Help with Tunisian grid reference please

[Andy Fletcher]

Originally Posted by Nokose

Hs129 Panzerjaeger by Martin Pegg has the loss on the 27Dec42 with that W.nr with that grid but has the 4 staffel. The text has the unit as 5./Sch.G 1 for Oswald. It changed to 8.(Pz)/Sch.G 2 in Jan43. The Hs-129b-2's were from the Henschel factory that the unit picked up in Oct42 before going to Africa.

According to the Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen for 8.(Pz)/Sch.G. 2 it was formed in Dec42, maybe the official re-designation didn't "catch" up with the unit until Jan43.

http://www.ww2.dk/oob/bestand/schlacht/b8schg2.html

http://www.ww2.dk/oob/bestand/schlacht/biischg1.html

Either way be it 5./Sch.G. 1 or 8.(Pz)/Sch.G. 2 it certainly wasn't 4.(Pz)/Sch.G. 1 as this unit was definitely on the southern sector of the Eastern Front at this time.

Best Regards

Andy Fletcher