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Originally Posted by alex crawford
Hi,
24th October 1941.
Lt C H Hope in a 3 SAAF Sqn Gladiator shot down a Fiat CR42 near Ambazzo. Last SAAF air combat victory in East Africa.
Source, Springbok Fighter Victory SAAF Fighter Operations 1939-45, Vol 1 East Africa 1940-41 by Michael Shoeman. Published by Freeworld Publications CC, South Africa ISBN 0-958-4388-5-4
Alex
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According to Christopher Shores's "Dust clouds in the middle east", that CR 42 was flown by Sottoten Ildebrando Malavolti of the 110th Sq, he was KIA