Chronology of World War II
Tuesday, August 1
Typhoon After a Sortie
With its rocket rails empty, a No 175 Squadron Typhoon taxies between the trees at Le Fresne-Camilly (B-5) after returning from a close-support sortie, August 1, 1944. By this date communications with the ground forces had been improved, and standing patrols of Typhoons (‘cab ranks’) could be called down when needed by forward controllers manning mobile ‘visual control posts’ in the front line.