"Enzo Matrix" wrote in message
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Steven's link http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avf6f.html#m4 states "The
Hellcat Is did not participate in the Normandy invasion in June 1944".

It seems most unlikely that a valuable resource such as a squadron of very
potent fighters would have sat out the biggest operation of the war. It
may be splitting hairs, but there is a way that we can *both* be right. It
is possible that Emperor's Hellcats were directly involved in fighter
cover for the ASW screen, either in the Western Approaches or in the
English Channel itself, and so did not actually make an appearance over
the Normandy beach head. Therefore, they didn't actually *participate* in
the invasion, but they did *support* it.


Then why isn't HMS Emperor listed among the participating ships of Operation
NEPTUNE, and why isn't the Normandy invasion mentioned in the history of 800
Squadron?