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Re: Fighters over the Aegean ?
Sadly for us, it isn't that odd but fairly common. Some pilots even get things wrong in their own logbook. There simply were more important things to worry about, and humans are fallible.
You might look for JG567 in Spitfire The History, to see if that also records it as going to India.
One alternative is to look through the AB lists for all aircraft allocated to 7 SAAF, and see if you can spot an obvious transcription error. Such as JG657 - not an actual suggestion, but not untypical.
As for JG677, this is probably worth asking Brian if he (or his publisher) has introduced an error, or if it exists in the original documentation. I recall comment on UK-based Spitfires that occasionally a serial would continue to be mentioned after loss; either because the new aircraft had been issued the same aircraft letter, or because it had normally been flown by one particular pilot who was still with the unit.
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