Two aircraft of the 99th. Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, take off for a local patrol, while other aircraft prepare for a long-range escort mission during early 1945.
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During 1999, Canadian CF-18 Hornets take off from their base in Italy to strike targets at Kosovo during the Balkan Campaign.
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‘Little Freddio’ and ‘Lady Emmo’ of the 332 Squadron are the first to launch from the airfield, turning to a northern heading that will take them to meet the bombers they are to escort to the heartland of Germany.
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In early 1945, Leutnant Jorg Czypionka takes off from his base at Burg-bei-Magdeburg in Germany, to defend the area from an incoming Lancaster raid.
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Me109′s of JG5 struggle valiantly to get airborned as Russian aircraft attack their airfield.
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April 28, 1944. P-51 Mustangs of the 352nd Fighter Group, one of the highest scoring fighter groups in the European theatre of operations, attack a Luftwaffe base at Herbeville, France.
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January 1, 1945. Fuel bowsers explode amongst parked Typhoons as Saffelkapitan Siegfried Mueller and his wingman, Feldwebel Oscar Boesch, of 1V/JG3, lead a surprise strafing attack on Eindhoven aerodrome, Holland.
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P47 Thunderbolts of the 78th Fighter Group attack a German aerodrome late in 1944.
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October 8, 1943. Flying Fortresses of the 100th Bomb Group leave Thorpe Abbotts, England, launching themselves into the battle over Europe. Their target: Bremen, Germany.