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, July 10 – August 17, 1943. The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of .

To divert some of the Axis forces to other areas, the Allies engaged in several deception operations, the most famous and successful of which was

on 3 September.

Summary of Allied Ground Forces

Western invasion zone US Seventh Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr. II Corps (United States) Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley 1st Infantry ("Big Red One") Division 45th Infantry ("Thunderbird") Division Provisional Corps[a] Major General Geoffrey Keyes 2nd Armored ("Hell on Wheels") Division 3rd Infantry ("Rock of the Marne") Division

Eastern invasion zone British Eighth Army Field Marshall Sir Bernard Law Montgomery British 1st Airborne Division British XIII Corps Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey British 5th Infantry Division British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division British XXX Corps Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division 1st Canadian Infantry Division

Ground forces

Allied Forces Headquarters - Mediterranean
Supreme Commander: General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Allied 15th Army Group

General Sir Harold Alexander^[2]

Army group troops

US 9th Infantry ("Old Reliables") Division

Major General Manton S. Eddy^[2]

39th Infantry Regiment

47th Infantry Regiment

60th Infantry Regiment

26th Field Artillery Battalion

34th Field Artillery Battalion

60th Field Artillery Battalion

84th Field Artillery Battalion

15th Engineer Combat Battalion

42nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion

9th Reconnaissance Troop

US 82nd Airborne ("All American") Division

Major General

Matthew B. Ridgway

. The independent 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion was held in reserve and it never saw action.^[2]

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

325th Glider Infantry Regiment

376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion

320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion

307th Airborne Engineer Battalion

80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion

British 46th Infantry Division^[b]

Major-General H. A. Freeman-Attwood^[2]

128th Infantry Brigade

138th Infantry Brigade

139th Infantry Brigade

46th Royal Artillery Brigade

46th Royal Engineer Brigade

US Seventh Army

Lieutenant General George S. Patton

US Seventh Army was assigned the Western invasion zone
Army troops

1st Ranger Battalion

3rd Ranger Battalion

4th Ranger Battalion

70th Tank Battalion

753rd Tank Battalion

601st Tank Destroyer Battalion

813th Tank Destroyer Battalion (two platoons)

39th Engineer Regiment

540th Engineer Shore Regiment

5th Armored Artillery Group

58th Armored Field Artillery Battalion

62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion

65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion

17th Artillery Regiment

36th Artillery Regiment

77th Artillery Regiment

178th Artillery Regiment

Tabor

British Eighth Army

General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery

British Eighth Army was assigned the Eastern invasion zone
Army troops

2nd Special Air Service

No. 3 (Army) Commando

No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando

No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando

Three companies of 2nd/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

2nd/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry

1st Battalion, Welch Regiment

7th Battalion, Royal Marines

British XIII Corps

Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey

Corps troops

105th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

6th Army Group Royal Artillery

24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

111th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

66th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery

75th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery

80th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery

XIII Corps Troops Royal Engineers^[4]

56th Field Company, Royal Engineers

576th Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

577th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers

578th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers

British XXX Corps

Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese

Corps troops

73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

5th Army Group Royal Artillery

57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery

64th (London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery

70th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery

11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company)

142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

Naval forces

Naval forces were under the overall command of

, RN.

The Western landing forces were commanded by Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN and the Eastern forces by Vice Admiral Sir Bertram H. Ramsay, RN.^[16]

Note: Many of the vessels listed below were attached to multiple units at various times during the campaign but are listed here only once.

Western Naval Task Force

Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt

Landings in the Gulf of Gela

Covering Force

Task Force 80^[17]
Vice Admiral Hewitt

Force Flagship Group (TG 80.1)

Embarking Lt. Gen.

George S. Patton, Jr. commanding US Seventh Army

and staff

1 cargo ship: Monrovia

1 Benson-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): McLanahan

Escort Group (TG 80.2)

9 destroyers

3 Gleaves-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Plunkett, Gleaves, Niblack

1 Benson-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Benson

1 Sims-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Wainwright

4 Benham-class (4 × 5-in. main battery): Mayrant, Trippe, Rhind, Rowan

Screening Group (TG 80.3)

1 Benson-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): Ordronaux

17 PTs

Demonstration Group (TG 80.4)

8 air-sea rescue craft

1 PT

Minelaying Group (TG 80.5)

3 minelayers: Keokuk, Weehawken, Salem

Floating Reserve — "Kool" (TG 80.6)

Embarking 18th Regimental Combat Team of 1st Infantry Division plus HQ and 2 Combat Commands of 2nd Armored Division: approx. 8,000 officers and enlisted under Maj. Gen. Hugh Joseph Gaffey

2 transports: Orizaba, Chateau Thierry

7 cargo ships: Joseph Pulitzer, Robert Rowan (sunk by air attack), Laughton B. Evans, Ezra Meeker, Francis Parkman, Nicholas Gilman, Tabitha Brown

6 LSTs

11 LCIs

16 British LCIs

5 LCTs

Western Landing Area – Licata

Task Force 86 ("Joss" Force)^[18]
Rear Admiral Richard L. Conolly, USN
Embarking

1 amphibious command ship: Biscayne

1 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer (6 × 5-in. main battery): Bristol

Support Group (TG 86.1)

Rear Admiral Laurance T. DuBose

Gunfire Support Group

2 light cruisers

1 Brooklyn-class (15 × 6-in. main battery): Brooklyn

1 Cleveland-class (12 × 6-in. main battery): Birmingham

2 destroyers

1 Gleaves-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Ludlow

1 Sims-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Buck

Beach Identification Group

1 submarine: Safari

1 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer (6 × 5-in. main battery): Bristol

1 submarine chaser: PC (steel hull)

Gaffi Attack Group (TG 86.2)

Gunfire Support

2 destroyers

1 Gleaves-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Swanson

1 Sims-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Roe

1 British LCG(L)s, 2 British LCF(L)s

1 Auk-class minesweeper: Seer

Landing and control craft

7 LSTs

1st Wave: 6 LCI(L)s

2nd Wave: 9 LCI(L)s

21 LCTs

7 submarine chasers: 2 PCs (steel hull), 5 SCs (wooden hull)

Molla Attack Group (TG 86.3)

Gunfire support

1 Gleaves-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery): Edison

1 British LCG(L)s, 2 British LCF(L)s

1 Auk-class minesweeper: Sentinel (sunk by air attack 10 July)

Landing and control craft

2 British LSI(S)s: Princess Josephine Charlotte, Princess Astrid

6 LSTs, 3 LCTs, 1 LCI

7 submarine chasers: 2 PCs (steel hull), 5 SCs (wooden hull)

Salso Attack Group (TG 86.4)

Gunfire Support

1 Gleaves-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): Woolsey

3 British LCG(L)s, 2 British LCF(L)s

Landing and control craft

12 LSTs (one sunk by air attack), 1 LCI, 25 LCTs

7 submarine chasers: 2 PCs (steel hull), 5 SCs (wooden hull)

Falconara Attack Group (TG 86.5)

Gunfire Support

2 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): Wilkes, Nicholson

2 British LCG(L)s, 2 British LCF(L)s

Landing and control craft

10 LSTs

1st Wave: 8 LCI(L)s

2nd Wave

8 LCI(L)s, 9 LCTs

5 submarine chasers: 1 PC (steel hull), 4 SCs (wooden hull)

Salvage (TG 86.7)

2 tugs: Moreno, Intent

Reserve (TG 86.8)

2 LSTs; 15 LCIs; 8 LCTs; 12 British LCTs; 6 SCs; 6

YMSs

Central Landing Area – Gela

Task Force 81 ("Dime" Force)^[19]
Rear Admiral John L. Hall Jr. in Samuel Chase
Embarking the

Beach Identification Group

1 Wickes-class destroyer (4 × 4-in. main battery): Cole

1 submarine: Shakespeare

Transport Group (TG 81.2)

Section 1

1 attack transport: Joseph T. Dickman

2 LSIs:

Prince Charles

, Prince Leopold

Section 2

2 attack transports: Barnett, Monrovia

1 transport: Lyon

1 attack cargo: Oberon

9 LCIs

4 submarine chasers: 1 PC (steel hull), 3 SCs (wooden hull)

Section 3

1 attack transport: Samuel Chase

2 transports: Elizabeth C. Stanton, Thurston

1 attack cargo: Betelgeuse

8 LCIs

3 submarine chasers: 2 PCs (steel hull), 1 SC (wooden hull)

LST Group (TG 81.3)

14 LSTs (one sunk by air attack)

LCI Group (TG 81.4)

16 LCIs

Fire Support Group (TG 81.5)

2 Brooklyn-class light cruisers: (15 × 6-in. main battery): Boise, Savannah

2 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): Shubrick, Jeffers

Screen (TG 81.6)

10 destroyers

6 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): Nelson, Glennon, Maddox (sunk by air attack 10 July), Gherardi, Butler, Herndon

2 Benson-class (5 × 5-in. main battery): McLanahan, Murphy

1 Clemson-class (4 × 5-in. main battery): Dallas

1 Wickes-class (4 × 4-in. main battery): Bernadou

Control Group (TG 81.7)

9 submarine chasers: 4 PCs (steel hull), 5 SCs (wooden hull)

Sweeper Group (TG 81.8)

2 Auk-class minesweepers: Sustain, Steady

6

YMSs

Salvage Group (TG 81.9)

1 fleet tug: Hopi

1 salvage vessel: Brant

4 harbor tugs

Eastern Landing Area – Scoglitti

Task Force 85 ("Cent" Force)^[20]
Rear Admiral

, USN
Embarking Lt. Gen.

Attack Group One – "Wood's Hole" (TG 85.1)

Rear Admiral Kirk

Force Flagship Group

1 amphibious force flagship: Ancon

1 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): Earle

Beach Identification Group

1 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): Cowie

1 submarine: Seraph

Transdiv 1

3 attack transports: Leonard Wood, James O'Hara, Harry Lee

2 transports: Dorothea L. Dix, Florence Nightingale

2 attack cargos: Andromeda, Alcyone

Transdiv 7

2 attack transports: Neville, Frederick Funston

2 transports: Calvert, Anne Arundel

1 attack cargo: Bellatrix

8 LSTs

6 LCIs

6 LCTs

2 fleet tugs: Narragansett, Nauset

Screen

4 Benson-class destroyers (4 × 5-in. main battery): Parker, Laub, MacKenzie, Kendrick

1 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): Doran

6 submarine chasers: 4 PCs (steel hull), 2 SCs (wooden hull)

Minecraft

4 Auk-class minesweepers: Strive, Staff, Skill, Speed

5

YMSs

Attack Group Two – "Bailey's Beach" (TG 85.2)

Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson in Philadelphia

Transdiv 5

3 attack transports: Charles Carroll, Thomas Jefferson, William P. Biddle

1 transport: Susan B. Anthony

2 attack cargos: Arcturus, Procyon

5 LSTs

Screen

4 Benson-class destroyers (4 × 5-in. main battery): Boyle, Champlin, Nields

1 Gleaves-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery): Davison

4 submarine chasers: 2 PCs (steel hull), 2 SCs (wooden hull)

Minecraft

5

YMSs

Fire Support Groups (TG 85.3)

Rear Admiral Davidson

1 Brooklyn-class light cruiser: (15 × 6-in. main battery): Philadelphia

1 monitor (2 × 15-in. main battery): Abercrombie

7 Gleaves-class destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): Mervine, Doran, Quick, Tillman, Knight, Cowie, Beatty

Train

Task Force 87^[21]
Captain R. B. Tuggle

7 oilers: Winooski, Mattaponi, Chicopee, Salamonie, Chemung, Niobrara, Rapidan

2 repair ships: Vulcan, Delta

1 stores ships: Tarazed

1 ammunition ship: Mount Baker

1 salvage ship: W. R. Chamberlin, Jr.

Eastern Naval Task Force

Vice Admiral Sir Bertram H. Ramsay, RN^[22]
Embarking the

Force "V" – Bark West

Rear Admiral Sir Philip Vian in infantry headquarters ship Hilary

Landing the following forces on the West shore of the Pachino Peninsula

No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando

No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando

1st Canadian Infantry Division

Force "B" – Bark South

Rear Admiral Rhoderick McGrigor in combined operations headquarters ship Largs

Landing the following forces on the tip of the Pachino Peninsula

154th Infantry Brigade of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division

Force "N" – Bark East

Captain

Lord Ashbourne in infantry landing ship Keren

Landing the following forces on the East shore of the Pachino Peninsula

231st ("Malta") Infantry Brigade

Force "A" – Acid

Rear Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge in landing ship, headquarters Bulolo

Landing the following forces in the Gulf of Noto

No. 3 (Army) Commando

50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

5th Infantry Division

Air Forces

At the time of Operation Husky, the

(RAF).

Also supporting the NAAF were the

Sir Keith Park

, also supported Operation Husky.

The "Desert Air Task Force" consisting of American

airfields

on Sicily as soon as a significant beachhead had been captured there.

In the MAC organization established at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, the 9th Air Force was assigned as a subdivision of the RAF Middle East Command under the command of Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas.^{[23][24][25][26]}

Mediterranean Air Command (Allied)

Air Chief Marshal

Northwest African Air Forces

Lt. General Carl Spaatz had his headquarters for the

Northwest African Strategic Air Force

5th Bombardment Wing (Heavy)

Northwest African Coastal Air Force

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd also had his headquarters in Algiers.^[27]

No. 242 Group RAF^[28] (Air Commodore Kenneth Cross)

No. 323 Wing RAF

Supermarine Spitfire

fighter planes

Bristol Beaufighters

No. II/5 Escadre (

French Air Force

), P-40 Warhawk fighters

No. II/7 Escadre (French Air Force), Spitfires

No. 283 Squadron, Supermarine Walrus air-sea rescue planes

No. 284 Squadron, Walrus air-sea aescue planes

No. 328 Wing RAF

No. 14 Squadron, Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers

No. 39 Squadron, Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers

No. 47 Squadron, Bristol Beauforts

No. 144 Squadron, Beaufighters

No. 52 Squadron, Martin Baltimore light bombers

No. 221 Squadron (Det.), Vickers Wellington medium bombers

No. 458 Squadron (RAAF), Wellington bombers

Source^[29][30]

British Units	American Units
RAF Units No. 13 Squadron, Blenheim bombers No. 614 Squadron, Blenheims No. 36 Squadron, Wellington medium bombers No. 253 Squadron, Hawker Hurricane fighters No. 274 Squadron, Hurricanes No. 313 Squadron , Hurricanes No. 500 Squadron, Lockheed Hudson light bombers No. 608 Squadron, Hudsons No. 1575 (Special Duties) Flight[e] Handley Page Halifax and Lockheed Ventura bombers	52nd Fighter Group Lt. Colonel James Coward 2nd Squadron , Spitfires 4th Squadron, Spitfires 5th Squadron , Spitfires 414th Night Fighter Squadron , Bristol Beaufighters 415th Night Fighter Squadron , Beaufighters
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Units Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance 813 NAS (detached), Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers 820 NAS, Fairey Albacore c 821 NAS, Albacore n 826 NAS, Albacore r 828 NAS, Albacore r	81st Fighter Group Lt. Colonel Michael Gordon 92nd Squadron, Bell P-39 Airacobra fighters 1st Air Defense Wing: 93rd Squadron , P-39 Airacobras
Bone, Algeria Sector: No. 32 Squadron, Hawker Hurricanes No. 87 Squadron, Hurricanes No. 219 Squadron, Beaufighters	350th Fighter Group Lt. Colonel Marvin McNickle 345th Squadron, P-39 Airacobras 346th Squadron , P-39 Airacobras 347th Squadron, P-39 Airacobras
2nd Air Defense Wing: No. 153 Squadron, Beaufighters	480th Antisubmarine Group Colonel Jack Roberts 1st Squadron, B-24 Liberator patrol planes 2nd Squadron, B-24 Liberators

Notes:

1. The 1st and 2nd Antisubmarine Squadrons were assigned to NACAF for administration and placed under the operational control of the
   Rear Admiral (United States) Frank J. Lowry
2. Air Ministry was asked to provide two additional Wellington patrol squadrons.^[clarification needed] Asked? This is supposed to be an accurate historical document. Many things get asked for, but many less get provided.

Northwest African Tactical Air Force

Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham had his headquarters in Hammamet, Tunisia^[27]

For Operation Husky,

.

Northwest African Troop Carrier Command

51st Troop Carrier Wing Brig. General Ray Dunn	52nd Troop Carrier Wing Colonel Harold Clark	RAF Detachment
60th Troop Carrier Group Lt. Colonel Frederick Sherwood 28th Squadron , C-47s	61st Troop Carrier Group Colonel Willis Mitchell 14th Squadron , C-47s 15th Squadron , C-47s 53rd Squadron , C-47s 59th Squadron, C-47s	No. 38 Wing Air Commodore William Primrose No. 295 Squadron RAF, Detached, Halifaxes No. 296 Squadron RAF, Albemarles
62nd Troop Carrier Group Lt. Colonel Aubrey Hurren 8th Squadron, C-47s 51st Squadron , C-47s	313th Troop Carrier Group Colonel James Roberts, Jr. 48th Squadron, C-47s 49th Squadron , C-47s
64th Troop Carrier Group Colonel John Cerny 35th Squadron , C-47s	314th Troop Carrier Group Colonel Clayton Stiles 62nd Squadron , C-47s
Information in table taken from: 1) Participation of the Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, Army Air Forces Historical Study No. 37 Army Air Forces Historical Office Headquarters, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama , 1945.	316th Troop Carrier Group Colonel Jerome McCauley 45th Squadron , C-47s	Information in table taken from: 2) Maurer, Maurer, Air Force Combat Units Of World War II, Office of Air Force History, Maxwell AFB, Alabama , 1983.

To help carry out transport and supply operations for

.

Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing

Colonel Elliott Roosevelt had his headquarters at La Marsa, Tunisia

Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing

3rd Photographic Group, Lt. Colonel Frank Dunn

P-38 Lightnings

12th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, P-38 Lightnings

12th Weather Detachment

B-17 Flying Fortresses

13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

photo intelligence squadron

No. 60 Squadron SAAF Det., Mosquitos

No. 540 Squadron RAF Det., Mosquitos

No. 680 Squadron RAF, Spitfires

reconnaissance planes

)

Northwest African Air Service Command

Northwest African Training Command

Brig. General John K. Cannon,
U.S. APO 525^[27]

Air Headquarters Malta

Air Vice-Marshal

No. 248 (Naval Co-operation) Wing

No. 69 Squadron RAF, Baltimores

No. 108 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters

No. 221 Squadron RAF, Wellington bombers

No. 272 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters

No. 683 Squadron RAF, Spitfires

Spitfire

fighter plane

units

No. 40 Squadron SAAF of the South African Air Force

No. 126 Squadron RAF

No. 185 Squadron RAF

No. 229 Squadron RAF

No. 249 Squadron RAF

No. 1435 Flight RAF

Other units

No. 23 Squadron RAF, counter-night-intruder operations with Mosquito

fighter planes

No. 73 Squadron RAF Detachment (Det.), with Hurricane fighter planes

No. 256 Squadron RAF Det., with Mosquito night fighters

Beaufighter

night fighters

815 Naval Air Squadron Det. (Fleet Air Arm), Fairey Albacores

No. 216 (Transport and Ferry) Group

Air Commodore

Junkers 52

No. 28 Squadron SAAF

, Anson

No. 117 Squadron RAF, Hudson

No. 173 Squadron RAF, Lodestar, Proctor, Hurricane

No. 216 Squadron RAF, Douglas Dakota

No. 230 Squadron RAF, Short Sunderland

No. 267 Squadron RAF, Hudson

RAF Gibraltar

Air Vice Marshal Sturley Simpson had his headquarters in Gibraltar

No. 48 Squadron RAF, Hudsons

No. 179 Squadron RAF, Wellingtons

Catalinas

No. 210 Squadron RAF, Catalinas

No. 233 Squadron RAF, Hudsons

No. 248 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters

No. 544 Squadron RAF, Spitfires

813 Naval Air Squadron (Fleet Air Arm), Swordfish torpedo planes

No. 1403 (Meteorological) Flight Hampden, Gloster Gladiators

Middle East Command

Air Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas Headquarters at Cairo, Egypt^[27]

No. 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group

Air Vice Marshal Thomas Langsford-Sainsbury, Headquarters at Alexandria, Egypt

No. 235 Wing

Royal Hellenic Air Force), Blenheim bombers

No. 227 Squadron RAF Det., Beaufighters

No. 454 Squadron RAAF, Baltimores

No. 459 Squadron RAAF, Hudsons

815 Naval Air Squadron (FAA), Swordfish

No. 238 Wing

No. 16 Squadron SAAF

, Beauforts

No. 227 Squadron RAF Beaufighters

No. 603 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters

815 Naval Air Squadron (FAA), Swordfish

No. 245 Wing

No. 15 Squadron SAAF

, Blenheims and Baltimores

No. 38 Squadron RAF, Wellingtons

No. 1 General Reconnaissance Unit, Wellingtons

No. 247 Wing

No. 38 Squadron RAF, Wellingtons

No. 203 Squadron RAF, Baltimores

No. 227 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters

No. 252 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters

No Wing assignment: 701 Naval Air Squadron (FAA), Walrus Air-Sea Rescue

Note: RAF=Royal Air Force; RAAF=Royal Australian Air Force; SAAF=South African Air Force; FAA=Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy); Det.= "detachment"

Air Headquarters Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean

Air Vice Marshal Richard Saul

No. 209 (Fighter) Group Group Captain R.C.F. Lister	No. 210 (Fighter) Group Group Captain John Grandy	No. 212 (Fighter) Group Air Commodore Archibald Wann	No. 219 (Fighter) Group Group Captain Max Aitken
No. 46 Squadron RAF Det., Beaufighters	No. 3 Squadron SAAF, Hurricanes	No. 7 Squadron SAAF, Hurricanes	No. 46 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters
No. 127 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes and Spitfires	No. 33 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes	No. 41 Squadron SAAF , Hurricanes	No. 74 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes
	No. 89 Squadron RAF, Beaufighters	No. 80 Squadron RAF, Spitfires	No. 238 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes
	No. 213 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes	No. 94 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes	No. 335 Squadron RAF , Hurricanes
	No. 274 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes	No. 108 Squadron RAF Det., Beaufighters	No. 336 Squadron RAF , Hurricanes
		No. 123 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes	No. 451 Squadron RAAF, Hurricanes
		No. 134 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes
		No. 237 Squadron RAF, Hurricanes
		No. 1563 Met. Flight, Gloster Gladiators
		No. 1654 Met. Flight, Gladiators

Notes:
SAAF=South African Air Force; RAAF=Royal Australian Air Forces; Det.=Detached; Met.=Meteorological.

U.S. 9th Air Force

Major General

IX Advanced Headquarters in Tripoli, Libya^[27]

IX Fighter Command Headquarters in Tripoli^[27]

Benghazi, Libya^[27]

98th Bombardment Group

, B-24D Liberator II

343rd Squadron, Lete Airfield

, Libya

344th Squadron

, Lete Airfield

345th Squadron

, Benina Airfield

415th Squadron

, Benina Airfield

376th Bombardment Group, B-24D Liberator II, Berka, Libya

512th Squadron

513th Squadron

514th Squadron

515th Squadron

See also

Operation Husky

Notes

Footnotes

Citations

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