Bf109 losses - Alamein area. - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

Andy_Ingham · #1 8th September 2007, 21:30

On the 8 July 1942 127 Squadron made claims thet 2 Me109's were shot down in the Alamein area at around 12:00hrs.
Can anyone match these to any Luftwaffe losses?
Thank you
Andy

Bruce Lander · #2 8th September 2007, 21:51

Hi

both "Fighters Over The Desert" and "Hurricanes Over The Sands" state that although the claiming pilots of 127 saw their victims crash, what they actually saw were Hurricanes of 33 Squadron shot down by 109's in the same dogfight
Cheers

Bruce Lander

RT · #3 12th September 2007, 13:59

5 planes were lost by JG27 that day 2 of the 3. nd one of the 8. could hv chance to cope with your question places Qutaifaya the others Turbiya nd El Daba

remi

Martin Gleeson · #4 13th September 2007, 00:17

Hi Bruce,

With reference to HURRICANES OVER THE SANDS (Vol. 1), did Michel Lavigne ever publish volume 2 ?

Regards,

Martin Gleeson.

marsyao · #5 13th September 2007, 00:39

hi, could some friends tell me the ISBN of the "HURRICANES OVER THE SANDS (Vol. 1)" by Michel Lavigne ? this is the first time I heard of this book and I can find on amazon, is it good ?

marsyao · #6 13th September 2007, 00:45

and one more question, is this book a collection of memoir of Amricans served in the RAF and RCAF, or more similiar with Christopher shores's "Fighters Over The Desert" ?

Andy_Ingham · #7 13th September 2007, 20:12

I have Hurricanes over the sands and it is quite good. Several errors in 'Fighters over the sands' are duplicated.
A tyicall one was the main reason for this Post.
Both Shores and Lavigne say that 'although the claiming pilots of 127 saw their victims crash, what they actually saw were Hurricanes of 33 Squadron shot down by 109's in the same dogfight'
Remi has suggested that JG27 lost 5 aircraft that day.?

However it is quite good with several eye witness accounts.
I bought mine direct from Ian Allen Publishing.
Check out Micheal Lavigne's own web site.
http://homepage.mac.com/guy.samson/L...ion/index.html

Vol 2 is not out yet and and Mr Lavigne has never replied to any of my emails.
Regards
Andy

marsyao · #8 13th September 2007, 21:09

thank you, I also find "Kittyhawks over the sands" by the same author, both are interesting

Martin Gleeson · #9 14th September 2007, 00:03

Andy,

Thank you very much for that link to his website. It was new to me. Same experience concerning E-mail.

Regards,

Martin Gleeson.

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