Your questions deserve a more thorough response than this quick summary, Erich - but I need to excavate some of my books.... [img]redface.gif[/img]
Specific night-fighter protection for Bomber Command was the responsibility of 110 ( Bomber Support ) Group, formed on 8 November 1943.
The missions they flew were given a bewildering array of code-names, some relating to the AI radar equipment carried. These names included Mahmoud, Flower, Serrate, Moonshine, Night Ranger, ASH, Piperack, Firebash.....A whole thread could be written about these !
Operational activities varied considerably, but frequently followed this three-phase pattern : low-level intruders carrying two bombs ( Mosquito FBVIs ) patrolled enemy airfields. AI aircraft ( Mosquito XIX or NFXXX ) flew out low and climbed above and ahead of the bomber stream to identify and attack early nachtjagd crews. These would continue patrolling at high level until 30 minutes after the raid. Then additional low-level Mosquitoes would patrol Luftwaffe airfields waiting for returning nightfighters.
100 Group were based at airfields in Norfolk, away from the main Bomber Command bases but closer in a straight line to the main German nightfighter bases in Holland and the low countries.
How's that for a start ? Now, if I can just find my 100 Group books..... [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]