Accident North American A-36A Apache ?,
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Date:Friday 8 January 1943
Time:15:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic P51 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American A-36A Apache
Owner/operator:33rd FGp USAAF
Registration: ?
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:55 km SW Kairouan -   Tunisia
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Youks-les-Bains,Tunisia
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Claimed by German Luftwaffe fighter ace Erich Rudorffer.

Sources:

http://www.luftwaffe.cz/rudorffer.html
http://www.thescale.info/news/publish/33rdfightergrouptunisia.shtml

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Sep-2011 17:24 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Departure airport, Source]
13-Oct-2011 02:09 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
19-Jan-2012 05:33 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator]
11-Apr-2015 02:28 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type]
27-Jan-2021 16:36 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]

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