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Re: JU 52 casualties Tunis area 15th January 1943.
Thanks Larry and Martin.
We do not have any Italian transport a/c losses for this day either. Note the Ultra intercept specifically refers to Ju 52's and them being lost on the 15th. Other than that I would have supposed there were no losses outside of the Me 323. We have a Ju 52 loss and the Ju 88 for the 17th, but no claims for the 82nd FG loss. The Flieger Fuhrer Tunisia daily reports for the 15th state that following an enemy attack on a Ju 52 formation, an alarm schwarm of 3 Bf 109 was scrambled and 40km N Cap Bon shot down 4 P-38's at 1435. The daily summary report makes it clear that the Bf 109s were from II/JG 53 but refers to them as the escort.
Regards.
Russell
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