The shooting down of an enemy dive bomber
At around 5.09pm on April 1, 1942, a formation of 70 enemy aircraft was reported to be approaching the Maltese islands heading for the Grand Harbour and Ħal Far
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A Junkers Ju 88 crash at Għajn Tuffieħa
On the evening of April 29, 1941, a formation of nine Ju 88s bombers of III/ (Kampf)/Lehrgeschwader 1 took off from Sicily. Their orders were to attack cruisers and destroyers spotted in Malta’s Grand Harbour by reconnaissance aircraft previously that day. German intelligence was spot on. The previous evening, the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, consisting of six destroyers, had entered the Grand Harbour to join the light cruiser Gloucester in port. The bombers were escorted by BF 109s Messerschmit...
Source: timesofmalta.com