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One He 111 was lost due to friendly fire over Baghdad on 12.5.1941, its pilot Axel von Blomberg was the only Luftwaffe KIA loss during the operations in Iraq.
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If right remebr he was from Brandenburg unit (commander of demolish team), and he was not a pilot but passanger, (VIP). A single bullet had hit and killled him during landing of this He 111, This plane was not destroyed during this landing, very small damage.
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The supply situation was weakened further by the fact that in Iraq there was no oil refinery and the modest available gasoline supplies in Iraq were lost during the air raid of RAF´s Gladiators. Thus the flying gasoline had to be imported by Ju 52´s flying from Rodos.
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There were one special Ju 52 with small rafinery on the board as a "petrol station plane". Germans did not have problem with asquired benzine from the oil. They did not transported benzine from the Rodos, it was pointless and too far.
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mw