Clash OVER THE Sands

摘要

Three squadrons of Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk fighters were sent on two missions to the front on October 12,1942, and ran into skilled and deadly pilots of the Luftwaffe on both occasions. As a result, 12 P-40s were damaged or failed to return to base, two pilots were killed and four were wounded. Although these were heavy losses, the Allies were lucky not to have suffered more casualties - they'd come up against some of the most accomplished and successful German fighter pilots of the entire desert war.