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Re: Luftwaffe losses Tunesia
This will give you a preliminary reply until Andreas can post his more detailed information tomorrow:
Djedeida (TUN) (a.k.a. El Bathan?) (c. 36 51 N – 09 54 E)
General: landing ground in N Tunisia 24 km WNW of Tunis near the present day town of Al Judayyidah. There were two strips: Djedeida/Northwest and Djedeida/Southeast.
Remarks:
25 Nov 42: advancing American tanks from the 1st Armored Division overran the airfield and destroyed 4 of II./St.G. 3’s Ju 87s and shot up or crushed 21 others, putting them out of action. The losses were quickly replaced and there was almost no break from operations. The American tank crews claimed 30-36 aircraft in all.
L.
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