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The Squadron was now based so close to the battle area that only a few minutes flying time was required to reach the target; most sorties lasted about 30 minutes, where as at Hurn about 80 minutes had been the average.

The last day of June and the first three days of July were overcast and showery. Some of the chaps devoted their time to finishing camouflage schemes, spurred on no doubt by some enemy nocturnal activity in the air, while others took the opportunity to de sightseeing around Bayeux, look up friends in nearby Army and Air Force units, go swimming, attend to their laundry and correspondence, or engage in the endless card games. Extending the camouflage idea from ground installations to aircraft, the pilots experimented with devices to confuse the enemy flak gunners. A large black spot and spiral were painted on the propeller spinners to give the Typhoons a lopsided appearance in the dive and also, possibly, simulate loss of control. The device was believed to have same effect as anti-flak camouflage.

F/Ls "Cody" Monson and "Pete" Henderson, the Squadron's two Americans, celebrated the "glorious Fourth" in proper manner, while a nine-plane formation provided some fireworks for a concentration of German armour near Caen. The artillery fired red smoke shells to mark the target, close to our own forward troops, and the Tiffies then whistled down to plaster it with sixteen bombs, all of which exploded in the immediate target area.

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