Luftwaffe or RA losses 28 Feb/1 Mar 1943, Mediterranean

[Gizmo]

Hi,

According to "Fighters over Tunisia" by Shores/Ring/Hess:
"At 18.40 a Beaufighter of 600 Squadron was scrambled, and after several vectors it finally intercepted a bomber at 20,000 feet, the pilot getting a visual on Sardinia-based Z.1007bis. Sgt. Harrop opened fire at 100 yards following which there was a flash and an explosion, the bomber dropping away burning fiercely; it was letter seen on the water 70 miles north of Bone. So sudden and unexpected had been Harrop brief burs of cannon fire that the Italians did not realise they had been shot down by a fighter, and the aircraft was shown in Regia Aeronautica records as having been destroyed by heavy AA."

According to "Fighters over Desert" there was also another loss, a Bf 110 night fighter, no specific data, shot down by Mosquito of 23. Squadron and claimed as 'Ju 88'.