I was reading in one of my many aircraft books that on April 23 1943 16 Me-323 of Transportgeschwader 5 , fully laden with supplies and fuel for the Afrika Korps , were caught off cape Bon, Tunisia by too squadrons of RAF Spitfires and four squadrons of South African Air Force Kittyhawks. 14 Me-323's were shot down with 240 tons of fuel and of the 140 aircrew of TG5, only 19 survived.......


Boy, that must have been a field-day.......I bet Rommel was really mad..but, I dont get the fact that there was no aircover for the Me-323....The germans should've know that it was slow and could be picked off easily. DOes anyone have any photos of this incident

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