No other fighter group has even come close to this score.
The group's mission at this time was to act as a training unit to create new fighter groups.
The Germans did not realize the presence of a fighter group based within the region.
Under these conditions work proceeded rapidly and by 10 May one fighter group was based on the island.
The group also provided cadres for fighter groups, starting in early 1943.
For this reason the 56th Fighter Group was moved there.
The tactic was later modified and adopted by other fighter groups.
Many of the white fighter groups didn't stay close enough to the bombers because they wanted to catch the German fighters.
The remains of the 7th and 9th Fighter Groups were brought in to protect the capital.
Especially the 23d Fighter Group was often called by the same nickname.