Mission was to provide air defense for liberated areas of Western Europe consisting of France and later, the Low Countries.

Along with air defense, subordinate units engaged in combat in support of ground forces during the breakthrough at St.

Attacked tanks, trucks, and troop concentrations as enemy retreated; provided armed reconnaissance for advancing Allied armored columns.

During September 1944, attacked flak positions near Eindhoven during Operation Market-Garden, the airborne landing in the Netherlands; bombed enemy communications and transportation lines in western Germany.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency