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Re: Ju 88 Bombardment Biskra (Algeria) aerodrome 10 Jan 1943
Nothing in "History of the Mediterranean Air War, vol 3" about this raid, except the US aircraft losses.
Nothing in "Fw 190 over Africa": III./SKG 10 was not involved, and I./JG 2 did not escort the raid.
Nothing either in the book "Pride of Seattle", which lists the two B-17 destroyed but only say they were destroyed on the ground.
I am not even sure if the raid was a daylight one or at night. Both HMAW and Pride of Seattle say that a third B-17, 42-24419 was destroyed on the ground at Biskra on 9 January 1943. It could be two different raids, or the same one during the night of 9-10 January with one loss reported on the 9th and the other on the 10th.
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