Corsica, September 11th, 1943

[Jochen Prien]

Gentlemen,

on September 11th, 1943, III./JG 77 claimed three a/c shot down near Porto Vecchio and La Maddalena in Southern Corsica and Northern Sardinia respectively; these claims are documented for instance in the Tony Woods list.

According to some sources - amongst them the a/m list - the victims were three Italian transport planes, according to others however they were three Curtiss P-40 with identical times and locations.

I tend to prefer the first alternative - i.e. the Italian a/c - as I have found no information that would hint at some P-40s operating in this area on this day. However, I would be very happy if some member of our community would enlighten me and perhaps provide me with further details of this incident. ( BTW: I had no notion of this combat when I put together the JG 77 unit history 16 years ago, so don't go looking there ... )

Many thanks in advance and

regards

Jochen Prien