The RAF counteroffensive continued through the Spring of 1942 in spurts and lulls. Due to the rapid influx of new and undertrained pilots, and the fact that many veterans were now fighting in the Mediterranean and Africa, RAF losses were more than double German losses. During this same period, the first elements of the American 8th Air Force began to arrive in England. On the Luftwaffe side, more and more gruppen of fighters had converted to the Fw 190, making life ever more difficult for the RAF. S/L Al Deere, after a six-month interlude and tour of the United States, was now the CO of No. 403 Squadron, a Canadian Spitfire outfit. On the second of June, he led his new squadron on a sweep to St. Omer and was ambushed by the veterans of JG 26. In minutes, seven Spitfires were shot down and the rest were all damaged, two so badly that they crashed on landing.
NOTE: The object for the British player is to escape.
