intruder operation in a sentence
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- Wheeler completed 29 defensive patrols with the squadron before flying the units first ever offensive Intruder operation on 23 March 1943 in the Paris area.
- The removal of Kammhuber as commanding officer of night air defences in September 1943 did not prevent further appeals for the reinstatement of intruder operations.
- He then flew long-range intruder operations over Germany from RNAS Ford, developing night fighter tactics with the RAF's Fighter Interception Unit.
- The decision not to continue intruder operations, in their view, allowed the British to build their bomber force virtually unhindered for over four years.
- Chisholm championed radar-equipped night fighter intruder operations over Europe to apply pressure to the German air defence system and reduce losses to Bomber Command.
- Kammhuber would unsuccessfully lobby to have intruder operations reinstated and his efforts to expand the intruder force beyond a single unit were thwarted by an uninterested High Command
- In a desperate attempt to improve the situation and hamper British operations, a number of experienced night fighter commanders and pilots suggested restarting intruder operations over England.
- All bomber and fighter groups were linked by telephone and ground control passed on all details of intruder operations to pilots including height and heading when they occurred.
- As a Flight Sergeant in 1941 he took part in shipping strikes in the English Channel, then transferred to night intruder operations flying Hawker Hurricanes, shooting down five enemy aircraft.
- During the winter of 1944 45 the squadron received several Douglas A-20G " Havocs " which were used for intruder operations and occasionally dropping flares to aid ground artillery units.