BUILT

Spitfire Mk.Vc trop, EP813, Lt. Haskins/Lt. Curtis, 2nd FS, 52nd FG, Palermo, Sicily, 1943

In June 1943, when the 2nd Fighter Squadron was

based at La Sebala airfield in Tunisia, its members named it the American Beagle Squadron as

a joking counterpart to the more famous Eagle

Squadrons. The American Beagle Squadron em-

blem was painted on several 2nd FS Spitfires and

was carried on the nose of the machine flown by

Lieutenants Haskins and Curtis. It should be said,

however, that the entire 52nd FG was not lagging

behind its more famous colleagues from the 8th

Air Force, and its performance on both Spitfires

and Mustangs (after being transferred to the 15th

Air Force) made a significant mark in the history of

American aviation.

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