Alright, I just found that they lost 700 drums of fuel on that mission, it also said that they DID have fighter escorts. But obviously, it did nothing. One of the 2 surviving planes crash landed and was beyond repair the other landed safely but was straffed and destroyed.
This is a real account from a pilot that was there and shot one down
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On 23 April, 260 Squadron was in position to take part in the operation. That day Eddie's B flight off Cape Bon didn't spot any German aircraft, but A flight spotted and shot down four Me-110s. The next day in the same area the Americans massacred 59 transports and 16 escort fighters. They called it the Palm Sunday Massacre. The day after it was the South African's turn to find the Germans and they claimed 15 shot down. Three days later Eddie was over the ocean leading 239 Wing when the South Africans intercepted 20 of the lumbering Me-323s near Zembra Island. They dove on the nearly helpless transport aircraft. Eddie and the Kitty Wing arrived just in time to witness the results.
"When 239 Wing reached the Bay of Tunis the bay seemed to be on fire with burning aircraft on the water." Then ... "Flying through the smoke at approximately 500 feet I saw a large aircraft directly in front. At approximately 250 yards, I fired a long burst and the Me.323 folded up like a stack of cards and fell into the sea. The SAAF wing ahead of our formation had shot down 23 of the transports. Twenty-plus Me.109s were patroling high above but did not attack - it looked like they lost heart."
Transportgeschwader 5 was wiped out on their first mission, along with a lot of men and material. Each massive plane could carry a half-track and 88 mm gun with crew and ammo, or up to 54 men with all of their equipment. It was a serious blow to the German reinforcement plan. This was the last victory of 260 Squadron in North Africa, and the Germans flew transports at night after that"