ʻia ma ka honua a me kahi antenna radar Würzburg.
Ma ka lā 22, 24 a me 29 ʻAukake, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o Operation Goodwood, ua hoʻāʻo hou ka Royal Navy e hoʻopau i ka Tirpitz huna ʻia ma Altafjord. I ka lā mua o ka hana, i ka wā i hoʻāʻo ai ka Barracudas a me Hellcats e pana i ka moku kaua, ʻewalu Seafires mai 887. Ua hoʻouka ʻo ʻAmelika i ke kahua mokulele Banak kokoke a me ke kahua mokulele. Ua luku lākou i ʻehā mau moku lele Blohm & Voss BV 138 a me ʻekolu mau mokulele moana: ʻelua Arado Ar 196 a me kahi Heinkla He 115. Ua kī ʻia ʻo Lutanela R. D. Vinay. Ma ke awakea o ia la hookahi, ua hoike mai o Lutanela H. T. Palmer a me s/l R. Reynolds o 894. O ka USA, oiai e kaahele ana ma North Cape, ua hoike mai i ka pana ana o elua mokulele BV 138 i ka manawa pokole. lilo o hookahi wale no. No 3./SAGr (Seaufklärungsgruppe) 130 a aia ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a kahi lutena. ʻAukake Elinger.
ʻO ka holo hou aʻe o ka Royal Navy i loko o nā wai Norewai i ka lā 12 Kepakemapa ʻo Operation Begonia. ʻO kāna kumu, ʻo ia ka eli ʻana i nā ala moku ma ka ʻāina ʻo Aramsund. ʻOiai ua hāʻule nā Avengers o ka mea hoʻokele mokulele ʻo Trumpeter i kā lākou mau mina, ʻo kā lākou mau ukali - 801st a me 880th US - e ʻimi ana i kahi pahuhopu. Ua hoʻouka ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi liʻiliʻi, a hoʻoiho i ʻelua mau ukali liʻiliʻi, ʻo Vp 5105 a me Vp 5307 Felix Scheder, me nā pū kī. Ua make ʻo S/Lt MA Glennie o 801 NAS i ke ahi pale ea.
I loko o kēia manawa, e hoʻonoho ʻia ka 801st a me 880th NAS ma luna o ka mea lawe mokulele hou o ka moku, ʻo HMS Implacable. Eia naʻe, ua lohi kona komo ʻana i ka lawelawe, no laila, i ka wā o Operation Begonia, ua hoʻi nā pūʻali ʻelua i ka Fast and the Furious, a ʻo ia ka lele hope loa i kāna ʻoihana lōʻihi. A laila neʻe lākou i kahi kahua ʻāina, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai lākou i loko o ka 30th Naval Fighter Aviation Regiment. I ka pau ana o Sepatemaba, ka 1th Wing (24th a me 887th NAS) hoi i uka, a ko lakou mokulele mokulele Indefatigable (o ke ano like me Implacable) hoi i ka pa moku no ka uuku modernization. No laila, i ka manawa i hōʻike aku ai ʻo Implacable i ka mākaukau no ka lawelawe ʻana ma hope koke iho, ua kau ʻia ka ʻEheu 894 i ka manawa ma ke ʻano he mea lawe mokulele ʻoi aku ka ʻike o kēia ʻano.
ʻO ke kumu o kā lākou huakaʻi hui mua, i hana ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 19, ʻo ia ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka pae moku ʻo Tirpitz a hoʻoholo inā aia ka moku kaua ma laila. Ua hoʻokō ʻia kēia hana e nā mea kaua Firefly noho ʻelua; i ia manawa, ua uhi nā Seafires i nā moku o ka hui. ʻO ka lua a me ka hope hope e ka ʻEheu 24 ma luna o Implacable ʻo Operation Athletic, kahi i manaʻo e hele i nā wahi o Bodø a me Lödingen. I ka lua o ka lā o ka hana, ʻOkakopa 27, ua uhi nā Sifires i ka mokulele Barracuda a me Firefly, nāna i hoʻopau i ka submarine U-1060 me nā salvos rocket. No ka 24th Wing, ʻo ia ka hana hope loa ma nā kai ʻEulopa - ma hope koke iho, lawe ʻo Indefatigable iā lākou i ka Hikina mamao.
Ua hoʻi ʻo Implacable i nā wai Norewai i ka lā 27 Nowemapa me kāna 30th Fighter Wing (US 801st a me 880th) ma luna o ka moku. Ua kuhikuhi ʻia ʻo Operation Provident i ka hoʻouna ʻana ma ka wahi o Rørvik. Eia hou, ʻo nā mea kaua Firefly (ʻaʻole e like me nā Seafires o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua, ua paʻa ʻia me nā pūkuniahi 20-mm ʻehā a me ʻewalu mau missiles) a ua lilo nā mea hakakā Barracuda i mea ikaika nui. I ka wā hou (Operation Urban, December 7-8), ʻo ia ke kumu o ka eli ʻana i nā wai ma ka ʻāina ʻo Salhusstremmen, ua pōʻino ka moku ma muli o ka ʻino. Ua hoʻomau ʻia kona hoʻoponopono ʻana a me ka hana hou ʻana (me ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā kūlana o nā pū kaua anti-aircraft liʻiliʻi) a hiki i ka pūnāwai o ka makahiki aʻe. Ma hope wale nō o ka holo ʻana o Implacable a me kāna Seafires i ka Pākīpika.
Ikalia
I ka hopena o Mei 1944, ua hōʻea nā pūʻali koa o ka 4 Naval Fighter Wing i Gibraltar, a hoʻomaka i nā mokulele mokulele Attacking (879 US), Hunter (807 US) a me Stalker (809 US). I Iune a me Iulai, ua kiaʻi lākou i nā hui ma waena o Gibraltar, Algiers a me Napela.
Eia naʻe, ua ʻike koke ʻia i kēia wā o ke kaua, e hoʻokele i nā mea lawe mokulele, ʻoi aku ma mua o Seafires, pono nā mokulele i hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā missiles a me nā uku hohonu e pale aku i nā convoy mai nā submarines. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mokulele Swordfish kahiko no kēia hana. No kēia kumu, i ka lā 25 o Iune, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka ʻāpana o nā pūʻali o ka ʻEheu 4 - 28 L.IIC Seafires mai nā pūʻali koa ʻekolu - i ka ʻāina nui e launa pū me nā regiment fighter RAF.
ʻO kēia hui, i kapa ʻia ʻo Naval Fighter Wing D, i hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia ma Fabrica a me Orvieto a hiki i 4 Iulai a laila ma Castiglione a me Perugia. I kēia manawa, hana ʻo ia, e like me nā pūʻali Spitfire āna i hele pū ai, nā hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau, alakaʻi i nā kiʻi ahi, hoʻouka i nā pahuhopu ʻāina a alakaʻi i nā mea pana. Ua hālāwai ʻo ia i nā mea hakakā ʻenemi i hoʻokahi wale nō - ma Iune 29, ʻelua mau pailaka o ka 807 i komo i loko o kahi hakakā pōkole a hoʻoholo ʻole ʻia ma waena o Spitfires a me kahi hui o 30 Bf 109 a me Fw 190 ma luna o Perugia.
Ua hoʻopau ka hui i kona noho ʻana ma Italia i ka lā 17 Iulai 1944, e hoʻi ana ma Blida ma Algiers i Gibraltar, kahi i hui pū ai me nā moku makuahine. I loko o ʻekolu pule ma ka Continent, ua nalowale ʻo ia i ʻeono Seafires, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻekolu i nā pōʻino a me hoʻokahi i ka pō hoʻouka kaua ma Orvieto, akā ʻaʻole hoʻokahi pailaka. ʻO S/Lt RA Gowan mai 879. Ua pana ʻia ʻo USA e ke ahi pale ea a pae ma luna o nā Apennines, kahi i loaʻa ai ʻo ia i nā ʻāpana a hoʻi i ka pūʻulu. Ua hoʻokō ʻo S/Lt AB Foxley, i paʻi ʻia mai ka honua, e hele i ka laina ma mua o ka hāʻule ʻana.
Ua hōʻea ka mea lawe mokulele HMS Khedive i ke Kaiwaenahonua i ka hopena o Iulai. Ua lawe pū ʻo ia me ia i ka 899th US Regiment, ka mea i lawelawe ma mua ma ke ʻano he squadron mālama. Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia manaʻo o nā pūʻali e kākoʻo i ka pae ʻana ma ka hema o Farani. No nā mokulele mokulele ʻeiwa o Task Force 88, ua kū ʻo Seafires (he 97 mokulele) ma luna o ʻehā. ʻO kēia ʻo Attacker (879 US; L.III 24, L.IIC a me LR.IIC), Khedive (899 US: L.III 26), Hunter (807 US: L.III 22, ʻelua LR.IIC) a me Stalker ( 809 USA: 10 L.III, 13 L.IIC a me LR.IIC). ʻO nā mea lawe mokulele ʻelima i koe, ua kau ʻia nā Hellcats ma luna o ʻekolu (me ʻelua mau mokulele ʻAmelika), a me nā Wildcats ma luna o ʻelua.
Hema Farani
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Operation Dragoon ma ʻAukake 15, 1944. Ua ʻike koke ʻia ʻaʻole pono ka uhi ʻana o ka ea no nā ʻauwaʻa hoʻouka kaua a me nā alahaka ma ke kumu, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i ikaika ka Luftwaffe e hoʻouka iā lākou. No laila, hoʻomaka nā Sifires e neʻe i uka, e hoʻouka ana i nā kaʻa ma nā alanui e hiki ai i Toulon a me Marseille. Ua hoʻohana ka mana mokulele L.III i ko lākou hiki ke hoʻopā. Ma ke kakahiaka o ka la 17 o Augate, ua hoopahu mai na mokukaua he kanakini mai ka Attacker a me Khedive a me na Hellcats eha mai ka moku mokulele Imperator i ka pahu pu ma ka mokupuni o Port-Cros.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea lawe o Task Force 88, e neʻe ana i ke komohana ma ka ʻaoʻao o Côte dʻAzur, ua kū i ke kūkulu hema o Marseille i ka wanaʻao i ka lā 19 ʻAukake, mai kahi o nā pūʻali Seafire i loko o ka palena o Toulon a me Avignon. Ma laila lākou i hoʻomaka ai e pepehi i ka pūʻali koa Kelemania e hoʻi hope ana ma nā alanui e piʻi ana i ke awāwa Rhone. I ka neʻe ʻana aku i ke komohana, ma ka lā 22 ʻAukake ʻo Seafires of Attacker a me Hellcats of Emperor i hoʻokaʻawale i ka German 11th Panzer Division i hoʻomoana kokoke i Narbonne. I kēlā manawa, ʻo ke koena Seafires, me lākou, kuhikuhi i ke ahi o ka poʻe Pelekania (ka moku kaua Ramillies), ka Farani (ka moku kaua ʻo Lorraine) a me nā ʻAmelika (ka moku kaua ʻo Nevada a me ka moku holo moku nui ʻo Augusta), e hoʻouka ana iā Toulon, a ua hāʻawi hope ʻia. ma ka la 28 o Augate.
Ua hoʻopau ʻo Seafire squadrons i ko lākou komo ʻana i ka Operation Dragoon i ka lā ma mua. Ua hana lākou i ka nui o 1073 sorties (no ka hoʻohālikelike, 252 Hellcats a me 347 Wildcats). He 12 ka nui o ko lakou poho i ke kaua. Ua make ʻo 14 i nā ulia pae ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi he ʻumi i hāʻule ma luna o ka Khedive, nona ka pūʻali koa ʻoi loa ka ʻike. Ua kaupalena ʻia nā poho o nā limahana i kekahi mau pailaka. ʻO S/Lt AIR Shaw mai 879. Ua loaʻa iā NAS nā mea hoihoi loa - ua pana ʻia e ke ahi anti-aircraft, hopu ʻia a pakele. Hopu hou ia, pakele hou oia, i keia manawa me ke kokua ana o elua mahuka mai ka puali koa Kelemania.
Greece
Ma hope o Operation Dragoon, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā mea lawe mokulele Royal Navy i Alexandria. ʻAʻole liʻuliʻu ua hele hou lākou i kai. Mai ka lā 13 o Kepakemapa a hiki i ka 20, 1944, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Operation Exit, ua komo lākou i ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā pūʻali koa Kelemania e haʻalele ana i Crete a me Rhodes. ʻElua mau mokulele mokulele, ʻo Attacker lāua ʻo Khedive, i lawe iā Seafires, ʻo nā mea ʻelua ʻē aʻe (Pursuer a me Searcher) lawe Wildcats. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻo ka moku holo moku māmā wale nō ʻo HMS Royalist a me kāna mau mea luku e hele pū ana i hakakā me ka luku ʻana i nā convoy Kelemania i ka pō a hoʻi hope ma lalo o ka uhi o nā mea hoʻouka kaua i ka lā. I nā lā i hala iho nei, ua holo ʻo Seafires a me Wildcats i Crete, e hoʻopaʻa ana i nā kaʻa huila o ka mokupuni.
I kēlā manawa, hui pū ʻo Emperor a me kāna Hellcats i ka hui. Ma ke kakahiaka o Kepakemapa 19, ua hoʻouka ʻia kahi hui o 22 Seafires, 10 Hellcats a me 10 Wildcats i Rhodes. Ua pau ka haʻohaʻo, a ua hoʻi mai nā mokulele a pau me ka pōʻino ʻole ma hope o ka hoʻouka ʻia ʻana o ke awa nui ma ka mokupuni. I ka lā aʻe, hoʻi ka hui i Alexandria. I ka wā o Operation Sortie, ua hana nā Sifires ma mua o 160 sorties a ʻaʻole i nalowale hoʻokahi mokulele (i ka hakakā ʻana a i kahi ulia paha), ʻo ia ka mea i kūleʻa loa.
