D-Day air support

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operation component
gptkbp:codename Operation Neptune (air component)
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Air_Chief_Marshal_Trafford_Leigh-Mallory
gptkbp:date 1944-06-06
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label D-Day air support
gptkbp:includes reconnaissance missions
paratrooper drops
fighter cover
bombing of German defenses
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force
gptkbp:location gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:Dakota
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:butterfly
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt
gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkb:Lancaster_bomber
gptkb:Spitfire
wind
Halifax bomber
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command
gptkb:RAF_Transport_Command
gptkb:RAF_Fighter_Command
gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force
gptkb:2nd_Tactical_Air_Force
gptkb:RAF_Coastal_Command
gptkb:Troop_Carrier_Command
gptkb:9th_Air_Force
RAF 38 Group
RAF 46 Group
RAF 121 Wing
RAF 124 Wing
RAF 125 Wing
RAF 126 Wing
RAF 127 Wing
RAF 132 Wing
RAF 133 Wing
RAF 135 Wing
RAF 136 Wing
RAF 137 Wing
RAF 139 Wing
RAF 140 Wing
RAF 141 Wing
RAF 142 Wing
RAF 143 Wing
RAF 145 Wing
RAF 146 Wing
RAF 150 Wing
RAF 151 Wing
RAF 152 Wing
RAF 155 Wing
RAF 156 Wing
RAF 157 Wing
RAF 160 Wing
RAF 161 Wing
RAF 162 Wing
RAF 163 Wing
RAF 164 Wing
RAF 165 Wing
RAF 166 Wing
RAF 167 Wing
RAF 168 Wing
RAF 169 Wing
RAF 170 Wing
RAF 171 Wing
RAF 172 Wing
RAF 173 Wing
RAF 174 Wing
RAF 175 Wing
RAF 176 Wing
RAF 177 Wing
RAF 178 Wing
RAF 179 Wing
RAF 180 Wing
RAF 181 Wing
RAF 182 Wing
RAF 183 Wing
RAF 184 Wing
RAF 185 Wing
RAF 186 Wing
RAF 187 Wing
RAF 188 Wing
RAF 189 Wing
RAF 190 Wing
RAF 191 Wing
RAF 192 Wing
RAF 193 Wing
RAF 194 Wing
RAF 195 Wing
RAF 196 Wing
RAF 197 Wing
RAF 198 Wing
RAF 199 Wing
RAF 2 Group
RAF 34 Wing
RAF 39 Wing
RAF 83 Group
RAF 85 Group
gptkbp:objective support ground troops
disrupt German reinforcements
gain air superiority
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:resultedIn Allied air superiority
limited German air response
gptkbp:supports Allied landings
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Elwood_Quesada
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7