The primary mission of the PFT (and all of RAF 145 Squadron and 244 Group) was to gain air superiority over the Eighth Army. That included providing high cover for attack aircraft on interdiction and close air support missions. On 2 April 1943, while supporting two flights of A20 Bostons attacking German artillery, a four-Spitfire PFT patrol destroyed three BF 109s and damaged two others. You are the flight leader.
