sabotage?
 

hi,
i had the chance to talk to a former menber of lg 1. he said, that british soldiers had sabotaged ten or more ju 88 in north africa in 1942. they had put an explosive on each right wing of the ju 88s and blowed them up. so the machines couldn´t be repaired by changing the wings. does this story is true? has someone information on the machines of lg 1?
thanks in advance
jim

Re: sabotage?
 

Jim,

Apparently carried out by SAS units. There's a reference to a similar (but this one unsuccessful) raid like you're looking for on this website: http://asisbiz.com/Il2/Campaign%20NorthAfrica/index.htm

Scroll down to "Early in the morning of 16 November.."

These units seem to have destroyed quite some German and Italian aircraft on the ground.

Regards,

Leendert

Re: sabotage?
 

Jim,

You may want to read this post as well: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtop...?f=56&t=148044

Regards,

Leendert

Re: sabotage?
 

Hi,

Attached is an extract from my Honours thesis about special forces attacks on the Italian and German air forces in the Mediterranean in 1942.

This is from research done in 2004, so it is a bit dated now, but I hope it is of interest.

Cheers,
Andrew A.

Re: sabotage?
 

hi guys,

that´s a lot! thanks you! i thought it might be a tale which the old man told me. has someone the gqm-losses of that sas-raid?

all the best
jim

Re: sabotage?
 

I am sure I read somehwere that the SAS took out more Luftwaffe aircraft in N Africa than the RAF did.

Cheers

Re: sabotage?
 

So whose book have asisbiz.com ripped off this time?

Re: sabotage?
 

I have some more info from my not 100% reliable notes:
13/14 Jun 42 Benina 2 Bf110 and 3 Ju52 destroyed
" Crete 7 I/LG1 and 2 2(F)/124 Ju88s destroyed
7/8 Jul 42 Abu Nimeir 7 Cr43 and 1 S81 destroyed
27/28 Jul 42 Quasada I/NJG 2 3 Ju88c; 5 Ju87, 2 Ju52 destoryed &7 Ju87, 3 Ju88, 1 Bf110 damaged

Re: sabotage?
 

Jim, this story is described very precise by Peter Taghon in LG1 story
http://www.amazon.de/Geschichte-Lehr.../dp/3925480889

Göring send even military judge to Helbig.

Re: sabotage?
 

Thank you for those pages from your thesis, Andrew. Very interesting!
All the best,
George