I'm trying to get my head around just when the various nations shifted to the pair \ leader & wingman formation - if indeed they did. I appreciate the Germans lead on this, the RAF seem to have adopted it ad hoc until it was officially formalised in 1941 (iirc) but what about the others?
When did the US, USSR, Italy and Japan adopt pairs and what did they use before? I know the Italians were flying very tight Vics in 1940/41 for instance - but this could possibly be a side effect of having such poor radios, but what about the rest?
Any help appreciated
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