Tunisia

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Shot down by US and RAF fighters.

Crash of a Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant off Cape Bon: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1943

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Shot down by US and RAF fighters.

Crash of a Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant off Cape Bon: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1943

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Shot down by US and RAF fighters.

Crash of a Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant off Cape Bon: 9 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1943

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SG+RP

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1242

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1943

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Crash of a Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant off Cape Bon: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1943

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Shot down by US and RAF fighters.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m off Cape Bon: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1943

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Junkers JU.52

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8T+FH

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Military

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5903

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1938

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The three engine airplane was shot down by a USAAF P-40 and crashed into the sea off Cape Bon. Two crew members were killed, one was injured and one uninjured.
Crew:
Uffz Johann Schweida, pilot,
Uffz Hacker, radio operator, †
Gefr Engel, air gunner, †
Ogefr Miller, mechanic.

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Shot down by a USAAF Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge off Cape Bon: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1943

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Junkers JU.52

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1Z+BX

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1361

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1936

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While approaching the Tunisian coast, the three engine airplane was shot down by a USAAF P-40 and crashed into the sea some 10 km northwest of Cape Bon. Three crew members were killed and one was rescued.
Crew:
Fw Robert Maus, pilot, †
Uffz Johann Lechner, observer, †
Uffz Sieger, radio operator, †
Ogefr Karl Fischer, mechanic.

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Shot down by a USAAF Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge off Cape Bon: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1943

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Junkers JU.52

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1Z+EW

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5527

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1936

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Landing (descent or approach)

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While approaching the Tunisian coast, the three engine airplane was shot down by a USAAF P-40 and crashed into the sea off Cape Bon. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Friedrich Mahlkapp, pilot,
Gefr Hubert Holzer, observer,
Gefr Horst Alex, radio operator,
Flg Gerhard Lustig, mechanic.

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Shot down by a USAAF Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Bizerte: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 1, 1943

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Junkers JU.88

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3B+KS

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Piacenza - Bizerte

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142407

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Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed AFB

Bizerte Governorate (ولاية بنزرت‎)

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