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Mittelmeerraum, Angriff alliierter Jäger
Afrika-Mittelmeerraum.- Angriff alliierter Jäger auf ein deutsches Junkers-Transportflugzeug über der Sizilienstrasse (nach Tunesien).
English: Mediterranean Theater, Attack by Allied fighters. African Mediterranean Theater. Attack by Allied fighters on Junkers transports over the Straits of Sicily (by Tunisia).
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Mindestens acht deutsche Junkers Ju 52/3m unter Beschuss in der Sizilienstraße durch alliierte Flugzeuge bei der Versorgung von Truppen in Tunesien am 5. April 1943. Das Foto könnte auch am 10. April aufgenommen sein, als 25 North American B-25 der 310. Bombardment Group (Medium) 10 Ju 52 abschossen, weitere 15 wurden von den begleitenden Lockheed P-38 Lightning abgeschossen.
English: At least eight Junkers Ju 52/3m aircraft under attack in the Straits of Sicily by allied airplanes while resupplying troops in Tunisia on 5 April 1943. The picture could also have been taken on 10 April, as 25 North American B-25s of the 310th Bombardment Group (Medium) shot down 10 Ju 52 that day. A further 15 were shot down by their Lockheed P-38 Lightning escorts.
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