Italians in Tunisia - Skalski's comments

[Gianandrea Bussi]

The only serious book that covers (only in part) Regia Aeronautica's activities
in Tunisia during february-may 1943 is "Adriano Visconti Asso di Guerra", by Giuseppe pesce and Giovanni Massimello.
The last combat units operating from bases in Tunisia were 7° and 16° Gruppo
(both from 54° Stormo) with C.202 and 162° Gruppo Assalto with C.200.
From this book - that is a biography, and not the history of the 54° Stormo in Tunisia so it may be not complete - I don't see any loss in the period 15-20 april aver Tunisia.
On 20 aprile there was a hard combat between 1° Stormo fighters(from Pantelleria) and many Spitfires 35 km. west of Pantelleria: Regia Aeronautica lost three fighter (and two pilots) plus at least one damaged. But none of these pilots was a famous fighter pilot.
153° Gruppo CT (Asso di Bastoni) wasn't based in Tunisia during this period.

Gianandrea Bussi