[Andreas Brekken]

Hi.

Time to conclude I feel. Have gone through the 20 odd losses sustained by Schl.G.1 during December 1942, I cannot find any evidence that the unit lost aircraft in the Mediterrenean during this month. All losses (except a couple of Ju 87's that are erronously registered as being Schl.G.1 and later corrected to St.G.3) are filed under the command structure of Luftflotte 4 and Luftwaffenkommando Don, both commanding units on the eastern front. Also, all the aircraft losses that are connected to a named location are eastern front.

So, I do not believe until other information can prove this to be wrong that the original question asked by Ben has anything to do with the North African area of operations, and in that context the Pl.Qu. is valid, and as mentioned earlier in the thread located in the area the unit operated on the eastern front at the time.

If this Oswald was the pilot of the aircraft mentioned for Dec 27th 1942, he went down in the east and not in Africa.

Regards,
Andreas B