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Nan Mediterane a, 414th USAAF a, 415th, 416th ak 417th lannwit avyon de gè èskadriy resevwa 100 Beaufighters an ete a nan 1943, reyisi viktwa premye yo nan mwa Jiyè 1943. Atravè sezon lete an èskadron yo fèt tou de lajounen konvwa eskòt ak tè-atak operasyon yo, men prensipalman te pran vòl misyon entèrsèpsyon defans nan mitan lannwit. Malgre ke avyon de gè a Northrop P-61 Nwa Vèf yo te kòmanse rive nan mwa desanm 1944, USAAF Beaufighters kontinye vole operasyon lannwit nan peyi Itali ak Lafrans jouk fen nan lagè a.
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In the Mediterranean, the USAAF's 414th, 415th, 416th and 417th Night Fighter Squadrons received 100 Beaufighters in the summer of 1943, achieving their first victory in July 1943. Through the summer the squadrons conducted both daytime convoy escort and ground-attack operations, but primarily flew defensive interception missions at night. Although the Northrop P-61 Black Widow fighter began to arrive in December 1944, USAAF Beaufighters continued to fly night operations in Italy and France until late in the war.