LORRAINE SQUADRON
Now Based In France (8.0.W.) RUGBY, November 4. The famous Lorraine squadron of the Fighting French Air Force took off from Britain a few days ago for their new base in France. For many of the crews it was their first contact with French soil since 1940.
The squadron has been given permission to wear tricolour on the tail fins of their Bostons. This does not imply a change of command. The squadron is still a unit of the R.A.F.
Pilots of the French Air Force unit, “Normandy,” fighting with the Soviet troops have so far shot down 105 enemy planes over East Prussia, according to Moscow radio. In one day they shot down 29 German planes and damaged another three.
The report adds that the French airmen, working in co-operation with Russian mechanics, are learning to speak Russian.
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Southland Times, Issue 25513, 6 November 1944, Page 5
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