German refugee in Sicily
To bolster the action against Allied ships trying to bring supplies to the island of Malta in December 1941, several units including JG 53 were transferred to the African theater of operations. The first unit to arrive was III./JG 53, based in Catania, Sicily, on November 28. A few days later, they were transferred to El-Tmimi on the Libyan coast in North Africa, where they were immediately in action. By December 19, they had lost...
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