No.
1 Fighter Wing - Marville, France 
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In April the Squadron participated in the full scale NATO exercise Top Weight with many different Air Forces and aircraft types taking part. Flying started at noon and continued from dawn to dusk for four days. Maximum effort was achieved with one hundred percent aircraft serviceability throughout. On two days each pilot flew four sorties each, and the squadron flew 138.1 and 143.4 hours, a record for a Day Fighter squadron. Kills were claimed on many types of aircraft, with most of the trips consisting of fighter sweeps and aerodrome defense. The OC, S/L Canon came down from one trip, all smiles, and claimed 10 C-119 Flying Boxcars destroyed all by himself, causing numerous caustic comments from the rest of his boys.
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