Takeoff from the runway at Carpiquet Airfield, France and rendezvous with a flight of B-17G bombers returning from a strike mission at Evreux. Fly fighter cover for their return to Ste. Pierre du Mont.

June 30, 1944 and the Allies are bombing 3rd Reich military targets in France to support ground troop advancement. Allies enjoy air superiority, but 3rd Reich maintains a fighter combat patrol and CAP capability.