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  • December 4, 2010 at 2:11 pm in reply to: P-40 DX-D in North Africa 1942 #1126435
    ChristianK
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    Perhaps DX-D really is AM379 and had belonged to 4 Squadron SAAF (Thanks Don!) and was left at one of this units airfield, then captured by advancing Axis forces some months later. Given all the hints you guys provided this makes the most sense to me, even if it’s just an educated guess..

    December 4, 2010 at 11:43 am in reply to: P-40 DX-D in North Africa 1942 #1126555
    ChristianK
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    Ah ok, thanks for the additional info about those airfields in Sudan. Unfortunately this still doesn’t settle the question of “DX-D”. Assuming the photo date of March 1942 is correct, AM379 (struck of charge July 1941) would be a promising a/c too. Too bad that there is no additional info about this one…

    December 4, 2010 at 10:10 am in reply to: P-40 DX-D in North Africa 1942 #1126592
    ChristianK
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    Hi all,

    there was a base called Carthago in Sudan? Are you sure this loss list doesn’t point to the ancient Carthago in Tunisia?
    This OTU loss (AK379) sounds good but from what I see this photo was issued by Italian sources on 18 March 1942 and was approved by German censors on 28 March 1942.
    I assumed this was a Tomahawk captured by Italian ground fources, which would exclude Sudan as a location pretty much. I also thought Italy (as given in the headline) is wrong, given the looks of the background, the date and the usual operational theatre of the earlier RAF Tomahawks.

    It could be AK379 in October 1942 of course, but the other hints given are confusing…

    December 3, 2010 at 11:08 pm in reply to: P-40 DX-D in North Africa 1942 #1126850
    ChristianK
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    Thanks Antoni, seems I overlooked this unit. 230 Squadron flew Sunderlands, so maybe the P-40 was a squadron hack? Or was there another user of the DX code in the Western Desert before March 1942?

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