Hi,
No answer, but more details on this mission from a X.
Fliegerkorps report: seven Bf 109s of 5./J.G. 53 scrambled from Kastelli against aircraft in the Heraklion direction. Hits were claimed on British aircraft (not sure if singular or plural). One aircraft force-landed at Koufonisia.
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Andrew A.
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