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Originally Posted by knusel
Good morning Gentlemen,
by the way, for my continent top aces I used the continental borders of today. I know they were of little significance in the days of WW2 but for my thought experiment I had to devise rules.
As I wrote in post32 the Caldwell kill whose location I'm most interested in is his shared Fiat G.50 on 16Aug1941.
I'll keep at it,
Michael
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p.230 of "Clive Caldwell Air Ace" by Kristen Alexander states half a FIAT G.50 "off Bardia" on 16 August.
p.245 of "A History of the Mediterranean Air War vol 1" does not credit him with any kind of victory on 16 August. Instead, a G.50 the next day, on 17 August during a convoy patrol.
PLUS
p.246 states a Bf109 on 18 August 1941 that was claimed as a damaged. Sgt. R T C Whittle claimed a probable in the same engagement. That particular convoy was off Ras-el-Mil
On the other side of the coin Hermann Foerster of 2./JG 27 shot down AK554 of Sgt. G M McCullough KIA (badly damaged, crashed on landing)
Location of Foerster's kill was E of Ras Azzaz
NOTHING for 16 August in that source....
Kristen Alexander is the BEST published source on Caldwell
Shores et al is the BEST published source on the Mediterranean air war